OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: FEBRUARY 2025

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  1. wizenheimer

    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    wow....pretty serious penalty. With his salary, that amounts to a 3.9M fine

    I wonder if it was 'recreational substances' of performance enhancing drugs
     
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    Neither. Sounds like an honest mistake. Toradol resurfacing draws a chuckle from me.

    His agent:

     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    tbh, when I read Tramadol, I didn't realize it was different than Toradol.

    It is pretty crazy that a pain-killer would lead to a 25-game suspension. Feels ridiculously excessive to me.
     
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    When your job is your body you better be 100% certain of what you're putting in your body. We've seen the "oops, I didn't know" excuse used far too many times in these situations.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    No doubt. My main point was that even if he knew what he was taking, even if it were intentional, I can't see how 1/3 of a season is a proportionate punishment. Even if he were popping Vicodin like Brett Favre, this wouldn't be reasonable.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I find it hard to believe he took the wrong pill by "accident".
     
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    Which should tell you there's a whole lot more to the story, and certainly more to it than an agent's PR spin job. FWIW, Tramadol is thought to have performance enhancing benefits.

    It's not exactly a novel approach to say someone else accidentally gave me the wrong thing.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Just watched the Spurs vs Nuggets game from a few weeks ago….. I tell you what. This dude is something else….. WHY DIDN’T WE DRAFT HIM!!??
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Actually the best part of watching the Spurs games…..seeing the reaction of the opposing team’s bench players after Vic does something bananas. Unwritten rule for the NBA is to not react when a player from the other team does something simply amazing against one of your teammates….. it’s hilarious watching the other team try NOT to react to one of his plays.
     
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    Wemby out for the season with a blood clot
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Just saw that…..


     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Looks like I have no reason to record any more Spurs games.
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    meh they are shutting him down to get a pick. They can easily overtake POR in the lotto and actually have a chance to snag Flagg. Stranger things have happened. Flagg to the Spurs.
     
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    NOBODY tanks better than the spurs
     
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    Don't be ridiculous. Accidentally taking the wrong drug is obviously 12.5 times as bad as intentionally stomping on someone....
     
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    no doubt

    however, a deep vein thrombosis is a very serious condition
     
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