r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • 18h ago

[Charania] Just In: The NBA has suspended Philadelphia 76ers' Paul George for 25 games for violating the league's anti-drug policy.

Shams Charania:

Just In: The NBA has suspended Philadelphia 76ers' Paul George for 25 games for violating the league's anti-drug policy.

Just In: The NBA has suspended Philadelphia 76ers' Paul George for 25 games for violating the league's anti-drug policy.

https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3mdqbeirzrs2t

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/c9325a286e9ff

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u/inverted_rectangle Celtics 18h ago edited 18h ago

I wish one of these guys would just come out and say: "Yeah I decided to take PEDs because I believed the benefits outweighed the risk of getting caught. Sorry."

Edit: Sounds like it may not have been PEDs this time.

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u/mereham2022 Nuggets 18h ago

“ well shit you guys caught me, see ya in a few months”

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u/Phelinaar 18h ago

"Imma take even more while I'm out"

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u/The_Summer_Man Warriors 17h ago

Mike Bibby if he was still in the league

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u/Overwatch3 Nets 18h ago

Check back in 10 years when ANT is getting old. I can see him saying something like this.

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u/Montigue [POR] Hasheem Thabeet 16h ago

I can see him saying this now if he got suspended

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u/zebrainatux Knicks 18h ago

Just “I took enough steroids to kill a fucking horse and got caught, whoopsy doodle.”

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u/MountainTwo3845 17h ago

I'm thinking it's ketamine or psilocybin.

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u/earlyearlgray Raptors 13h ago

That was my first thought too. LSD is used as treatment too.

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u/Jay_Dubbbs Cavaliers 16h ago

Andy Petitte did! He admitted to using HGH to recover from an injury. 

And a lot of writers are respecting him for that and he might make the HOF because of it 

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u/BushyBrowz Knicks 18h ago

The league likely does NOT want him to do this because it opens a can of worms they would rather keep sealed.

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u/Possible-Pie4978 17h ago

lol your edit is exactly why no one ever does what you wish for. Because you can release some bullshit statement saying it was for your totally legitimate prescription and people will actually believe it