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Bucks Bobby Portis Suspended 25 Games for Violating Anti-Drug Policy (br.app.link)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml to c/nba@lemmy.world

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The NBA announced on Thursday that Portis violating the league's anti-drug program after testing positive for Tramadol.

Mark Bartelstein, Portis' agent, issued a statement to ESPN's Shams Charania explaining his client "unintentionally" took Tramadol, mistakenly thinking it was Toradol.

Edit:

The Bucks chose not to appeal the suspension. Rivers told reporters that the risk of the appeal being unsuccessful and the suspension then ending later in the season was too great of a risk, even if the team disagreed with the severity of the punishment.

The current timeline has him back with a handful of regular season games, delaying it could have had him out for playoffs.

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[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How does he have it in the first place though?

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

According to the agent an assistant who has a prescription offered one.

The assistant thought it was okay because up until this season it was allowed in the league.

Bobby misheard what the medication was and though it was Toradal which is still allowed and he has been taking for inflammation.

Maybe it’s BS but between the names being similar, the recent change in what’s allowed, etc. it seems like it’s believable.

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

yeah you don't take that crap from an assistant, but from a team physician. But wait, Bobby has an assistant? Dude's a role player.

[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 1 points 2 days ago

I believe in the not-updated info of the assistant