Because, SacTown, it gives one an unfair edge over the others who are abiding to the rules by not using PEDs. I'm not a big fan of Miami in general and it wouldn't surprise me if Lebron and especially Wade were using PEDs but unless there is more substantial evidence against him, I doubt he will get caught. He's probably been using since high school. Unless someone in his camp rats him out (like what happened with Armstrong) Lebron isn't going to get caught.
LeBron Raymone James entered high school as a gawky 6 foot-tall 13 year-old - exited a 6-8 grown-up who was entitled to legally vote and serve in the military. Ask yourselves, friends, coincidence? Or evidence....
Sooo are you implying this as evidence that PED's make you grow in height as well? Or maybe just maybe there's this thing called puberty that teens go through.
From reading all your posts, I can only assume you're an out-of-shape dork who thinks anyone with a decent physique is 'ON DA ROIDZ!!!' You must not even lift, bro.
Coincidentally, I was watching LBJ recently and found myself thinking, "Man, for as much as he plays and how he plays, he sure is durable... must be a true genetic freak." Then I saw Wade.
Yes, that was what I was referring to, as you can see from my previous post on page 2 of this thread. Bitter dorks will be bitter dorks.
Have you met anybody who went to jail because of peds? do you know of anybody who went to jail because they took peds? There are good laws and there are bad laws. Slavery used to be ok. Alcohol used to be illegal. As ive posted before, athletes are already allowed to take certain peds that their respective governing bodies allow and dont allow without any medical justification whatsoever. Do you even know about the law that prohibits ped use? Its called the Steroid Control Act. They were made by overzealous hypocritical politicians for political and nationalistic reasons. In fact before they passed the Steroid Control Act the experts from the FDA, DEA and AMA all vehemently opposed the bill and said the health related effects associated were not an issue, but they were ignored and the bill was passed anyway. Its the same reason why cannabis was made illegal. Read about Henry Anslinger. sactown? im not sactown and clutch can confirm that. YOu know its possible more than one person feels the same way i feel about this issue. You say unfair advantage? well the fact that its illegal is what's causing an unfair advantage. Only the athletes willing to push the limits of their bodies are the ones using. IF YOU WANTED A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, YOU WOULD ALLOW EVERYBODY TO USE. THE FACT THAT ITS ILLEGAL IS WHAT'S CAUSING THE UNFAIR EDGE. Facts are, Athletes havent been free of medical chemicals since the 50s. Using peds has been part of sports since it went commercial. Primatene: performance enhancer. Baking Soda: performance enhancer. Creatine: performance enhancer. Caffeine: performance enhancer. Cocaine: performance enhancer. Vicodin: performance enhancer. Tylenol with Codeine: performance enhancer. Aspirin: performance enhancer. Every time an athlete gets a pain shot or an anti-inflammatory shot before taking the field, that's an example of using performance enhancing drugs. it's a shame that peds have gotten the rep they have. peds, when used correctly, could lengthen a lot of athletes careers, keep them healthier for longer, and reduce the number of injuries I mean why would you care so much if lebron used peds to improve his physicals? They already take peds allowed by the their sport.
Uh, LoL! I wish I was still this naive and innocent. No one in the NBA uses mar1juana or PEDs. Clearly smoke would pollute their lungs, and no one needs to be strong to play basketball. Hahaha!
wade's resurgance is amazing to me but that dude has always looked like a strong safety playing bball. i don't think much about it but wouldn't be surprised. i'm always shocked at james's durability also.
Lol your using a website where any old idiot can submit an article without any proof or credentials. Basically bleacherreport.
Just read the story. Doesn't even make much sense. Why would Rich Paul come personally himself and to make matters worse actually sign Lebron's initials? Defeats the whole purpose of being secretive. Sounds like a bogus story.
According to some folks here, your use of common sense just means that you're naive and have your head in the sand.
NBA is loaded with heavy PED use. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/quora/why-has-the-nba-never-had_b_1879225.html The NBA will tell you it has been vigorously testing for every kind of drug for decades and is just smarter than the other leagues. Congress will tell you this: Under the NBA policy, NBA players face no random testing at all once they complete their rookie year. They are only tested once each year, during their one-month training camp. The policy also fails to cover a vast number of drugs. There are literally dozens of steroids and stimulants that are outlawed in Olympic competition that are still legal for use in the NBA. The policy fails to cover performance enhancers such as human growth hormone or EPO. And it fails to cover designer steroids." As of 2009, the media reported it this way: Lawmakers on the House Government Reform Committee called the NBA's drug-testing policy "a joke," saying it's weaker than the NFL's or baseball's. As the NBA's steroids policy was branded "pathetic" by lawmakers Thursday, the head of a congressional panel said he will propose a law creating drug-testing standards for the four major professional sports leagues.*
Just a question, how does Olympics games check for doping? Randomly or compulsory all players must be checked? If I m not wrong, gold medalists are compulsory to be checked. Lebron and handful of NBA players have played in few olympics games, I wondered how he yet to be detected by now?
Olympics drug testers have openly stated that they cannot detect current designer PEDs and steroids. They never even attempt to claim that they can even detect them. The way Olympics testing works is that they keep the samples . Then, years and years later, if evidence comes out that an athlete was doping, they can try to go back and check them, hoping they developed new ways to screen the tests. Besides that, the current designer PEDs and steroids are able to be cleansed from the system very quickly. An athlete can simply cycle down for a few weeks to compete at the Olympics and be "clean". Then start right up again. One further point to make on this particular subject is that Team USA wasn't tested in the regular testing pool prior to 2012. 2012 was the first time that they actually had to get tested. So 2004 and 2008 Olympics would not even be relevant. But the bottom line is, a player could simply stop taking the drugs ("cycle down") for 2-3 weeks and test "clean" at the Olympics. And as already said, they don't even have the ability to detect the latest designer PEDs anyway. The Olympics testers have admitted this is the reality just this summer.
