Nuggets suspend F Anthony two games

Jun 23, 2008 - 11:55 PM DENVER (Ticker) -- Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony received some good news and some bad news Monday.

On the same day he was named to the United States Olympic team, Anthony was suspended two games by the Nuggets for his arrest on a suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Anthony was arrested on April 14 and is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. He will sit out the first two games of next season.

"We take drinking and driving very seriously," Nuggets vice president of basketball operations Mark Warkentien said. "Carmelo admits he made a serious lapse in judgment and has expressed his sincere remorse numerous times since to the Nuggets organization, his fans and the Denver community."

Anthony also was a member of the United States Olympic team that won a bronze medal in Athens in 2004. Two years later, he was the leading scorer (19.9 points per game) on the American team that finished third in the FIBA World Championship.