Deandre Ayton facing 25 game suspension

[Mainstreet]

Adrian Wojnarowski‏Verified account @wojespn


Suns center Deandre Ayton is facing a 25-game suspension for violating NBA’s Anti-Drug policy with a positive test for a diuretic, league sources tell ESPN. The NBA informed Ayton and Suns of looming suspension tonight.

5:54 PM - 24 Oct 2019

 

[Mainstreet]

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[devilalum]

Unfreakinbelievable


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[Finito]

Welp

what a joke

 

[Bufalay]

Good, I don’t like watching him.

 

[Mainstreet]

It's hard to know what to say at the moment. The season looked so bright a few hours ago.

 

[Cheesebeef]

well, that's a massive dose of "screw you Suns fans" reality after last night's fantastical start.

jesus. this team is just cursed.

 

[BC867]

I'd like to hear more about the "unintentional ingestion".

I guess we will.

Stern's SOS rule. Screw Our Suns.

 

[Raindog]

WTF...

How is a diuretic a banned substance? Is it supposed to be some kind of drug masking agent? Not getting this at all.

 

[TJ]

Good, I don’t like watching him.

Yeah I hate watching the best players on my favorite team, too....

 

[TJ]

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Sounds like complete BS.

 

[Cheesebeef]

WTF...

How is a diuretic a banned substance? Is it supposed to be some kind of drug masking agent? Not getting this at all.

they can be used as masking agents to flush your system before a drug test.

 

[Mainstreet]

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[Cheesebeef]

guess the silver lining here is to compare situation to PP over on the Cardinals. No one was rushing to that guy's defense when he got busted. At least it seems like there COULD be a chance this was an honest mistake, or at least the union is going to fight for it to look like one. the NFLPA didn't do jack-squat when PP was caught red-handed.

 

[Cheesebeef]

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or maybe not.

smdh. maybe that's why he looked so aggressive last night. Roidrage in the house!!!

CURSED.

 

[Raindog]

they can be used as masking agents to flush your system before a drug test.

Yeah, theoretically... I guess.

How about caffeine drinks? Caffeine pills? Blood pressure medication? Lots of legitimate or innocuous uses of diuretics that don't involve drug masking.

 

[Mainstreet]

Kellan Olson‏Verified account @KellanOlson

Our story will be up in a minute. There's a history of suspensions for a diuretic in the MLB the past two years and they were heavy. The 25-game suspension is now official, btw.

6:18 PM - 24 Oct 2019

 

[Covert Rain]

Oh....holy @#$@#$. This team is snake bitten. Figures. At least no other substances were found. That either means it was an honest mistake or it's a newer designer substance that cannot be detected yet.

I really hope they reduce this suspension considerably and this was just an honest mistake.

UGH!

 

[Raindog]

Anyone in the NBA ever been suspended for diuretics before? I can't recall ever hearing of such.

But don't tell me, let me guess - the NBA has just suddenly decided to make an "example" of Ayton for the rest of the league.

 

[Mainstreet]

Adrian Wojnarowski‏Verified account @wojespn

Deandre Ayton statement: “I want to apologize to my family, the entire Suns organization, my teammates, partners, our fans and the Phoenix community. This was an unintentional mistake and unfortunately I put something in my body that I was completely unaware of..." (Continued)

6:24 PM - 24 Oct 2019

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Single positive versus multiple negatives. Horse crap

 

[Mainstreet]

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[cwamjn]

Ayton is a loser I just will never be able to bring myself to root for that tub of marshmallow fluff.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Yeah, theoretically... I guess.

How about caffeine drinks? Caffeine pills? Blood pressure medication? Lots of legitimate or innocuous uses of diuretics that don't involve drug masking.

it's not "theoretically" you guess. There's a reason certain medicines like that are on the banned substance list. they don't just put them on there on a whim or dare.

and if you're stupid enough not to know what's on the list and take it, you get what you deserve.

this is infuriating. If something is on the banned substance list - DON'T FREAKING TAKE IT. Absence of intelligence does not grant you the assumption of innocence. In fact it does just the opposite.

man, I am PISSED. I had a great time watching last night's game and REALLY enjoyed the way Ayton played on D. This sucks.

 

[1Sun]

This team is cursed.