I'm just curious why is that? What are there test procedures?

not to say that strength is not valuable, but you need to be more fit/athletic/quick than bulky to perform well in basketball.

the impact on statistics/the game is just not as significant as it is in baseball (regarding home runs/power) or nfl (being able to run over/through other huge players/take/make big hits).

not to say that it is not relevant, because clearly strength allows for players to endure (i.e. lebron) and succeed, particularly if you are a player that goes to the rack. thing is, some players in the past, i believe, have argued that getting too bulky interferes with their shooting.

otherwise, i don't know the rules regarding performance enhancing substances in the nba, but it is a good question.

my personal view is i could care less, either way. the use of such drugs is just a reflection of the values of our society as a whole. a winner takes all culture certainly incentivizes such behavior...ask wall street...do we actually punish them for their same approach towards earning money? nope.

a new existential crisis for a hero of jewish baseball fans this must be...

I think the penalty if you get cuaght should be a massive pay deduction for the life of the contract, and less games suspended, which means you will do the same work for less pay, and your contract will be now base on incentives..

knicks1248 wrote:I know I may get ridicule for saying this, but even as a big time yankee fan and a avg mlb fan, the mlb is as boring as its ever been since the crack down on ped..it was much more exciting when bonds, mcguire, sosa arod, ect were slapping balls out the park, and getting clutch hits..I dont advocate cheating the sport, but I totally understand the need for it..

I think the penalty if you get cuaght should be a massive pay deduction for the life of the contract, and less games suspended, which means you will do the same work for less pay, and your contract will be now base on incentives..

They could just solve this by juicing the ball a little bit.
Also, they could make the sport a lot more interesting if they found a way to speed up the time between pitches. The cat and mouse between pitcher and hitter stepping out of the box and off the mound just kills the sport. Too damn slow.

again, if it comes out that nba players use ped's i could really care less (seems likely), and i do stand by my point that it has a little less of an impact on the game than the other sports.

easily the least fair sport to follow as a fan in all the major sports by having no salary cap...

gunsnewing wrote:Lebron James and Miami Deer Antler - You heard it here first

NBA is drug testing. Shits gonna hit the fan

bro, no disrespect, but you wouldn't be the first to speculate about lebron on this. and who's 'deer antler?' there really isn't a whole lot of real evidence about lebron as he has been a physical beast since he was a teenager.

i would not say it is not possible that he has used/uses, but we could speculate about a whole lot of players, as more players have crazy physiques than in the past, but i am sure players we saw in the late 80's and 90's were probably using as well.

we could speculate about many players of that era...oakley, the admiral, karl malone, zo, lj, shaq (who definitely beefed up after college), etc. etc.

25 man rosters on MLB teams, thats 800 pros. Go to 40 in Sept, then its 1280 players. There are also 240 minor league teams. Thats 600 in the minors.

NBA roster is has 14 players, and 30 teams. Thats 420 players. Add 204 if you want to include D-league.

I think its shear numbers has to factor in as well as what has been mentioned.

Its testing and how many in the sample.