Shawne Williams began the day in a Nets uniform for a morning shootaround, and ended the day in a prison jumpsuit as a guest of the Shelby County (Tenn.) department of corrections.
The team waived Williams early Friday afternoon. Just hours later, Williams, acquired in the Eduardo Najera-Kris Humphries deal Monday, turned himself in to authorities in his native Memphis and was indicted by a Shelby County grand jury on eight counts — four involving possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, four involving conspiracy to sell.
According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Williams had been one of 24 defendants targeted for a long time by the Memphis Police Department as part of its “Operation: Lockdown” investigation.
