Ty Lawson's drifting career, expelled from the Chinese League

Ty Lawson is not just anybody.

Not so long ago, the small base honored the legend of short players who carved a respectable niche in a world of giants.

Which

Without reaching 1.80 meters, he looked electric in the NBA, with really full seasons in the Nuggets under George Karl, in which he averaged more than 15 points per game without too many problems.

But it did not take long to entangle that career that had started, no less, than from the Tar Heels in North Carolina, the same university as Michael Jordan, with which he was NCAA champion in 2009 with eight steals (and 21 points) in the final, absolute record.

His resume full of extra-sporting episodes, mainly of drinking problems that kept him from the front page, has had the most controversial of all these days: he has been expelled from the Chinese league (CBA), where he played since 2017. lifetime.

In the

the point guard worked -before the Shandong Golden Stars-, whose scandalous behavior has led to the radical settlement.

On a recent night of debauchery, he began posting racy photos to his Instagram account.

With sexist and degrading messages towards Asian women and explicit photos.

«His inopportune words are inconsistent compared to the social responsibility that he has.

They have had a very negative impact on the League and our club, "said the Sturgeons in the official statement in which they terminated their contractual relationship.

Both talent and bad head.

In 2015 he entered a detoxification center (Cliffside Malibu), after being arrested in Los Angeles for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Thus he could avoid criminal charges in the states of California and Colorado.

Because it was not the first time.

But it is the starting point towards hell for a talented and promising career, which lived its best years in Denver - coincided with

-, up to six seasons since he was drafted with number 18 in 2009, from the Timberwolves - himself. draft and the same franchise as Ricky Rubio; it was the Spaniard who remained in Minnesota-, although afterwards he played fleetingly for the Pacers, the Rockets, the Kings, the Wizards and even the Zalgiris during the 2011 lockout, although he barely played seven Euroleague matches in Kaunas.

Almost 600 games in the best league in the world.

Now, at 32 years old, Lawson, who grew up admiring

, has seen his legend equal that of his great idol for whom he always played with the 3 on his back.

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