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The trade come less than a week after Lawson was arrested on
suspicion of driving under the influence.
The Nuggets sent the point guard to Houston in exchange for four
bench players, most notably Greek forward Kostas Papanikolaou.
The Nuggets also receive Houston’s lottery-protected 2016
first-round pick.
Lawson has played six seasons in the NBA, all with Denver. Last
season he averaged 15.2 points and a career-high 9.6 assists
over the course of 75 games, all starts.
The 27-year-old strengthens the backcourt for Houston, which
made the NBA Western Conference finals, before falling to the
eventual champions, the Golden State Warriors.
Lawson has been arrested twice this year on suspicion of driving
under the influence and, according to his lawyer, currently is
in a rehabilitation clinic in California.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina, editing by
Gene Cherry)
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