NEW YORK --New Orleans Hornets forward Chris Andersen has been thrown out of the NBA for drug use.
Officially, the NBA announced Friday that Andersen has been dismissed and disqualified from the league for violating the terms of the Anti-Drug Program, which were agreed to by the league and the Players Association.
The league, teams and the union cannot publicly discuss or disclose information regarding testing or treatment of any player other than to announce a player's suspension or dismissal.
Andersen cannot apply for reinstatement for at least two years.
Under terms of the NBA's collective bargaining agreement, any player testing positive for drugs of abuse (amphetamines, cocaine, LSD, opiates -- including heroin, codeine and morphine -- and PCP) can be disqualified from the NBA.
Players who test positive for steroids or performance enhancing drugs, masking agents and diurectics get a 10-game suspension (1st offense), a 25-game suspension (2nd offense), a one-year suspension (3rd offense) and disqualification (4th offense).
Marijuana penalties are a $25,000 fine (2nd offense), a five-game suspension (3rd offense), a 10-game suspension (4th offense), and five additional games for each subsequent violation.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2308918
Last edited by timvp; 01-27-2006 at 08:12 PM.
Holy Cow!
I'm guessing he was in this group then:
because you don't get kicked out for pot.Under terms of the NBA's collective bargaining agreement, any player testing positive for drugs of abuse (amphetamines, cocaine, LSD, opiates -- including heroin, codeine and morphine -- and PCP) can be disqualified from the NBA.
What a loser!
Is he the one that looks like a cave man? hmm I guess not.
But seriously, what a waste! How stupid.
Wow, what a moron. I guess it's time to go to Europe for Chris to earn his millions.
And they were just talking about all the kids who wanted his autograph and the bird sign and all that.
Damn, the guy was fun to watch.
That is a pretty harsh punishment. I wonder if it's his first offense.
stupid mofo.
He looked like he was on somethin...
Well, sucks for him.
Was he the crappy guy at the dunk contest last year, if so then this is what he gets for making me lose 5 minutes of my life for him trying to do the same dunk 10 times
Yes, that's him.
What a ing idiot.
what a ing stupid idiot.
why the would you use the hard when you are an NBA player?
do the hornets get charged his cap number still btw?
with a name like birdman he knows what it takes to get high
who uses hard drugs anyway, pretty stupid.
as far as i know thats his first offence for any drug issues right?
I wonder what he tested positive to.
what was his contract situation?
how much $$$ did he lose?
They don't announce it when a player has an offense. So he could have had prior offenses and be in their drug program and the public wouldn't know.as far as i know thats his first offence for any drug issues right?
According to hoopshype (which is relatively accurate for salary info) he makes 3.5M this year and for three more years after this one. (No raises)
Kori, do you know if that stays on there cap?
What about when/if he comes back from suspension do the Hornets still have his "rights"?
I'm sure there'll be an appeal, in which the details will come to light. Way to mess up a good thing though.
The NBA is just racist. David Stern hates white people... who act thuggish and make an ass-face out of themselves at the AS dunk contest.
Racist cracka's.
oh man...i was hoping i could see him in this year Dunk Compe ion......i need a good laugh seeing him dunking
The irony is the use of the hard stuff makes him more thug than a mojority of the black players.
Thats a shame cause he really seemed like a nice guy. I played a a number of 2 on 2 games with him at the Sam Houston State rec center while he was up visiting an old friend. I asked him a ton of questions about the NBA and him in general and he was very open and never acted annoyed. Seemed like a pretty straight laced guy too, wouldnt have suspected anything other than weed (which he did strike me as someone who enjoys the sticky icky). Only thing i could guess is coke.
Taking drugs doesn't make him a "bad" person, just stupid.
I honestly don't know how it works. I'm sure it's outlined in the drug policy section of the CBA but I haven't read it all. ChumpDumper might know.
Because you're addicted.
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