The NBA will suspend Rockets point guard Ty Lawson two games for a DUI arrest that happened earlier in the year, as first reported by Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski. The league is taking action now because the cases against Lawson have recently been resolved.
Ty Lawson suspended 2 games for DUI charges
Lawson will miss the games against the Clippers and Hornets.
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Lawson was arrested two separate times in 2015 for driving under the influence, first in January and then in July, when he was forced to enter a court-ordered rehabilitation program. He was a member of the Denver Nuggets then, but was traded to the Rockets, largely because of his off-court issues that go back to an underage drinking arrest when he was playing college ball for North Carolina.
Since arriving at Houston, there haven’t been any reports of misconduct. However, the team and Lawson’s representatives have been working together on finding a destination to trade the 28-year-old point guard because he has fit in poorly on the court next to James Harden, according to Wojnarowski.
Lawson is averaging six points and four assists in 25 minutes a game this season.
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