OT - Illegal Substances in the NBA
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:36 am
by etopn23
At 45 seconds in this video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnrNMtIQuxk
you see Kobe Bryant using an inhaler during an NBA game. Are corticosteroids (assuming it isn't an anabolic steroid) legal? It doesn't seem to make sense how that's allowed..
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:38 am
by Cevap
yes, i'm sure kobe would inhale something banned by the NBA while standing in the huddle
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:40 am
by TheSheriff
Steroids are a large problem in the NBA. Was Kobe doing steroids on the court? Probably not.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:40 am
by etopn23
Cevap wrote:yes, i'm sure kobe would inhale something banned by the NBA while standing in the huddle
I'm not understanding why inhalers are allowed. They are banned in track and field/football - it's a performance enhancing drug.
I'm not trying to harp on Kobe - it isn't the first time that I've seen this in the NBA. It's just the only youtube clip I could find of someone doing it.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:44 am
by No. 12
The Pacers
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:03 am
by legacyinthemakin89c
Maybe he has asthma? I guarantee the league has looked into things like that. Does Kobe look like uses steroids?
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:22 am
by panacea
legacyinthemakin89c wrote:Maybe he has asthma? I guarantee the league has looked into things like that. Does Kobe look like uses steroids?
Many inhalers (for asthma) contain steroids. Mine did.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:25 am
by Cevap
didn't Lindsay Hunter get suspended 10 days because he took some diet pills from his wife and they contained a banned substance?
LOL
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:40 am
by candy for lunch
Corticosteroids are not anabolic steroids.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:01 am
by panacea
supersteve wrote:Corticosteroids are not anabolic steroids.
But they don't have the ability to enhance performance? I don't know if I agree with that....
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:04 am
by Texas Longhorns
That's how Kobe does it!
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:20 am
by Scatocephalus
Not all steroids make you big and strong. Many actually are designed to shrink swelling such as swollen air pathways to the lungs and would be counterproductive to enhancing performance.
And not all inhalers contain corticosteroids. Some contain stimulants such as albuterol, a stimulant that can give you an extra burst of energy much like ephedra or amphetimine. Using such a substance would give a tired player an advantage. These are the illegal inhalers.
I'm sure that the NBA includes amphetimines in their drug testing regimen which would ferret out illegal inhalers.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:50 am
by Stinko Malenko
Maybe he just has asthma...
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:08 am
by Scatocephalus
Stinko Malenko wrote:Maybe he just has asthma...
Some asthma inhalers contain banned substances such as the aforementioned albuterol.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:14 am
by robbe
70% of all professional cyclists have asthma. Probably a coincidence though.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:15 am
by 3pt %
Hey, Ive actually got asthma and don't don't take use the inhaler as much as I should....
This needs to change, especially before all basketball games.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:29 pm
by Stinko Malenko
Scatocephalus wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Some asthma inhalers contain banned substances such as the aforementioned albuterol.
I know, but I'm sure there's an exceptions rule for legit medicines like that. What else is Kobe suppose to do, have an asthma attack and die?
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:07 pm
by wigglestrue
Scatocephalus wrote:Not all steroids make you big and strong. Many actually are designed to shrink swelling such as swollen air pathways to the lungs and would be counterproductive to enhancing performance.
Seeing how basketball is primarily an aerobic sport...
Don't you think that could enhance performance?
And not all inhalers contain corticosteroids. Some contain stimulants such as albuterol, a stimulant that can give you an extra burst of energy much like ephedra or amphetimine. Using such a substance would give a tired player an advantage. These are the illegal inhalers.
I'm sure that the NBA includes amphetimines in their drug testing regimen which would ferret out illegal inhalers.
So basically, any inhaler enhances aerobic performance?
Either via more lung capacity or energy?
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:10 pm
by GJense4181
Not allowing inhalers is like preventing a player from taking painkillers. Or undergoing therapy.
Dumb.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:16 pm
by wigglestrue
It's about what's in the inhalers and whether or not the player needs it.