Deandre Ayton facing 25 game suspension

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Uh yeah I call BS.


On the reasoning or that he didn't appeal? Just looking for clarification.


I don't buy the reasoning. I think he was sat down and told it was a loser and opted not to make it look worse by losing an appeal. That's how I view it.
 

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Guy better show some defensive intensity when he gets back. Ready to check out on him if he ole's guards the rest of the season.
 

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On the reasoning or that he didn't appeal? Just looking for clarification.


I don't buy the reasoning. I think he was sat down and told it was a loser and opted not to make it look worse by losing an appeal. That's how I view it.
On the reasoning.
 

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Yeah I would guess the NBAPA reviewed the details and decided either to not push it or advised him to not push forward with it.

In other words his excuse was flimsy, he got caught and they told him to take his punishment for his stupidity.
 

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In other words his excuse was flimsy, he got caught and they told him to take his punishment for his stupidity.
That could be or it could simply be that he doesn't have solid enough proof to get it overturned. For instance if it was a tainted supplement, but no longer has the tainted supplement because he had thrown it away earlier. We can't completely know for sure what happened unless someone in the know comes out and actually explains exactly what happened.
 

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In other words his excuse was flimsy, he got caught and they told him to take his punishment for his stupidity.
Yeah, pretty much. It’s a black-and-white situation. He got caught with diuretics in his system and was busted. Not sure what grounds he even had to appeal, but Ayton isn’t going to outwardly admit that nor does he have to.

That said, 25 games was too punitive. Just glad it’s over.
 

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Hey, Covert Rain! Wake up. We're there!
Halfway there until Book is also back and both are in game condition.

We're getting there! The A&B Center tandem of Ayton & Baynes should be a fun thing to watch.
 

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It’s gonna take him a few games to really get into game shape. Doesn’t matter if he’s been practicing or going 4 on 4 while he’s been suspended. There’s no substitute for playing real NBA basketball so to me we need to be a little patient with him for at least the first handful of games. Let him shake the rust off before jumping all over him.


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In a short pregame media session, Deandre Ayton called testing positive for a banned diuretic an “unintentional mistake”: “I did not know what went in my body, or what I put in my body. That’s it. I was guilty of it. It is what it is.” #Suns

7:01 PM - 17 Dec 2019
 

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In a short pregame media session, Deandre Ayton called testing positive for a banned diuretic an “unintentional mistake”: “I did not know what went in my body, or what I put in my body. That’s it. I was guilty of it. It is what it is.” #Suns

7:01 PM - 17 Dec 2019
He did say that he served his time. 'Glad to hear that he took responsibility in that regard.
 

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In a short pregame media session, Deandre Ayton called testing positive for a banned diuretic an “unintentional mistake”: “I did not know what went in my body, or what I put in my body. That’s it. I was guilty of it. It is what it is.” #Suns

7:01 PM - 17 Dec 2019

How do you unintentionally take a banned diuretic? I can see a supplement tainted with steroids, hormone precursors. Happens all the time. Suppliers juice their product to gain an edge in the market. But who's spiking the whey protein with masking agent? Bs to me.
 
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Ayton's suspension might as well have been 30 games because he'll be feeling the effects for the next 5 or 6 games with working himself back into game shape and also developing chemistry with everyone else.

His individual punishment wasn't nearly as bad as how bad the Suns were punished by it. He lost some money, the Suns lost a third of their season.

I hope James Jones isn't dead set on trading our pick and if he is then I hope he adds protection to it or gets proper value for it because it's looking like it'll be around #8-12 in the upcoming draft. If it's traded then the likelihood that it moves up increases because the basketball gods hate the Phoenix Suns.
 

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Ayton's suspension might as well have been 30 games because he'll be feeling the effects for the next 5 or 6 games with working himself back into game shape and also developing chemistry with everyone else.

His individual punishment wasn't nearly as bad as how bad the Suns were punished by it. He lost some money, the Suns lost a third of their season.

I hope James Jones isn't dead set on trading our pick and if he is then I hope he adds protection to it or gets proper value for it because it's looking like it'll be around #8-12 in the upcoming draft. If it's traded then the likelihood that it moves up increases because the basketball gods hate the Phoenix Suns.

I think it is more the speed of the game that will be a struggle, how there isn't a stop in action after a couple plays, like in practice. I expect he should be up to pace pretty quickly, another game or 2.

The effect on our season is brutal... I think we'd have, at minimum, 5 more wins. 16-11 looks a lot better than 11-16.
 
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How do you unintentionally take a banned diuretic? I can see a supplement tainted with steroids, hormone precursors. Happens all the time. Suppliers juice their product to gain an edge in the market. But who's spiking the whey protein with masking agent? Bs to me.

It's a great question.
 

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How do you unintentionally take a banned diuretic? I can see a supplement tainted with steroids, hormone precursors. Happens all the time. Suppliers juice their product to gain an edge in the market. But who's spiking the whey protein with masking agent? Bs to me.

I don't think it's that hard to figure out, or at least guess how it came about. He intentionally took something to mask pot and didn't realize at the time that what he took drew a stiffer penalty than a positive pot test and was a banned substance on it's own. So he unintentionally took a banned substance to hide the pot. Had he known at the time that the league tested for masking agents then he probably wouldn't have tried taking it.

I'm not giving him a pass, it's still his own stupidity and immature behavior that put him in that situation to start with. Let's hope he learned a lesson and doesn't repeat it in the future. What's done is done, thankfully he's back now. Let's hope he can get back in the swing of things and make a difference in a positive way moving forward.
 

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In a short pregame media session, Deandre Ayton called testing positive for a banned diuretic an “unintentional mistake”: “I did not know what went in my body, or what I put in my body. That’s it. I was guilty of it. It is what it is.” #Suns

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I don't think it's that hard to figure out, or at least guess how it came about. He intentionally took something to mask pot and didn't realize at the time that what he took drew a stiffer penalty than a positive pot test and was a banned substance on it's own. So he unintentionally took a banned substance to hide the pot. Had he known at the time that the league tested for masking agents then he probably wouldn't have tried taking it.

I'm not giving him a pass, it's still his own stupidity and immature behavior that put him in that situation to start with. Let's hope he learned a lesson and doesn't repeat it in the future. What's done is done, thankfully he's back now. Let's hope he can get back in the swing of things and make a difference in a positive way moving forward.


He said he did not know what went in his body, or what he put in his body. In your scenario, he knew exactly what he put in his body, and for what purpose. That's the definition of intent. You're saying it was unintentional because he didn't know the masking agent he intended to use was banned? One, that's kind of naïve. Two, that doesn't negate his intent to use the masking agent. And what makes you so sure he was masking pot?
 
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He said he did not know what went in his body, or what he put in his body. In your scenario, he knew exactly what he put in his body, and for what purpose. That's the definition of intent. You're saying it was unintentional because he didn't know the masking agent he intended to use was banned? And what makes you so sure he was masking pot?

I didn't list a scenario where it was justified. Only reported the tweet.
 

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