Jerry Colangelo will need his own DIG.
In the meantime, we spotted the Phoenix Suns Drug Scandal on his page, which lead us to this page...
The
1987–88 Phoenix Suns season was the 19th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The team was led by new head coach John Wetzel. Having missed the playoffs in each of the last two seasons, Suns management made a midseason trade with Cleveland in attempt to return the Suns to postseason play. The trade would in part send All-Star Larry Nance in exchange for rookie Kevin Johnson. All home games were played at
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
That's where they held the Maricopa County Fraudit. The Madhouse on McDowell.
Cotton Fitzsimmons was the Suns director of personnel. We'll look at him later because his last name comes up a lot in our Mafia DIGS. So imagine our surprise to hear the Phoenix Suns were caught trafficking cocaine. 😂
We told you the Suns were trafficking something...
Here's where Avante's comes in...
Phoenix Suns Drug scandal
On April 17, 1987, the Maricopa County attorney's office announced indictments against 13 individuals in relation to a
cocaine-trafficking investigation. The indictees included Suns players
James Edwards, Jay Humphries and
Grant Gondrezick, and former players
Garfield Heard and
Mike Bratz.
Edwards, Gondrezick and Bratz were charged with three counts of conspiracy to traffic in or possess a narcotic drug, while Humphries and Heard were charged with one count.
A number of other current or former Suns players (
Walter Davis, William Bedford, Alvin Scott, Johnny High, Don Buse and
Curtis Perry) were named in the indictments but not charged.
Other indictees were:
Terrence Patrick Kelly, a waiter at
Avanti's restaurant in Phoenix;
Wynn and
Kim Lesure, local businessmen;
James Jordan, manager of
Malarkey's nightclub in Phoenix;
Joseph Beninato, a team photographer;
Ramon Vives, owner of
Avanti's restaurants in Phoenix and Scottsdale;
Kevin Merriweather, roommate of Suns' center
William Bedford; and an undisclosed team ticket taker.
I guess that means Danny Zelesko was picking up cocaine ("goodies") from Avanti's for his acts.
What say you, Danny boy?
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