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Offline WayOutWest

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Brad Miller suspended for 5 games for violating the NBA's drug policy.
« on: July 10, 2008, 05:56:47 PM »
Probably herb, no biggie I guess since Josh from the Mavs says it's the norm.
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Re: Brad Miller suspended for 5 games for violating the NBA's drug policy.
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2008, 09:39:22 AM »
Quote from: WayOutWest on July 10, 2008, 05:56:47 PM
Probably herb, no biggie I guess since Josh from the Mavs says it's the norm.

Charles Oakley and a number of other players have said the same thing as well.
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Re: Brad Miller suspended for 5 games for violating the NBA's drug policy.
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2008, 09:50:36 AM »
It's not like basketball players smoking pot is news or anything, if i recall properly there was actually a debate in one of the CBA negotiatioins regarding testing for marijuana, players really didn't want it, this was like 5 years ago or something.

Plus, who cares, it's pot?
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Re: Brad Miller suspended for 5 games for violating the NBA's drug policy.
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2008, 10:21:58 AM »
Quote from: jemagee on July 11, 2008, 09:50:36 AM
It's not like basketball players smoking pot is news or anything, if i recall properly there was actually a debate in one of the CBA negotiatioins regarding testing for marijuana, players really didn't want it, this was like 5 years ago or something.

Plus, who cares, it's pot?

I don't think its a big deal as long as it is done on their own time.  The league looks the other way when they go out and spend thousands of dollars on alcohol buying out the bar.  This should be no different IMO.
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Re: Brad Miller suspended for 5 games for violating the NBA's drug policy.
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2008, 11:04:58 AM »
Yeah, Brad had to do the "gauntlet of death" march around Arco, apologizing to Theus, Petrie, his teammates, then the fans.

It was his third "dirty" pee test, so he gets five games off, without pay. It had to be the weed, for that is the penalty for a third offense. If it were a harder drug, he would be gone for a lot longer and that would be for a first offense.   
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« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2008, 11:06:53 AM »
yeah, i found that part of what i was reading interesting....one positive test for anything not pot, banned from the league.

That seems a bit harsh, i mean sure coke is stupid to do, but what about treatments and such?

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Re: Brad Miller suspended for 5 games for violating the NBA's drug policy.
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2008, 03:11:49 PM »
I thought you got expelled from the league after 3 positive tests, that was something that came up when Odom joined the Lakers because he has two strikes against him.
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Re: Brad Miller suspended for 5 games for violating the NBA's drug policy.
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2008, 03:31:06 PM »
Quote from: WayOutWest on July 11, 2008, 03:11:49 PM
I thought you got expelled from the league after 3 positive tests, that was something that came up when Odom joined the Lakers because he has two strikes against him.

Is that why JR Rider left the league?!
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Re: Brad Miller suspended for 5 games for violating the NBA's drug policy.
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2008, 03:52:53 PM »
Quote from: WayOutWest on July 11, 2008, 03:11:49 PM
I thought you got expelled from the league after 3 positive tests, that was something that came up when Odom joined the Lakers because he has two strikes against him.

3 positive tests for harder drugs is a ban for life, I thought.

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Re: Brad Miller suspended for 5 games for violating the NBA's drug policy.
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2008, 04:31:07 PM »
I gotta say this doesn't come as a surprise.  Brad just looks like a toker.
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Re: Brad Miller suspended for 5 games for violating the NBA's drug policy.
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2008, 05:39:23 PM »
Quote from: westkoast on July 11, 2008, 03:31:06 PM
Quote from: WayOutWest on July 11, 2008, 03:11:49 PM
I thought you got expelled from the league after 3 positive tests, that was something that came up when Odom joined the Lakers because he has two strikes against him.

Is that why JR Rider left the league?!

I think suckage had a lot more to do with that than anything else...
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