News from September 18.

The NBA fined Michael Beasley (Mia) $50,000 for his involvement in the
incident with Darrell Arthur (Mem) and Mario Chalmers (Mia) during the
Rookie Transition Program.  Arthur and Chalmers (who were fined $20,000
previously) refused to leave their hotel room during a fire alarm and 
hotel security entered the room to force them to leave and discovered 
two women and the smell of marijuana.  Beasley initially denied his
involvement in the incident and refused to cooperate with the league 
investigation.

Al Jefferson (Min) suffered a mildly sprained MCL in his right knee and is
expected to be out 2 to 3 weeks.


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  Patricia Bender                       pbender@eskimo.com
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