Iman Shumpert, a former NBA player, was detained on suspicion of felony marijuana possession on Wednesday at roughly 2:40 p.m. at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport. He also had a revolver in his suitcase.
Iman Shumpert, a former Knick and Cavaliers guard, was detained for marijuana possession in a Dallas airport.
Authorities were contacted, according to TMZ Sports, after “a considerable amount of a green leafy substance” was found inside Shumpert’s suitcase.
Iman Shumpert, a former NBA player, was detained on Saturday at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on suspicion of possessing a “sizable” quantity of marijuana, according to TMZ Sports.According to reports, Shumpert was stopped at security on a flight on Saturday from Dallas to Los Angeles. According to reports, the marijuana in the bag, which reportedly weighed just over six ounces, was marijuana, as Shumpert confirmed to police.
Shumpert didn’t have a gun but did have a Glock magazine
The drug was later identified by authorities as 6.12 ounces of marijuana.
According to the report, Shumpert didn’t have a gun but did have a Glock magazine and 14 9mm bullets in his backpack.
According to Yahoo, there was no gun present, and this is not a charge against him.
Shumpert was scheduled to take a 3 p.m. flight to Los Angeles when he was informed by officers that he would not be able to do so because he was being arrested. He claimed that he had to go see his daughter and asked them if there was any way he could make the flight.
Shumpert was travelling to California, where marijuana is legal, but Texas does not.
According to the police report, despite discovering a Glock magazine with nine rounds measuring 14 millimetres, no firearm was located at the scene.
If found guilty of the “state jail felony,” he could spend up to two years in prison and pay a $10,000 fine.
After playing collegiate basketball for Georgia Tech, Shumpert was selected by the New York Knicks in the first round in 2011, launching his NBA career.
Iman Shumpert career
Up until 2015, when he was moved to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Shumpert remained a member of the Knicks.
Though he only participated in two games with the Brooklyn Nets, Shumpert’s final season in the league was in 2020–21. The New York Knicks selected Shumpert with the No. 17 overall choice in the 2011 NBA Draft.
Before joining the Nets, he first played for the Houston Rockets, the Sacramento Kings, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he shared a championship with LeBron James.
Alongside LeBron James, he would spend the following three seasons playing in Cleveland, where they would each make the postseason.
The 2016 campaign, when the Cavaliers upset the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA Finals after trailing the series 3-1, was the highlight of Shumpert’s time in Cleveland.
Before playing his final two seasons in Brooklyn, Shumpert spent the following two years of his career in unmemorable spells with the Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets in 2018 and 2019.
Shumpert has kept himself occupied and started a successful transition from professional player to public fame in his post-NBA career.
Shumpert has also put more effort into his musical career,
Shumpert competed on “Dancing With The Stars” in season 30 and went on to win the show with partner Daniella Karagach.
Shumpert has also put more effort into his musical career, for which he has demonstrated talent even during his playing career. Shumpert has been putting out music as “IMAN.”
Shumpert most recently assumed a significant part in the popular Starz series “The Chi.”
Shumpert averaged 7.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.8 assists during the length of his career. For the majority of that time, he was regarded as one of the league’s top defenders.
