Dan Lebatard speculates on LeBron and HGH on ESPN radio

[Kilo]

He's just saying what folks are thinking. Major weight loss in the off-season and then constant injuries - takes two weeks off mid-season to go back down to South Beach and comes back completely new man...

He missed 8 games with back soreness

How is that considered constant injurIES?

Left knee as well.

[DefenseWins]

how you not gonna post a link mang?

I also would need to hear the tone of Lebatards voice to see if he is serious or just trolling/making jokes

[jokeboy86]

Max and Marcellus always talk about this

Max is still bitter that Lebron didn't go to the Knicks which he swore was going to happen when he had his radio show in NY. He switches allegiances constantly. He use to be among Floyd Mayweather's biggest fans when he was on HBO, but after he left for Showtime everything is his and Al Haymon's fault why boxing is struggling.

[EscapoTHB]

You don't get the show!

[VideoGameJames]

Lol ppl in this thread talking outta their ass, assuming Lebrons getting PED's from an atleast semi-knowledgable source, he would've switched to GH releasing peptides which the NBA doesn't test for like Ipamorelin, its essentially the same thing but much harder to test for. As for the injuries he had back and knee issues last year as well, just didn't miss more than a game or two to rest

[PICKnPOP]

Wouldn't matter if it was true because Nike + NBA would cover it up for him nicely.


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[irie]

Maybe he is.

Personally, I don't care. Use all the HGH you want.

[JellosJigglin]

He's just saying what folks are thinking. Major weight loss in the off-season and then constant injuries - takes two weeks off mid-season to go back down to South Beach and comes back completely new man...

If he was juicing he could have gotten the steroids/HGH from anywhere

...

For people like you and me, sure. But when you're an NBA superstar and American icon, the stakes are a lot higher and being discrete is crucial. You go to the supplier that you trust won't throw you under the bus.

[CB-Blazer]

I think its stupid to speculate without any concrete evidence. This has nothing to do with journalism but moreso to do with creating hits and listeners for websites and radio.

Sickens me that this is what is considered "journalism" by todays standards

[crazy_me_87]

He's just saying what folks are thinking. Major weight loss in the off-season and then constant injuries - takes two weeks off mid-season to go back down to South Beach and comes back completely new man...

I've red that bs before

I have some Medical knowlege from beeing a Paramedic... Even IF he got back on HGH in Miami it would take Months for HGH to affect his Strenght/Energy Level. HGH isnt a thing you get and it turns you into Superman overnight even if thats what people think..

[laploutocratie]

This guy is the definition of salty since LeBron left. I don't take any of the bs that comes out of this vermin seriously.

[kinghasnoequal]

Can someone tell me where i can go for only two weeks and get the same results? Because sitting down and taking HGH for two weeks will do nothing.

[mg]

I'm no LeBron homer but it does come off as 'sour grapes' from LeBatard. I highly doubt he would be speculating on any of this stuff if LeBron hadn't left Miami.

[hype_2004]

Maybe he is.

Personally, I don't care. Use all the HGH you want.

**** it me too, its been scientifically proven that HGH reverse the aging process, heals injury at an larmingly fast rate and builds stronger new tissues/muscle fibers to replace the old ones. If you play 82 games, with rpe-season and playoffs you would being all natural will let your body survive the grind for 3/4 of the year, the body is not built to take that kind of physical abuse, PEDs helps the body recover, strengthens it and thus helps prevents future injuries.

[qm22]

Maybe he is.

Personally, I don't care. Use all the HGH you want.

**** it me too, its been scientifically proven that HGH reverse the aging process, heals injury at an larmingly fast rate and builds stronger new tissues/muscle fibers to replace the old ones. If you play 82 games, with rpe-season and playoffs you would being all natural will let your body survive the grind for 3/4 of the year, the body is not built to take that kind of physical abuse, PEDs helps the body recover, strengthens it and thus helps prevents future injuries.

Where is your source for "reverse the aging process"...? Maybe you are referring to people who sell HGH containing things for the cosmetic appearance of youth.

In fact, I think the opposite is true. In mice, deleting their natural growth hormone results in increased lifespan. Meanwhile, animals engineered to have extra growth hormone (which has been thoroughly studied as a means of meat production in livestock, without fat in the meat) have shortened lifespan, reduced fertility... That is to say nothing of the other complications which may indirectly affect lifespan, such as cancer.
While I'm not sure how much those dramatic effects translate to the doses used in athletes, but it is more than enough to make me raise eyebrows at the age-reversal claim.

On the injury recovery aspect, something that interests me is whether HGH promotes healing after extended use. It might have detrimental effects in that context, at least partially, in the long term.

[ocelot17]

Not saying Lebron does steroids or PED's but accelerated hairloss is a side effect of PED/steroid use.

[Heat3]

LMAO, I don't like Lebatard, but you can't put it out there like this because he never mentioned Lebron specifically. He just put out a "hypothetical" situation. But since everyone is thinking the same thing everyone connects the dots to Lebron. I personally didn't even think he was being serious, just saying something to rile people up.

[Johnny Firpo]

So it's a complete coincidence that Lebron has a MASSIVE weight loss the off-season before the first HGH testing begins?

Does this look natural to you?

http://dimemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2 ... .41-AM.png

Actually, there is nothing special about this transformation in terms of building mass or losing fat. Not the mass, not the timeline, nothing. He gained fat in one offseason, than dropped weight during this one. No real change in muscle mass, if anything he lost muscle this year. I would not be shocked if it turned out that he used steroids before btw, I'm just talking about those pictures as proof. They are not.

[DWadeno3]

First of all, I don't think LeBatard was too serious, he just loves messing with people's heads. Second of all, I consider all the speculation regarding PED/HGH usage in the NBA to be extremely disrespectful until somebody has been proven guilty of it.

[Exodus]

FAIR

Everyone knows he abused HGH. Anyone who denies this is a fan boy of his