Portland Trail Blazers guard Damon Stoudamire may stand trial Sept. 29 on drug charges, depending on the outcome of arguments that day over a motion to suppress evidence.

Defense attorneys Steve Houze and Michael Piccarreta will seek to persuade a Pima County Justice Court judge to suppress evidence stemming from a search of Stoudamire on July 3 at Tucson International Airport, while Assistant County Attorney Bruce Chalk will try to ensure the evidence can be used.

Stoudamire was stopped as he prepared to board a flight to New Orleans after setting off an airport metal detector. Authorities contend that he had rolling papers and a substance wrapped in aluminum foil determined to be almost 1.5 ounces of marijuana in his possession.

Stoudamire told officers that the drug was marijuana and that it was his, according to a police report.

He was charged with misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia and was released on his own recognizance.

Stoudamire and his lawyers waived a July 25 court appearance, entering a not guilty plea.

Rick Unkelsbay, chief criminal attorney for the Pima County Attorney's Office, said Stoudamire could be sentenced to unsupervised probation and up to $2,500 in fines if convicted. But he said similar charges usually result in fines of about $200.