Sun Rookie to Testify in Drug Probe

Phoenix Suns rookie center William Bedford is expected to be subpoenaed to testify before a Maricopa County grand jury investigating possible drug use by current and former players of the NBA team, the Phoenix Gazette reported.

The newspaper’s sources familiar with the investigation said the probe is focusing on drug use by three or four current and former Suns but could possibly widen.

Bedford, who has retained a lawyer, has refused comment. He is on the team’s injured list with a knee ailment.

Law enforcement officials in Arizona have told the Gazette that Sun guard Walter Davis appeared before the grand jury last week and was the first of several current and former Phoenix players expected to be called to testify about drug use on the team.

Davis left the team for 30 days last season and entered a Van Nuys treatment center for cocaine and alcohol abuse.