Remember Mookie Blaylock? He just got 7 years in prison for vehiclular manslaughter

[Thebesteva]

Pretty sad, I remember his name would pop up a lot during the bball card trading days


ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former National Basketball Association star Mookie Blaylock was sentenced on Monday to seven years in a Georgia prison followed by eight years of probation for killing a woman in a head-on traffic crash last year, court records show.Blaylock, known for his defensive prowess during a 13-year NBA career that ended in 2002, knew he should not have been driving due to a seizure disorder when his SUV crossed the center line and collided with a minivan outside Atlanta in May 2013, authorities have said.
Monica Murphy, a mother of five who was a passenger in the other vehicle, died of her injuries hours after the accident, authorities have said. Blaylock was in critical condition after the crash but recovered.
Blaylock, 47, pleaded guilty on Monday to vehicular homicide and serious injury by vehicle, according to Clayton County court records.
At the time of the crash, he faced an arrest warrant for failure to appear in court on drug possession and drunken-driving charges in a nearby county, according to police.
Authorities never cited alcohol as playing a role in the fatal accident.
As a basketball player, Blaylock's ability to shut down opposing players twice earned him a place on the NBA's All-Defensive First Team, and he was an NBA All-Star in 1994.
He played with the Atlanta Hawks (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/atl/) from 1992 to 1999 and also spent time with the New Jersey Nets and Golden State Warriors.
Blaylock's attorney, Don Samuel, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

[Venti Quattro]

It's 3 years

[Infinite_limit]

Seizure behind the wheel? The recent drug/alcohol chargers did him in.

[scanry]

suspended sentence after 3 tbh.

[Expert]

Just toeing the line for the Barkley Principle.

[Franklin]

if he knew he had seizure disorder he shouldn't have driven that fast imho. Most (if not all) car accidents result from too high speeds.

[UZER]

Good thing pearl jam didn't name that album Mookie blaylock

[The Gemini Method]

Good thing pearl jam didn't name that album Mookie blaylock

Wouldn't be the first time an album was named for a killer...but 10 will always be remembered for two thing: Being the number of Mookie and that Jeremy song.

[lefty]

Mookie drove a var , todaaaaaayyy-hay

[The Gemini Method]

Mookie spoke in jail todayyyyyyy

[lefty]

tbh he was a good player

[The Gemini Method]

tbh he was a good player

Very good on ball defender for his position. Paired up with Augmon on them Hawks teams though and they were pretty formidable.

[lefty]

Very good on ball defender for his position. Paired up with Augmon on them Hawks teams though and they were pretty formidable.
Hawks fucked up in 1994 when they traded Dominique for that phaggot Manning<

They could have had a deep playoff run

[The Gemini Method]

Hawks fucked up in 1994 when they traded Dominique for that phaggot Manning<

They could have had a deep playoff run

The Atlanta Hawks: If they were in a different era instead of being in the Bird-Celtics area and the Rise of His Airness, they would've won a title or two. That trade doomed the Hawks to present time.

[lefty]

The Atlanta Hawks: If they were in a different era instead of being in the Bird-Celtics area and the Rise of His Airness, they would've won a title or two. That trade doomed the Hawks to present time.
I agree

[Galileo]

This is BS. Blaylock had no criminal intent and is not a criminal. This was just an accident, not crime. When you get on the road, you are taking a risk. That is the reality.

[ambchang]

The Atlanta Hawks: If they were in a different era instead of being in the Bird-Celtics area and the Rise of His Airness, they would've won a title or two. That trade doomed the Hawks to present time.

Those Hawks wouldn't have gotten past the Pistons or the Lakers, or even the Rockets or the Bucks. I don't think they ever got past the 2nd round.

As for the trade, Nique was already on the downward spiral. He got new life after joining the Clippers because the Clippers had nobody else to score, but he was declining at that point. Manning seems to have his injuries behind him at that point and was viewed as a versatile smart forward to have on your roster, the Hawks took a risk and got half a year out of him. In retrospect, they could have had a better deal and went for picks or even gotten a Sean Elliott or something would have been better off, but at the time, it wasn't a horrible choice.

[spurraider21]

This is BS. Blaylock had no criminal intent and is not a criminal. This was just an accident, not crime. When you get on the road, you are taking a risk. That is the reality.
If Blaylock was aware of being seizure-prone, that is certainly a game changer. Think about a guy getting behind the wheel while intoxicated and killing somebody, even if it was an accident.

He will also probably he liable for civil charges