30 For 30 Boston Celtics Drug Addict

Former Celtics guard Chris Herren is being honored by the team for helping launch a program to fight drug addiction. The film focuses on the drug addiction that plagued the high school basketball standout from Fall River Mass.

After Drugs Drove Him From The Nba Chris Herren Makes Off Court Comeback Only A Game

Some drugs are harder than others some can ruin a life.

30 for 30 boston celtics drug addict. But at the moment he was realizing his childhood dream of becoming a star for the home team Chris was falling in a 10-year-long spiral of addiction. He will start with his old team the Boston Celtics. Basketball 30 for 30 ESPN Films Documentaries.

ESPN aired Unguarded on Tuesday night a documentary on former Boston College and Boston Celtics basketball player Chris Herren. When Boston Celtics executive and coach Rick Pitino left acquired Herren from Denver in 2000 it seemed like a local-hero-comes-home story but Herren knew his drug. Chris failed drug tests at BC and Fresno State but he was so talented that he was drafted into the NBA anyway ending up with the Boston Celtics.

Herren played for the Boston Celtics and was a star for a brief time before succumbing to drug addiction. A presentation by a former professional athlete whose career was ruined by drug addiction. Chris realized his childhood dream of playing basketball for Boston College and eventually playing professionally for the Boston Celtics but his journey was not smooth.

Despite failed drug tests being kicked off teams and expulsions in college Chris Herren was drafted in the second round of the 1999 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. - Chris Herren gave a powerful deeply personal accounting Thursday of his descent from NBA basketball player to homeless drug addict a tale made popular by the ESPN 30 for 30. Len Bias already had a following and reputation long before he was drafted by the Boston Celtics.

His numbers continued to trend down until he. Boston Celtics 1 Boston Massachusetts 1 Brother 1 Cardiac Arrest 1 Cleveland Browns 1. And the ex-Celtics point guard also has a wife and three kids to support.

Herren who played with the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics will talk about his life in basketball his addiction to drugs and alcohol and his inspiring road to recovery as part of the. He played in 45 games for the Nuggets averaging 31 points and 12 rebounds per game before being traded to the Boston Celtics and developing a Oxycontin habit. He is the focus of the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Unguarded.

He bounced from team to team country to country. Chris Herren was a cant miss basketball superstar until drug addiction eventually destroyed his career. Former Boston Celtics player Chris Herren will talk about the impact of drug addiction at the Ware High School on Thursday night during a public event.

ESPN Films on Classic will feature an expanded focus on the channels unique ability to reach sports fans through films and is designed to target. Them and was starting for the Boston Celtics a couple minutes. During pregame warmups however Herren was nowhere to be foundIt was later told that Herren in full uniform was outside in the pouring rain waiting to meet his drug dealer.

There was a time in 2001 when Boston Celtics guard Chris Herren was supposed to make a rare start for the Cs and several family members were on hand at the FleetCenter in Boston. With his game eroded and his weight way up he saw his points per game drop from 178 to 65 and minutes from 304 to 159. The Herren Project founded in 2011 is former Boston Celtics player Chris Herrens way to give backThe program helps individuals and families who are struggling with drug and alcohol addiction in any way.

Senior Analyst I January 30. But considering the long fight that a now-sober Chris Herren is winning over alcohol and drugs his. Hit the jump for the doc trailer director commentary and more on this compelling story.

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