Deandre Ayton Discussion: This Is A Platform I Can't Run From

Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton was briefly detained Tuesday while at an airport in the Bahamas on suspicion of being in possession of a "very small amount of marijuana," according to Ayton's lawyer, Devard Francis.

Ayton, a native of the Bahamas who has also served as a member of the men's national team, was detained at Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau. Francis said the marijuana had been in someone else's bag and Ayton was quickly released after a brief investigation.

"The investigators saw that the actual very small amount of marijuana wasn't in Deandre's bag, but they still went through their investigations and he was released expeditiously," Francis told Reuters in a statement.

As of the most recent CBA agreement, players are no longer tested for marijuana and it has been removed from the banned substance list. But marijuana remains illegal in the Bahamas.

 

lol, ayton had some weed he forgot about and passed it to a friend and bribed security.

 

I was a huge fan of the Ayton signing but it's over. I have no idea why he can't finish anymore. HE was automotic within 10 feet to start the year now he blows layups

 

Guys got a** in his veins like DLO. (Sorry mods, let me vent a bit. Lol). Just can’t be counted on in big matchups.

Would love to be proven wrong but it is what it is. He’s worth what we are paying him but is clearly not the answer for us at center.

 

he's very much the dlo of centers, in so many ways, lol.

after our experience with dlo, i'm wondering if when he opts in, we'll immediately move him.

 

I think there’s a good chance of it. I don’t hate the idea of him as a backup but he’s just not reliable enough for us to count on.