http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2308918 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. Under terms of the NBA's collective bargaining agreement, any player testing positive for drugs of abuse (amphetamines, cocaine, LSD, opiates (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 (fourth offense). mar1juana penalties are $25,000 fine (2nd offense), a five-game suspension (3rd offense), a 10-game suspension for the fourth offense, and five additional games for each subsequent violation.
Wow. A failed drug test just cost him millions in guaranteed money. The Birdman's flyin' high alright.
hahahahah, i saw Andersen at Treasure's strip club 2 saturdays ago. He was walking out with his entourage and was yelling stuff and making a scene.
Over $10 millions of NBA guarenteed contract or a spot on the Chinese league roster? The dude just lost it all!
no...he only started two games all year...never even started at the beginning of the season: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3598/gamelog;_ylt=AiQHtFGJggBSW9oTs_7Y.1akvLYF once magloire was traded - somehow andersen wasn't put into the starting job...now it seems to be an obvious good decision, cuz as you said, West has played great.
mar1juana...or maybe worse, possibly coke. crystal meth? who knows...haha, i'm just throwin stuff out there.
man what a fool..he made it all the way up from no where, to become a decent player in the league and has a team that was paying him guaranteed money and he gets kicked out....what a fool.
Obviously, if this report is correct, one of these (since he hasn't had repeated steroid suspensions, and since you can't get kicked out just for MJ): I would guess coke, since it's the most "casual" and widely available of the three.
