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I'd love to know when taking an over the counter substance not knowing it contained a banned substance turned into deliberately taking steroids in order to add muscle.
lol I never really cared, in fact I think this is the first time I saw or pay attention to a Goran Dragic's post.
I'd love to know when taking an over the counter substance not knowing it contained a banned substance turned into deliberately taking steroids in order to add muscle.
Still waiting for the link saying he was taking steroids....
I don't think anyone is saying that. At first glance I thought it was possible because he got much bigger. I see that it's not the case. But the Rashard Lewis that played in these NBA finals was about 30 pounds thicker than the Rashard Lewis that came into this league as a Sonic. Dude seriously bulked up, Do you not agree?
I didn't look for it, and if you tell me that there isn't one then I'm not going to waste my time. I'll just wait 'till he gets suspended for steroid abuse.
still waiting....
I don't know how the ed up government in your 3rd world country works, but in America it's innocent until proven guilty.
ask Lebron
tell that to all the innocent people rotting in our prisons.
Dude WTF is your problem? I'm just arguing about what everybody else is arguing about here.
"10 games..tests positive for 'roids substances.."
That's what the OP said I thought this was already a done deal I didn't even care to click the link.
I honestly didn't notice anything, and it's easy to trick yourself into thinking that once you hear a story about this. Maybe he was thicker, but he's still a finesse player. If his power post game all the sudden got better, I'd be a little su ious, but last I checked a soft, silky jumper is still the #1 asset to his game, something that would get ed up with a sudden muscle gain.
Then don't accuse someone of steroids based on a le the OP created to draw attention to his thread.
^My problem with it is black basketball players are held to completely different standards than white baseball players. That's my main cause of anger.
So you're saying he was able to find such a powerful steroid via an over the counter drug?
Yeah must be a really powerful drug.
This is coming from the person who doesn't know what the word "finesse" means.
How am I wrong? Because you were able to use the literal definition of the word steroid when we both know there is an implied meaning?
lol finesse
Yes, I do feel better that a re like you that wants to blow something as little and insignificant as this out of proportion walks away with his tail between his legs because he realizes the drug he's trying to claim is a big deal isn't a big deal at all.
Tip of the iceberg? Probably not
Chris Mannix
SI.com
Has the stench of performance enhancing drugs penetrated the NBA? Somehow I doubt it.
On a scale of 1-10, Rashard Lewis' decision to mix a banned supplement in with his protein shakes registers as a -30. The supplement, which reportedly contained the compound DHEA, a widely used muscle builder that is on the NBA's banned substance list, will cost the Magic forward 10 games next season and, more importantly, $1.6 million in salary.
But do I think this is just the tip of the iceberg? Do I think Lewis' positive test will be the first of many to start spilling out of the league offices? Probably not.
Why? For starters, there isn't a rich history of steroid users in the NBA. There is no secret list of hundreds of players who have tested positive in a drawer somewhere like there is in baseball, and there are no high-profile cautionary tales like those of former NFL players Lyle Alzado and Tony Mandarich. A total of six players have tested positive for PED's since the NBA began testing in 1999. And the list is hardly a who's-who of professional talent: Matt Geiger, Don McLean, Soumalia Samake, Lindsey Hunter, Darius Miles and now Lewis. Not exactly Bonds, Sosa and McGwire. No one believes Shaquille O'Neal was popping pills during the Lakers' three le seasons and there have been no rumors of David Robinson and Tim Duncan pumping each other full of HGH in bathroom stalls during the Spurs le seasons of 1999 and 2003.
Second, there is the drug, DHEA, that was in Lewis's system. Dr. Gary Wadler, Chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency's Prohibited List and Methods Sub-Committee, told the Orlando Sentinel that DHEA is "very widely used in supplemental and complementary kind of medicines and it's in food stores." Wadler added that DHEA is also "not very effective" as a performance enhancer.
Third, as an NBA reporter for the last six years and as a locker room attendant with the Boston Celtics the eight years prior to that, I have never heard so much as a whisper of players juicing. Working both the home and away locker rooms in Boston, I saw a lot of things. I saw which players liked to drink (a lot), which ones liked to smoke (even more) and which ones liked both. I witnessed some unbelievably stupid decisions by players that, to a degree, compromised the integrity of the game. In many ways, I saw the underbelly of professional sports. But I never saw or heard anything related to performance enhancing drugs.
All of which leads back to the same conclusion, one that has been expressed to me by several NBA sources with knowledge of the situation. Lewis unknowingly bought a supplement with the banned drug. He used it. He got busted.
Should Lewis be criticized? Absolutely. Every NBA team employs trainers and strength coaches who either have a working knowledge of what supplements are legal or the ability to access that information quickly. One phone call probably could have saved Lewis from all this trouble.
And even if the team wasn't involved, so what? Today's players have more handlers than Michael Jackson in his heyday, Lewis couldn't have asked one of them to check up on what kind of supplements he was taking?
And what about the Magic? The fight for home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference is going to be a dogfight next season, with Boston, Cleveland and Washington all loading up for a run at the top seed. Losing Lewis, the Magic's starting power forward and arguably their best perimeter weapon, for 10 games could prove costly as the battle for the Nos. 1-4 could come down to one or two wins.
So criticize Lewis for the stupidity of his actions and the cost it could have on the Magic next season. But be careful not to overreact. The NBA has a solid drug testing policy -- they randomly test every player four times during the season for everything from marijuana to steroids -- and no track record to warrant overwhelming skepticism.
Sometimes a mistake is just a mistake.
^I love being right.
well then if Magic fans make excuses if they lets hope they don't turn into Dallas fans and make way to many excuses
Dallas fans don't need to make any excuse for being re ed as none of them is literally a re like some called basketballtart25.well then if Magic fans make excuses if they lets hope they don't turn into Dallas fans and make way to many excuses
sorry. I might be re ed, but I don't complain about refs like most Dallas fans over on www.dallas-mavs.com
Stop posting that ing link every time you post. No one cares what message board you get regulated on.
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