A nasty couple of weeks for the Dallas Mavericks took a far darker flip into issues exterior basketball on Saturday.
Assistant coach Darrell Armstrong was arrested for aggravated assault with a lethal weapon, WFAA studies. He allegedly hit a girl with a gun and threatened to shoot her throughout an argument, in accordance with the Dallas Police Division. Officers responded to a name at roughly 3:45 a.m. on Saturday and arrested Armstrong on the scene. He later posted bond at $35,000.
Armstrong, 56, was positioned on adminstrative suspension, the Mavericks mentioned in a press release to WFAA.
“The Dallas Mavericks are conscious of an incident involving a member of our employees and are gathering all related data surrounding the incident. We take this matter critically,” the assertion mentioned.
“The worker has been positioned on administrative suspension pending the result of authorized proceedings. This matter is at the moment underneath evaluation by the suitable authorized authorities,” the assertion continued. “Resulting from this truth, we’ll permit the authorized course of to run its course and we’ll chorus from additional remark whereas proceedings are ongoing.”
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Armstrong joined the Mavericks in participant improvement in 2009. He is been an assistant coach on the employees for 10 seasons.
Previous to turning into a coach, Armstrong performed 14 seasons within the NBA and gained each the Most Improved Participant and Sixth Man of the 12 months awards in 1999 with the Orlando Magic. He performed two seasons for Dallas from 2004-06, and likewise had stints with the New Orleans Hornets, Indiana Pacers and New Jersey Nets throughout his profession.
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