Hornets Anderson Kicked out of the NBA

[boisesuns]

Updated: Jan. 27, 2006, 8:21 PM ET
Hornets' Andersen kicked out of NBA for drug useESPN.com news services


NEW YORK --New Orleans Hornets forward Chris Andersen has been thrown out of the NBA for drug use.


Officially, the NBA announced Friday that Andersen has been dismissed and disqualified from the league for violating the terms of the Anti-Drug Program, which were agreed to by the league and the Players Association.


The league, teams and the union cannot publicly discuss or disclose information regarding testing or treatment of any player other than to announce a player's suspension or dismissal.


Andersen cannot apply for reinstatement for at least two years.

He has a four-year, $14 million contract with the Hornets through the 2008-09 season that pays him $3.5 million a year. It was unclear how much of that he stood to forfeit as a result of being thrown out of the league.


Under terms of the NBA's collective bargaining agreement, any player testing positive for drugs of abuse (amphetamines, cocaine, LSD, opiates -- including heroin, codeine and morphine -- and PCP) can be disqualified from the NBA.


Players who test positive for steroids or performance enhancing drugs, masking agents and diurectics get a 10-game suspension (1st offense), a 25-game suspension (2nd offense), a one-year suspension (3rd offense) and disqualification (4th offense).


Marijuana penalties are a $25,000 fine (2nd offense), a five-game suspension (3rd offense), a 10-game suspension (4th offense), and five additional games for each subsequent violation.

 

[King A]

weeh, so he's not just smokin' some but must have been convicted for the 4th time doing real heavy drugs.
Well at least we don't have to watch him trying to dunk it at the Allstar game anymore....but still sad

 

[elindholm]

Guess it's a good thing the Suns didn't get him.

 

[goldseraph]

Is this really a surprise to anyone? He gets baked, goes out on the court for his 15 min a game, blocks a few shots, grabs a few boards, gets paid his 20k per game or whatnot. The guy always looks baked though.

 

[goldseraph]

The guy is still a multi millionaire though and in his 20s. It's not really that sad. He can afford some real good drugs heh.

 

[Chaplin]

And to think, this guy was the golden boy of the offseason. A good 75% of this board wanted him on our team.

 

[Goldfield]

And to think, this guy was the golden boy of the offseason. A good 75% of this board wanted him on our team.

I thought he would of been perfect for this team off the bench.

I had no idea about his habits. I doubt they will have to pay him.

 

[boisesuns]

Guess he's been slamming a lot more than Basketballs latlety. I really think a lot of NBA players smoke weed. It seems like at least.

 

[asudevil83]

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i dont know about you guys, but that image just SCREAMS "i'm high right now, oh and if you didnt know, i make MILLIONS playing a GAME. you all have been had! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

honestly though, i DID think that the suns should have gone after the guy....but when i heard that the hornets were looking at a real legit big man, i thought something must have been up. and this happens to be it.

 

[slinslin]

Guess he's been slamming a lot more than Basketballs latlety. I really think a lot of NBA players smoke weed. It seems like at least.

Well this is not a case of smoking weed. I really don't care about that.

It's not about NBA Players. Alot of people under the age of say 30 smoke weed every now and then I'd say.

 

[fordronken]

It's his first offense, so it has to be a drug of "abuse".

Under terms of the NBA's collective bargaining agreement, any player testing positive for drugs of abuse (amphetamines, cocaine, LSD, opiates -- including heroin, codeine and morphine -- and PCP) can be disqualified from the NBA.

I know people who've had problems with some of these drugs. If punishing him gets him off them, I'm all for it.

Of course, he could spiral down because of this and be a whole lot worse off.

 

[F-Dog]

Wow, if the NFL had that policy, I guess Brett Favre would have been suspended for a couple of years (along with many others).

Best case scenario, he tested positive for amphetamines. He's always seemed like he had ADHD, so maybe he was attempting to self-medicate.




In any case, this is a shame for Chris Anderson and for the league. Anderson was a good role player who also happened to be entertaining to watch.

 

[newfan101]

This certainly sheds a new light on his embarrassing slam dunk contest display last year.