He probably didn't have a prescription for it. I can't see a player being suspended for it otherwise. Tramadol is weak but if.he's taking someone else's RX then it would make sense. It's more breaking the rules in place than the drug itself, as we saw with Ayton a few years back.
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He probably didn't have a prescription for it. I can't see a player being suspended for it otherwise. Tramadol is weak but if.he's taking someone else's RX then it would make sense. It's more breaking the rules in place than the drug itself, as we saw with Ayton a few years back.
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Totally agree. I’ve been taking Tramadol off and on lately post knee surgery and there’s not even a sense of getting “high” like there is with oxy or hydrocodone., for me it’s akin to taking really strong Tylenol. This seems like a bad rule.
Found more in the Portis situation....
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Milwaukee's Bobby Portis suspended after he mistakenly took painkiller Tramadol rather than Toradol
The NBA has suspended Milwaukee forward Bobby Portis Jr. for 25 games without pay because he tested positive for the painkiller Tramadol, a violation of the league’s anti-drug program.
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Found more in the Portis situation....
Milwaukee's Bobby Portis suspended after he mistakenly took painkiller Tramadol rather than Toradol
The NBA has suspended Milwaukee forward Bobby Portis Jr. for 25 games without pay because he tested positive for the painkiller Tramadol, a violation of the league’s anti-drug program.
Wow... that is even MORE absurd than I first thought.
Why is the NBA so scared of Tramodol?
I am allergic to some pain killers so I have taken Tramadol. So benign. This is ridiculous.
It's actually viewed a a schedule 4 controlled substance, which I didn't know until now. It's also viewed as a narcotic opoid, which is also strange to me. I've been prescribed it before and thought it as an alternative for narcotic opioids. I remember it being weak, like Cheese said basically a strong Tylenol.
If I had to guess I'd say it got lumped in with more dangerous pain killers and a correction has never been made since the public perception of removing controlled substance labeling and restrictions of a pain killer would c spark conversations those in power don't want to have. The NBA just follows what the FDA and government says regarding narcotics.
Source for controlled substance/opioid description
Is tramadol a controlled substance / narcotic opioid?
Official answer: The painkiller tramadol is considered a narcotic (opioid) and a controlled substance by the U.S. federal government...
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I've been on Tramadol for a decade for arthritis. Should take one every four hours as needed. I pop four when I get up in the morning. I believe it gives me a little pick up like speed. Forgot to take it many times and it sucked at work but no Joneies
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Is that Tristian Thompson? He still plays for the Cavs?
Mitchell carving up the Knicks defense
19 point lead for the Cavs. Oof
Wouldn't it be fun to have a team like that?!
Mitchell on Fire.
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It would be great, we'd have Mitchell plus a bunch of younger players we could trade away for over the hill stars. Sorry, I must have bitter beer face and I don't even drink.
The ECFs should be fun
The Cavs are legit. There's a number of teams in the East who could get hot though. Cavs and Celtics at the top. Knicks, Pacers, Bucks, and Magic are all primed to get hot.
I'm looking forward to the East more than the West.
Idk about the Knicks. They are 0-4 against the Celtics and Cavaliers.
They are as good as anyone when they're hot. I know they've struggled but they turned it on last year in the postseason. Maybe they don't this year but I won't count them out.
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There's an article out at CBSsports that ranks the front offices of all 30 teams. The only surprise is we didn't come in dead last, just 28th right above the Luka trading Mavericks. But they certainly nailed us:
No organization in the NBA operates with less foresight than the Suns. That's true in a macro sense, obviously. ESPN's Kevin Arnovitzwrote a lengthy feature about how little stock general manager James Jones puts into the draft. But it's evident on a micro level as well. They are the impulse shoppers of the NBA.
They went after Bradley Beal as a pure talent play, but didn't stop to think that maybe uniting three players on max contracts that do not generate consistent rim pressure might yield diminishing offensive returns and hamstring their ability to field a decent defense. They traded one very valuable unprotected 2031 first-round pick to the Jazz for three very weak picks. At the time, it seemed as though the move was a precursor to a Jimmy Butler trade. It turned out, however, they had no follow-up move lined up. They just sacrificed a very valuable asset for... the theoretical flexibility to trade three worse assets separately? They didn't even think to keep Kevin Durant informed when they discussed trading him at this deadline. That is a very basic star relationship fumble.
It doesn't seem as though decisions are made with a three-year plan in mind, or even a three-month plan for that matter. One minute they're aiming for a big three of Durant, Devin Booker and Jimmy Butler. The next, they're prepared to give up Durant, the best player in that trio, to secure Butler? They're currently on their third coach in three years with no signs of improvement. They control none of their own picks between now and 2031. Ryan Dunn is the only notable young player on the roster, but they somehow managed to give up Toumani Camara, who would eventually grow into the perfect young role player for this roster, as a throw-in when they shipped Deandre Ayton to Portland. It's one thing to ruin your future by going all-in on the present. It's another to botch the present by going all-in on the present. The Suns have done so, and that inspires little trust in their leadership moving forward.
They went after Bradley Beal as a pure talent play, but didn't stop to think that maybe uniting three players on max contracts that do not generate consistent rim pressure might yield diminishing offensive returns and hamstring their ability to field a decent defense. They traded one very valuable unprotected 2031 first-round pick to the Jazz for three very weak picks. At the time, it seemed as though the move was a precursor to a Jimmy Butler trade. It turned out, however, they had no follow-up move lined up. They just sacrificed a very valuable asset for... the theoretical flexibility to trade three worse assets separately? They didn't even think to keep Kevin Durant informed when they discussed trading him at this deadline. That is a very basic star relationship fumble.
It doesn't seem as though decisions are made with a three-year plan in mind, or even a three-month plan for that matter. One minute they're aiming for a big three of Durant, Devin Booker and Jimmy Butler. The next, they're prepared to give up Durant, the best player in that trio, to secure Butler? They're currently on their third coach in three years with no signs of improvement. They control none of their own picks between now and 2031. Ryan Dunn is the only notable young player on the roster, but they somehow managed to give up Toumani Camara, who would eventually grow into the perfect young role player for this roster, as a throw-in when they shipped Deandre Ayton to Portland. It's one thing to ruin your future by going all-in on the present. It's another to botch the present by going all-in on the present. The Suns have done so, and that inspires little trust in their leadership moving forward.
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The Suns killed my dreams in 2023. Now, all that's left is to see the team shrivel and die. So sad. It's like reliving a nightmare over and over again, but I have a lot of those lately.
