HGH Testing

[Captivus]

At some point someone is gonna get caught, and if this player gets suspended, he will start talking about other players, Lance Amstrong style.

[SpurAddict561]

[dbreiden83080]

I was 6'0 155 pounds when I graduated from High School. In my mid 20's I was able to put on quite a lot of muscle in the gym and I never even drank protein shakes. Not every in shape or large athlete is using HGH or roids..

[Juggity]

Lebron strikes me as more genetically freakish than steroid-abusing. I think he's clean.

Wade seems quite su ious though. It's impossible to ignore the shape of his head, and furthermore how that shape has changed over the years. Barry Bonds-esque.

[elmanutres]

if wade gets away this season scot-free, the nba is clearly protecting their stars. even then the nba won't ever vacate a teams season like the ncaa.

[Carnage&Mayhem]

someone post Wade jaw growth pics over the years

[tesseractive]

The biggest issue with NBA testing is the lack of transparency. While the NBA claims to use a third party to conduct the testing, they don't necessarily want to disclose who this third party is. Furthermore, the third party has to eventually alert the league about any positive tests, and it's up to the league to act on that (the whole thing obviously happening in complete secrecy). There's obviously other issues like microdosing, etc, but if you don't address transparency from the get go, it doesn't matter if you're catching anybody.

The other huge thing is that taking your 4th test means that you know you have a free pass from then until the offseason.

[MeloHype]

[Clipper Nation]

Absolutely zero stars will ever get busted for HGH, Wade and Kirby are the most obvious juicers in the league though....

[Chief Brody]

Couple things here...

1. You gotta have your head in the sand to think NBA players (or any professional athlete) isn't on a PED that's either not tested for, or the testing is very loosey-goosey. Duncan had an amazingly resurgent year that most 36-37 year olds never have. I know we'd like to think it was hard work and Jesus Christ that kept him healthy and at peak form, but let's be real...

2. Do people really still give a if a player juices, or is it just righteous posturing?

[atoyotagaspedal]

Doesn't matter tbh, the league will let players like Kobe, Lebron and Wade get away with it since they are marketable. The only people they will pin this on is nobodies just to show they enforce this rule.

[Baseline]

There'll be plenty of fair warning so Bryant can line up his fake piss cups. Stern will make sure he can still freebase all the HGH he can squeeze into them veins.

[LarryDavid]

Yeah, and Duncan's success this past year was all due to his weight loss.

[Vic Petro]

Do people really still give a if a player juices, or is it just righteous posturing?

I give a because if it goes unchecked it creates a culture where guys that don't want to juice are forced to do it just to stay compe ive.