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San Antonio's DerMarr Johnson Gets a DWI

DerMarr JohnsonThe Spurs draw their fair share of criticism between the lines (Manu flops! Bowen's dirty! Duncan whines!), but off the court they're pretty much impeccable. Or at least they were: DerMarr Johnson was ticketed for a DWI this past weekend.

Johnson was initially pulled over for doing 20 over, weaving and tailgating, and he proceeded to fail a field sobriety test as well as a breath test at the police station. From the San Antonio Express-News:
"I just had a few cups of wine," Johnson said as he left the city's detention center. [...] Asked if he believed the arrest would affect his position with the Spurs, Johnson said, "I don't know. Probably so."
I'm going to go out on a limb and say Johnson is right: he appeared in just five games this year, signing with the Spurs in April after spending the vast majority of the season in the D-League. Guys like him aren't given the benefit of the doubt very often, and it's probably more trouble than its worth from a PR perspective to keep him around next year.

The weird thing is that you'd think Johnson should know better: he was sidelined for more than a year earlier in his career when he fractured his neck after driving his car into a tree. Alcohol was never blamed for that accident (he dosed off behind the wheel), but still, if anyone understands what could go wrong, it's him.

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