Virtually all pro athletes take some form of PEDs, tbh..as somebody that has done several cycles, I can attest to the positive effects and the misconception of risk..it doesn't have to be HGH, which is what most people ignorantly associate with sports..
However, even with the advantages in recovery and increase in training potential(which helps in all athletic gains with the proper training), the effect in basketball is far less relevant than in the majority of other pro sports..
While Lebron definitely uses PEDs, he isn't even an egregious example, tbh..it's mostly haters/people that haven't used PEDs that use him as a their primary example..he has always been significantly larger than his peers, even in High School, he has a massive frame that allows for higher potential for physical gains..
Anyways, there's nothing wrong with PEDs and it should be encouraged in all pro sports..it's widely accepted in the NFL and rightfully so, it's a sport that doesn't rely heavily on skill and has a very high number of injuries..
The MLB was far, far, far more exciting to the casual fan(like myself) when players were hitting 60+ Home Runs..in soccer, the best player in the world and arguably the greatest of all-time is a known HGH user..
I don't know why anybody would be against quicker recoveries, increase in training potential, etc..
From my experience, the fans that are against PEDs are usually the silly people that believe they could have made it to the pros with the same sort of "training", or they're just fans that hate certain alleged users(Lebron, Bonds, etc)..although it's pretty naive to believe Jordan wasn't on stuff, too, PEDs have been around for a loooong time