The Time Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Wore An Ankle Monitor During NBA Games

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was arrested in 2017 and this led to Caldwell-Pope wearing an ankle monitor in a few NBA games.

Jun 24, 2023

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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has enjoyed his 10-year NBA career so far. Caldwell-Pope has won two NBA titles in his career.

He won with LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020 and this most recent season as a teammate of Nikola Jokic on the Denver Nuggets. Caldwell-Pope has averaged 11.5 points and 3.1 rebounds in his career while shooting 42.4% from the field and 36.5% from three.

Despite all of this good fortune Caldwell-Pope, he hasn’t gone completely without controversy during his career. He once had to play a game while wearing an ankle monitor.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Once Wore An Ankle Monitor During A Few Games

In March 2017, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was arrested for driving under the influence. He was driving 70 mph in a 25 mph zone.

Caldwell-Pope ended up having the charge of driving under the influence dropped, but he pleaded guilty to allowing another person to drive under the influence. He ended up getting sentenced to one year on probation.

Caldwell-Pope ended up violating his parole after he did not comply with the court’s drug and screening order. The 2x NBA champion ended up getting sentenced to 25 days in jail.

While in jail, Caldwell-Pope filed a petition to serve his time in California’s Seal Beach Detention Center. This is a facility that allows inmates to get on a work release program, meaning inmates can go out to their jobs and work.

Caldwell-Pope, who was a member of the Lakers at this time, was allowed to play in home games and other games in California. He was not allowed to travel out of the state to play in road games.

Also, Caldwell-Pope was required to wear an ankle monitor while he played, which was certainly a sight to see.

KCP really gotta hoop with that GPS ankle bracelet smh pic.twitter.com/c3o9kRi6K3

— Swoosh (@JohnnyHSD) December 26, 2017

If Caldwell-Pope ended up violating his probation again, he would have been sentenced to 93 days in jail. This, he would not do. All together, Caldwell-Pope only missed two games, one against the Houston Rockets and the other against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

It’s safe to say Caldwell-Pope learned his lesson, and he has rebounded to become a 2x NBA champion. Not a bad NBA redemption story, to say the least.

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