Danny Green Drug Tested By The NBA

[Bigdave11]

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Several posters jokingly suggested that Danny Green would be the next up to provide a "random specimen" following his putback dunk the other night. Personally, I find it hilarious the league is drug testing athletes, on what's now seemingly, a play-by-play basis.

Does having the "Highlight of the Night" automatically mean a drug test is looming? Thoughts?

Any time a player does something impressively athletic that they're not known for doing, they will get tested. Happens in a lot of sports.

In track or swimming or cycling, if you break your previous best times by a large margin, you will get tested.

Nah that’s bs

Eric Bledsoe from the Bucks is 6’1 215 and possibly the most built player in the league and he’s never been tested

[Pennebaker]

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Several posters jokingly suggested that Danny Green would be the next up to provide a "random specimen" following his putback dunk the other night. Personally, I find it hilarious the league is drug testing athletes, on what's now seemingly, a play-by-play basis.

Does having the "Highlight of the Night" automatically mean a drug test is looming? Thoughts?

Any time a player does something impressively athletic that they're not known for doing, they will get tested. Happens in a lot of sports.

In track or swimming or cycling, if you break your previous best times by a large margin, you will get tested.

Nah that’s bs

Eric Bledsoe from the Bucks is 6’1 215 and possibly the most built player in the league and he’s never been tested

Bledsoe's nickname has always been mini-LeBron. He's known for that. It didnt come out of nowhere all of a sudden.

With danny green, some players on the lakers didnt even know he could dunk!

Btw, all of the players get tested at various points in the season.

[chitownsalesmen]

Any time a player does something impressively athletic that they're not known for doing, they will get tested. Happens in a lot of sports.

In track or swimming or cycling, if you break your previous best times by a large margin, you will get tested.

Nah that’s bs

Eric Bledsoe from the Bucks is 6’1 215 and possibly the most built player in the league and he’s never been tested

Bledsoe's nickname has always been mini-LeBron. He's known for that. It didnt come out of nowhere all of a sudden.

With danny green, some players on the lakers didnt even know he could dunk!

Btw, all of the players get tested at various points in the season.

Yeah its more like if Bledsoe went from 6'1 170lb to 6'1 215 in season he would get tested. The dudes always been stacked.

[justme400e]

Pretty sure the NBA doesn't do random drug tests.

Of course they do. It's just that some of the random players chosen are tested more often than others.

I'll bet that "I'm going to get tested" was the first thought that came to Green's mind after watching that replay.

[DaPessimist]

I wonder if Waiters was tested then? The guy had a panic attack from ingesting weed... you would think that's more of a red flag than a nice dunk.

[macNcheese3]

i wonder if they tested lebron after his dunk.

I wonder if LeBron has ever been tested?

[Bigdave11]

Nah that’s bs

Eric Bledsoe from the Bucks is 6’1 215 and possibly the most built player in the league and he’s never been tested

Bledsoe's nickname has always been mini-LeBron. He's known for that. It didnt come out of nowhere all of a sudden.

With danny green, some players on the lakers didnt even know he could dunk!

Btw, all of the players get tested at various points in the season.

Yeah its more like if Bledsoe went from 6'1 170lb to 6'1 215 in season he would get tested. The dudes always been stacked.

I mean Bledsoe did come into the NBA at 190 and now he weighs 215,25 extra pounds and is still pretty athletic

[chitownsalesmen]

Bledsoe's nickname has always been mini-LeBron. He's known for that. It didnt come out of nowhere all of a sudden.

With danny green, some players on the lakers didnt even know he could dunk!

Btw, all of the players get tested at various points in the season.

Yeah its more like if Bledsoe went from 6'1 170lb to 6'1 215 in season he would get tested. The dudes always been stacked.

I mean Bledsoe did come into the NBA at 190 and now he weighs 215,25 extra pounds and is still pretty athletic

You clearly don't know what I was saying, I'm saying if Bledsoe gained that 25lbs in an off season, not had gained 25lbs in 9 years.


BTW Bledsoe's draft info listed him at 192lbs, and he's listed at 214lbs now so more like 22lbs over 9 years during his late teens and early-late 20's. 2ish-lbs a year over 9 years is pretty believable imo.

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/eric-bledsoe/

[Bigdave11]

Yeah its more like if Bledsoe went from 6'1 170lb to 6'1 215 in season he would get tested. The dudes always been stacked.

I mean Bledsoe did come into the NBA at 190 and now he weighs 215,25 extra pounds and is still pretty athletic

You clearly don't know what I was saying, I'm saying if Bledsoe gained that 25lbs in an off season, not had gained 25lbs in 9 years.


BTW Bledsoe's draft info listed him at 192lbs, and he's listed at 214lbs now so more like 22lbs over 9 years during his late teens and early-late 20's. 2ish-lbs a year over 9 years is pretty believable imo.

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/eric-bledsoe/

You must forgot Bledsoe went all the way down to 189 about 3 years ago and now is heavier than ever at 215,explain that then!!??

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.azcentral.com/amp/91227038

[chitownsalesmen]

I mean Bledsoe did come into the NBA at 190 and now he weighs 215,25 extra pounds and is still pretty athletic

You clearly don't know what I was saying, I'm saying if Bledsoe gained that 25lbs in an off season, not had gained 25lbs in 9 years.


BTW Bledsoe's draft info listed him at 192lbs, and he's listed at 214lbs now so more like 22lbs over 9 years during his late teens and early-late 20's. 2ish-lbs a year over 9 years is pretty believable imo.

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/eric-bledsoe/

You must forgot Bledsoe went all the way down to 189 about 3 years ago and now is heavier than ever at 215,explain that then!!??

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.azcentral.com/amp/91227038

I can't even open that article.

Look if you think its werid a guy gained 20 some odd pounds in almost 10 years from 19 to 28ish then fine but I don't think thats that crazy if you want to speculate about that go ahead but he plays on a team you seem to root for, so all in all pretty strange my guy.

[Bigdave11]

You clearly don't know what I was saying, I'm saying if Bledsoe gained that 25lbs in an off season, not had gained 25lbs in 9 years.


BTW Bledsoe's draft info listed him at 192lbs, and he's listed at 214lbs now so more like 22lbs over 9 years during his late teens and early-late 20's. 2ish-lbs a year over 9 years is pretty believable imo.

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/eric-bledsoe/

You must forgot Bledsoe went all the way down to 189 about 3 years ago and now is heavier than ever at 215,explain that then!!??

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.azcentral.com/amp/91227038

I can't even open that article.

Look if you think its werid a guy gained 20 some odd pounds in almost 10 years from 19 to 28ish then fine but I don't think thats that crazy if you want to speculate about that go ahead but he plays on a team you seem to root for, so all in all pretty strange my guy.

In that article Bledsoe was 189 to begin the 2016-2017 season. He finished the 2015-16 season at 199 as stated in the article so explain an almost 30 pound increase from 2016-2019 nobody’s putting on 10 pounds of muscle per year

[chitownsalesmen]

You must forgot Bledsoe went all the way down to 189 about 3 years ago and now is heavier than ever at 215,explain that then!!??

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.azcentral.com/amp/91227038

I can't even open that article.

Look if you think its werid a guy gained 20 some odd pounds in almost 10 years from 19 to 28ish then fine but I don't think thats that crazy if you want to speculate about that go ahead but he plays on a team you seem to root for, so all in all pretty strange my guy.

In that article Bledsoe was 189 to begin the 2016-2017 season. He finished the 2015-16 season at 199 as stated in the article so explain an almost 30 pound increase from 2016-2019 nobody’s putting on 10 pounds of muscle per year

He ate bro. Its not that crazy to imagine a healthy 6'1 NBA PLAYER to gain some weight. I don't buy for millisecond that Bledsoe went the first 6-7 years of his career without gaining muscle, not one second bro. again if you think its absolutely crazy that guy went from 192 as a 19 year old to 214 as a 28/29 year old then whatever man, lord knows I gained more then that from 19 to 29.

[PhilBlackson]

Maybe Danny just invested $1 million dollars a year to purchase some "vibranium" from Bron.

[Bigdave11]

I can't even open that article.

Look if you think its werid a guy gained 20 some odd pounds in almost 10 years from 19 to 28ish then fine but I don't think thats that crazy if you want to speculate about that go ahead but he plays on a team you seem to root for, so all in all pretty strange my guy.

In that article Bledsoe was 189 to begin the 2016-2017 season. He finished the 2015-16 season at 199 as stated in the article so explain an almost 30 pound increase from 2016-2019 nobody’s putting on 10 pounds of muscle per year

He ate bro. Its not that crazy to imagine a healthy 6'1 NBA PLAYER to gain some weight. I don't buy for millisecond that Bledsoe went the first 6-7 years of his career without gaining muscle, not one second bro. again if you think its absolutely crazy that guy went from 192 as a 19 year old to 214 as a 28/29 year old then whatever man, lord knows I gained more then that from 19 to 29.

You missing the whole point.

Bledsoe came in at 192,from his Clipper and Phoenix says shot up to 200 which is like you said normal for a guy that gets older and works out,now if he was steadily gaining then I would be more understanding,he went BACKWARDS in 2016-2017 from 200 to 189 and then shot from 189 to 215 in 2.5 years,he gained almost 30 pounds in 2.5 years most of it muscle. Are you understanding now? It wasn’t a small progress like your implying 2 pounds per year,no he lost a lot of weight then turned around and added 25 pounds in 2 years

[TheGOATWill]

While body composition is being discussed it should be noted that Danny Green seems to be getting slimmer every year. Nothing about him suggest trying to gain a physical edge. Looks downright gaunt in fact.

[chitownsalesmen]

In that article Bledsoe was 189 to begin the 2016-2017 season. He finished the 2015-16 season at 199 as stated in the article so explain an almost 30 pound increase from 2016-2019 nobody’s putting on 10 pounds of muscle per year

He ate bro. Its not that crazy to imagine a healthy 6'1 NBA PLAYER to gain some weight. I don't buy for millisecond that Bledsoe went the first 6-7 years of his career without gaining muscle, not one second bro. again if you think its absolutely crazy that guy went from 192 as a 19 year old to 214 as a 28/29 year old then whatever man, lord knows I gained more then that from 19 to 29.

You missing the whole point.

Bledsoe came in at 192,from his Clipper and Phoenix says shot up to 200 which is like you said normal for a guy that gets older and works out,now if he was steadily gaining then I would be more understanding,he went BACKWARDS in 2016-2017 from 200 to 189 and then shot from 189 to 215 in 2.5 years,he gained almost 30 pounds in 2.5 years most of it muscle. Are you understanding now? It wasn’t a small progress like your implying 2 pounds per year,no he lost a lot of weight then turned around and added 25 pounds in 2 years

You have no idea how he did any of that. Every heard of Boxers cutting weight? They can drop a ton of weight in a number of days, just because Bledsoe comnng into camp really lean in a contract year isnt that crazy to imagine.

[Bigdave11]

He ate bro. Its not that crazy to imagine a healthy 6'1 NBA PLAYER to gain some weight. I don't buy for millisecond that Bledsoe went the first 6-7 years of his career without gaining muscle, not one second bro. again if you think its absolutely crazy that guy went from 192 as a 19 year old to 214 as a 28/29 year old then whatever man, lord knows I gained more then that from 19 to 29.

You missing the whole point.

Bledsoe came in at 192,from his Clipper and Phoenix says shot up to 200 which is like you said normal for a guy that gets older and works out,now if he was steadily gaining then I would be more understanding,he went BACKWARDS in 2016-2017 from 200 to 189 and then shot from 189 to 215 in 2.5 years,he gained almost 30 pounds in 2.5 years most of it muscle. Are you understanding now? It wasn’t a small progress like your implying 2 pounds per year,no he lost a lot of weight then turned around and added 25 pounds in 2 years

You have no idea how he did any of that. Every heard of Boxers cutting weight? They can drop a ton of weight in a number of days, just because Bledsoe comnng into camp really lean in a contract year isnt that crazy to imagine.

He ain’t no boxer and his weight loss cane in a year that wasn’t his contract year lmao you just rambling now,his contract year was last year what are you talking about??? Again you have no logical explanation for Bledsoe going from 189 pounds in 2016-17 to 215 in 2019. Nobody gains that much muscle naturally in that short time frame and you know it

[chitownsalesmen]

You missing the whole point.

Bledsoe came in at 192,from his Clipper and Phoenix says shot up to 200 which is like you said normal for a guy that gets older and works out,now if he was steadily gaining then I would be more understanding,he went BACKWARDS in 2016-2017 from 200 to 189 and then shot from 189 to 215 in 2.5 years,he gained almost 30 pounds in 2.5 years most of it muscle. Are you understanding now? It wasn’t a small progress like your implying 2 pounds per year,no he lost a lot of weight then turned around and added 25 pounds in 2 years

You have no idea how he did any of that. Every heard of Boxers cutting weight? They can drop a ton of weight in a number of days, just because Bledsoe comnng into camp really lean in a contract year isnt that crazy to imagine.

He ain’t no boxer and his weight loss cane in a year that wasn’t his contract year lmao you just rambling now,his contract year was last year what are you talking about??? Again you have no logical explanation for Bledsoe going from 189 pounds in 2016-17 to 215 in 2019. Nobody gains that much muscle naturally in that short time frame and you know it

uhh I never said he was a boxer. I don't see any evidence that he gained such an amount of weight in two years or whatever your trying to claim, and you know that!

Heres the facts: Bledsoe weighed in at 192lbs in 2010 pre draft work outs, and he is now in 2019 billed at 214lbs no I don't think its crazy for a dude in his late teens/early 20's to gain 22lbs in 8/9 years by his late 20's I don't think that eye brow raising at all. Do you know how fluid body weight? Literally and figuratively, like your weight and sway 3-5lbs in water weight during the day easily. Your looking for a conspiracy for conspiracy-sake. Sorry you sound misguided and misinformed.

[Duke4life831]

Its not just how many times they get tested, its the tests that get run is the main thing. The NFL and NBA are pretty well known for having lets say lax drug policies. You have to be pretty dumb or ignorant to get caught. There are so many different kinds of Performance enhancing drugs out there. You got guys that take steroids, you got guys taking HGH, you got guys doing TRT. Also how old is the technology they're using, the people coming up with these PEDs are freaking smart and are always ahead of the curb and you need to be using state of the art technology and tests to catch them.

I mean just look at the UFC for example. For so long they had "drug testing" on pretty much the same level as NBA and NFL, and every once in awhile they would catch someone. Then they brought in USADA and all of a sudden guys starting popping positive left and right. You had guys that looked unbelievably ripped to just in shape.

Vitor Belfort on USADA drug testing vs Vitor Belfort during pre USADA drug testing


Im sure the NBA uses some basic testing just to say they're doing the test. Heck it was only a couple years ago that they even started to test for HGH use. They aren't taking this too seriously. If a player gets caught, they're most likely talking to the wrong people who are giving them really bad stuff.

[Bigdave11]

You have no idea how he did any of that. Every heard of Boxers cutting weight? They can drop a ton of weight in a number of days, just because Bledsoe comnng into camp really lean in a contract year isnt that crazy to imagine.

He ain’t no boxer and his weight loss cane in a year that wasn’t his contract year lmao you just rambling now,his contract year was last year what are you talking about??? Again you have no logical explanation for Bledsoe going from 189 pounds in 2016-17 to 215 in 2019. Nobody gains that much muscle naturally in that short time frame and you know it

uhh I never said he was a boxer. I don't see any evidence that he gained such an amount of weight in two years or whatever your trying to claim, and you know that!

Heres the facts: Bledsoe weighed in at 192lbs in 2010 pre draft work outs, and he is now in 2019 billed at 214lbs no I don't think its crazy for a dude in his late teens/early 20's to gain 22lbs in 8/9 years by his late 20's I don't think that eye brow raising at all. Do you know how fluid body weight? Literally and figuratively, like your weight and sway 3-5lbs in water weight during the day easily. Your looking for a conspiracy for conspiracy-sake. Sorry you sound misguided and misinformed.

Lmao you the only one misguided because you keep trying to duck that Bledsoe weighed only 189 in the 2016-2017 season,saying you can’t even open the link so I copied it for you. Again he went from 189-214 in two years that’s 25 pounds,now let’s see you duck this.

“Bledsoe remains as muscular as a 1968 Mustang but now also has some noticeable sleekness to him.

Bledsoe said he lost 10 pounds during a late August/early September trip to coach at a Basketball Without Borders camp in Angola and volunteer for UNICEF, also in Angola.

“When I got back, I was so skinny,” said Bledsoe, who said he entered training camp this week at 189 pounds. “I love it. I’m trying to keep that going for me, eating right, recovery, the whole nine, trying to get my body 100 Percent.

“I feel the same. Nothing really feels different, besides me looking in the mirror and seeing my rib cage. It feels like I’m back in high school. I used to pull up my shorts every game.”