Delonte West is a no show at first practice

OTR’s favorite NBA basketball player Delonte West skipped the Cleveland Cavalier’s first day of practice by missing the morning workout and the evening session on Tuesday.

We are all aware that Delonte West was recently arrested in Maryland after he was pulled over on his motorcycle for a traffic violation.  Why arrested?  Because when he was pulled over the police officer found he was carrying three loaded weapons.  Two of them being handguns and one of them being a shotgun that was in a guitar case strapped around his back.  We all know this.  However, this isn’t some Plaxico Burress kinda shit stuff.  He’s only facing misdemeanor gun possession charges.

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More importantly, Delonte West is a very important piece to the Cleveland Cavaliers team.  He was easily the second best player during the playoffs for the Cavs last year behind Lebron James.  Moreover, Cleveland needs West at 100%, physically and mentally, to be able to throw out their best team this year in a very competitve Eastern Conference.

When I say competitive, that does not include the Philadelphia 76ers.

Let’s hope Delonte can get his spirits back and wins his battle with depression and mood disorders.  Cleveland will definitely need his services once the season begins.  OTR knows the former St Joseph’s star will prevail.