NYPD displayed a small portion of the drug stash that was seized from the NBA Draft’s green room on Thursday.

Eighteen NBA draftees were arrested and more than 60 pounds of marijuana and cocaine were found in their possession, in addition to firearms and alcohol.

“Even by New York standards, this was a significant drug bust,” said New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. “For years there has been evidence of blatant and excessive illegal drug and alcohol abuse at the NBA Draft and we made a decision to bring it to an end.”

NBA prospects have used draft day over the last decade as an initiation into the NBA lifestyle, taking full advantage of the drugs, alcohol and women at their disposal thanks to their youth, celebrity and wealth.

“I remember what it was like when I was drafted back in 1996,” said Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers. “We had coke, weed, all the liquor we could drink. Strippers everywhere. I think someone even got shot. It was so big that marijuana smoke was billowing out onto the stage and David Stern was coughing every time he’d announce a pick. It was great.”

Iverson says it is a tradition that should continue. “It’s just kids having fun,” said Iverson. “Let them have their night.”

But the NBA and law enforcement think differently. NBA commissioner David Stern cooperated with the NYPD’s investigation leading up to Thursday’s raid.

“Our league has a certain reputation for lawlessness, deserved or not,” said Stern. “Something that even I recognized as problematic was the drugs and sex orgy that the draft green room has become. Our viewing audience had begun to sense something was going on with players reporting to the stage after getting selected with strippers on each hip, and a forty in one hand and a blunt in the other. It wasn’t a good image.”

Stern’s willingness to cooperate with the NYPD’s investigation was based on one requirement: that none of the players arrested would be charged with a felony or serve jail time.

“All of our green room draftees will be charged with misdemeanor drug and weapons possession charges, and those who were underage with alcohol violations, but that’s it,” said Stern. “And the NYPD thankfully looked the other way on the prostitution.”

Top picks Dwight Howard and Emeka Okafor were included in the bust, sullying their spotless reputations.

“When in Rome, you know,” said Stern. “And it’s best they have a record now. They would not have been looked on too kindly by their fellow players if they had entered the league without a criminal background. They’d have been seen as sell outs. It’s best that they were included.”