BREAKING: Nick Calathes suspended 20 games

[Fudge]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 13m
Memphis guard Nick Calathes will be suspended 20 games for violation of NBA's Anti-Drug policy, source tells Yahoo. Supension starts now.

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[Johnny Jones]

Meh

[LongLiveTheKing]

KD gets lucky once again.

[Trollsmasher]

Silver making his love for OKC even more obvious:facepalm

[BlackVVaves]

He's not even good.

Be honest, did you watch him when he started?

[BlackVVaves]

KD gets lucky once again.

The irony behind this post is massive :oldlol:

[buddha]

He's not even good.

he avg'd 15, 5, 5 with 2 stls in his 7 starts. not a completely worthless player.

[Burgz V2]

Euroleague on suicide watch rn

[wally_world]

Picked up Udrih on my fantasy playoff team lol

[HoopsFanNumero1]

Durant needs all the help he can get.

[BlackVVaves]

He's not even good.Be honest, did you watch him when he started?

Hmm?

[Milbuck]

LOL Another one of Euroleague's scrubs trying to hang with the big boys, got caught real quick.

Can't wait till Spanoulis makes it back to the NBA by juicing his brains out and gets suspended too.

[kaiteng]

So Grizz' bench is getting even shorter.

[Rodmantheman]

LOL Another one of Euroleague's scrubs trying to hang with the big boys, got caught real quick.

Can't wait till Spanoulis makes it back to the NBA by juicing his brains out and gets suspended too.

Lots of players use performance enhancers he was dumb enough to get caught.

[PizzamanIRL]

Another asterisk for LeBron's season.

[KDthunderup]

What do grizz fans think of this? Is he much of a loss?

[Mass Debator]

Should've put Nick C in the title.

[Yankstar]

:facepalm Yet Bron can juice all day and no one gives a s**t :banghead:

[brantonli]

Lots of players use performance enhancers he was dumb enough to get caught.


http://sports.yahoo.com/news/grizzlies-guard-nick-calathes-suspended-20-games-for-banned-substance-001339105.html

[QUOTE][B]The banned substance

[coin24]

Dat pct:oldlol:

[JT123]

Another asterisk series for Durant! :facepalm

[AussieG]

WTF!!!

The timing of this is bizarre. Why would this happen right before game 1 of the playoffs?

He's played ALL season without problem. If they failed to make the playoffs would this even be an issue?

He's a moderate loss. He can be replaced but he'd been doing a good job of letting Conley rest, and distributing the ball in a safe way and that is crucial for the offense to flow. Grizz need PG's like that, because outside of Conley the offense becomes stagnant.

Now with Udrih.. who knows.

I just find the timing of this to be bizarre, and I don't remember this happening very often. Maybe this happens before the start of every playoffs but I doubt it.

The day before game 1 of the playoffs.. WTF??

[LA_Showtime]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/grizzlies-guard-nick-calathes-suspended-20-games-for-banned-substance-001339105.html



As far as I could be bothered to google, tamoxifen is used as to treat hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. It helps blocks estrogen's affects.

Tamoxifen is used during post cycle therapy, so he was undoubtedly juicing prior to that; probably with a short-lived anabolic steroid.

[qrich]

OKC Rig is in

[chazzy]

Tamoxifen is used during post cycle therapy, so he was undoubtedly juicing prior to that; probably with a short-lived anabolic steroid.
His rapid hair loss is suspect as well

[East_Stone_Ya]

His rapid hair loss is suspect as well

yeah i noticed that as well

[Dengness9]

Fake Heat fans flooding a Nick Calathes thread?

Holy shit these losers are more ***** than one could have imagined.

Troll****** top of the list.

[Clutch]

Yet another asterisk series that Durant will win. Grizzlies are not the same team without Calathes,it's like playing the Heat without LeBron.

[LilEddyCurry]

One less man to touch KD, sending him to the free throw line.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

:facepalm Yet Bron can juice all day and no one gives a s**t :banghead:
says the fan of the constantly roid raging albino ginger nikka.:roll: :roll: :roll:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Huge asterisk now, should OKC make it out of the West.
:coleman:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

WTF!!!

The timing of this is bizarre. Why would this happen right before game 1 of the playoffs?

He's played ALL season without problem. If they failed to make the playoffs would this even be an issue?

He's a moderate loss. He can be replaced but he'd been doing a good job of letting Conley rest, and distributing the ball in a safe way and that is crucial for the offense to flow. Grizz need PG's like that, because outside of Conley the offense becomes stagnant.

Now with Udrih.. who knows.

I just find the timing of this to be bizarre, and I don't remember this happening very often. Maybe this happens before the start of every playoffs but I doubt it.

The day before game 1 of the playoffs.. WTF??
need to make it easier for little Kevin. then a gain, one player less to sent little kevin to the charity stripe so maybe its good:facepalm

[russwest0]

Huge asterisk now

:lol

[creepingdeath]

Tamoxifen is used during post cycle therapy, so he was undoubtedly juicing prior to that; probably with a short-lived anabolic steroid.
I wonder, though.. usually you use tamoxifen for about 5-7 weeks (1-2 intra, 5-6 post cycle). That would mean he was on juice during the season, correct? This comes as quite the surprise to me. I'm well aware of the fact that 85% of all NBA players use PEDs, however, I have always been under the impression that they would cycle during the off season. :confusedshrug:

[SHABBA]

I'm well aware of the fact that 85% of all NBA players use PEDs, however, I have always been under the impression that they would cycle during the off season. :confusedshrug:
With the kind of PEDs they would have access to - and by that I mean the designer stuff that leaves the system within hours - they would be able to do it pretty much whenever they wanted. Especially as the NBA doesn't test after the regular season ends.

[dunksby]

I wonder, though.. usually you use tamoxifen for about 5-7 weeks (1-2 intra, 5-6 post cycle). That would mean he was on juice during the season, correct? This comes as quite the surprise to me. I'm well aware of the fact that 85% of all NBA players use PEDs, however, I have always been under the impression that they would cycle during the off season. :confusedshrug:
He must have read Euroleague's rants about how the NBA never tests for PED's and believed it.

[Nick Young]

The Greek GOAT! What will Greece do now?

[creepingdeath]

With the kind of PEDs they would have access to - and by that I mean the designer stuff that leaves the system within hours - they would be able to do it pretty much whenever they wanted. Especially as the NBA doesn't test after the regular season ends.
If you know what you're looking for, you can find traces of almost anything. As for the bolded part: that's exactly why I'm surprised anyone could be dumb enough to be actually caught.


He must have read Euroleague's rants about how the NBA never tests for PED's and believed it.
I'm pretty sure they do so only infrequently... at least concerning superstars, not some Euro scrub. :lol

[dunksby]

If you know what you're looking for, you can find traces of almost anything. As for the bolded part: that's exactly why I'm surprised anyone could be dumb enough to be actually caught.


I'm pretty sure they do so only infrequently... at least concerning superstars, not some Euro scrub. :lol
SMH... V-Span>Calathes>Westbrook

[creepingdeath]

SMH... V-Span>Calathes>Westbrook
Anthony Parker >>>>>>>>>>

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[dunksby]

Anthony Parker >>>>>>>>>>

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DAMN! TKO...

[dude77]

I wonder how it is that lebron and others like him don't get 'caught' :rolleyes:

[andremiller07]

This will actually be a pretty big loss Nick Calathas since his starting stint really helps the Grizz with ball movement and he uses his size well on D to make up for foot speed.

[kentatm]

I wonder how it is that lebron and others like him don't get 'caught' :rolleyes:


Well DWade was down in Miami where all those other athletes were going to get their shit.

Perhaps he and Breezy just have better drugs?

[AussieG]

No one is disputing that he has taken something, that part is true it seems.

The timing is weird though. I can't remember this happening before.

He's the only player in the NBA who's taken something? They did a blood test to every player after the season ended or what?

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Can't he appeal it?

[Ramza]

Silver :facepalm

[LA_Showtime]

His rapid hair loss is suspect as well

I haven't paid attention to his hairline but I want to stress that steroids do not cause hair loss, unless you're pre-disposed to male pattern baldness.

[Euroleague]

I wonder, though.. usually you use tamoxifen for about 5-7 weeks (1-2 intra, 5-6 post cycle). That would mean he was on juice during the season, correct? This comes as quite the surprise to me. I'm well aware of the fact that 85% of all NBA players use PEDs, however, I have always been under the impression that they would cycle during the off season. :confusedshrug:

How many damn times does this have to be explained?

The head of Olympics testing has said over and over no ones testing can even detect the designed drugs the athletes use.

They are 15 to 20 years behind in being able to detect the drugs. That's why they keep the samples in storage.

How many times does this have to be repeated for people to grasp it?

[Euroleague]

No one is disputing that he has taken something, that part is true it seems.

The timing is weird though. I can't remember this happening before.

He's the only player in the NBA who's taken something? They did a blood test to every player after the season ended or what?

NBA doesn't do blood testing. Only urine testing.

Every time this stuff is explained when these topics come up, and still people here can't get it right........................