Where is delonte west

He has been on an upward trend since entering rehab, and even returned to the basketball court in November. Because we all want something to feel great about today, here is your Delonte West update. It's still an uphill battle, but he is climbing!

West was a solid role player throughout his eight NBA seasons, which included two stints with the Boston Celtics. Boston drafted West out of St. He officially retired from basketball in By Shanna McCarriston. Jan 19, at pm ET 1 min read. Getty Images. Lillard abdominal tendinopathy out Sunday vs. Watch Now:. The team was in limbo, but he wasn't; West, who'd been dumped the year before by the Celtics in part due to a frightening weapons charge an armory of loaded guns packed aboard West's three-wheeled Can-Am Spyder motorcycle , was emerging from limbo, if just a little bit.

Dallas re-signed him in , and he played in all seven preseason games, averaging 5. And the support of owner Mark Cuban, who I know personally matched West with a financial advisor. But as the regular season was about to begin, Delonte earned a suspension. It was meant as a compliment, something Rick would want Delonte to hear and to absorb.

Maybe, by celebrating his uniqueness, the NBA player, who as a teenage star often cut himself, guzzled pills and attempted suicide, could be reached. Maybe the NBA player, by that time nearing 30, who acknowledged his bipolar disorder - but then later announced that he really didn't need the medication doctors had prescribed for it - needed to be reached.

Twice after that, the Mavs organization did indeed try, by inviting Delonte to play for their G-League affiliate in Frisco, the Texas Legends. In serving as the Legends TV color analyst, I delighted in his relative success in , which he used as a springboard to play in China.

But he left unpleased, thinking the G-League stint was designed to springboard him back to the Mavs, when in fact, the organization was simply trying to help him get on his feet. West was out of basketball again by Again, the Legends reached out. The report states that West, 38, was screaming profanities while holding an open can of Icehouse beer and an open bottle of Mango Vodka. When he refused, they then commanded him to place the open containers of alcohol on the sidewalk.

The report said West complied with those demands, however, when he stood back up, he began to place his hands inside the waistband of his pants.

Police said one officer unholstered and initialized a Taser and continued to give verbal commands. Officers said West complied, dropped to his knees with his hands in the air and was handcuffed. When they tried to secure him in the back of a patrol vehicle, they said the former NBA player "continued to be belligerent and screaming profanities and obscure rants.