Damone Brown, Reno Bighorns Player, Charged with Felony in Drug-Related Case

Another athlete has been caught up in a lot of trouble and to make matters worst, a FBI agent was shot during a roundup of drug suspects at a house in Buffalo, N.Y. as part of an investigation that also resulted in the arrest Thursday of a member of the NBA Developmental League's Reno Bighorns, Damone Brown.

Brown was arrested in Reno Thursday morning and was scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court later Thursday on a felony count of money laundering. Yep, he can kiss any professional career goodbye. He is accused of leasing a safe deposit box at a Buffalo bank for an alleged drug kingpin to store his drug proceeds in. Authorities seized $170,000 from the box before he was arrested. They have him nailed, literally. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Guerra said he does not know whether Brown benefited financially from the arrangement. He could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

I don't know who this guy is, but from what I have read, he played at Syracuse, is averaging nearly 16 points a game this season for the affiliate of the Sacramento Kings and New York Knicks. Brown was the Bighorns' first pick in the D-League's expansion draft in September. The Philadelphia 76ers selected him in the second round of the 2001 NBA draft. He also has played in the NBA with New Jersey, Toronto, Washington and Indiana. Another brother with potential sidelined by bad habits.