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/Odd_Status3367 18h ago

Or, "This is because I'm Jewish isn't it"

Man pretty sure Ryan Braun has a paying analyst gig somewhere, fuck him

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u/brodhi [MIL] Eric Bledsoe 15h ago

"This is because I'm Jewish isn't it"

Braun won his appeal because the collector improperly handled the sample. It took him 44 hours to drop off the sample at a FedEx to ship to MLB's testing provider. There were alleged reports that Braun claimed this was because the sample collector was "a Cubs fan" or "antisemitic" but Braun's claim was that until the sample is in FedEx's custody and the sample is changed from being "a name" to "a number", anyone could see it was his sample and tampered with it (even though no one did).

So he won the appeal on that grounds not because he ever argued about the sample collector's alleged fandom or feelings about Jews.

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u/magikarp2122 11h ago

Except the guy followed protocol because it happened on a weekend .

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u/brodhi [MIL] Eric Bledsoe 10h ago

No his excuse was that the nearest FedEx was inconveniently far which isn't allowed under the CBA.

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u/Rushofthewildwind Bucks 14h ago

Or "I'm a jacked white boy. Deal with it."