Yep. He kept his nose clean when he was playing and in the public eye. That's where he made his money. Then, when he retired he let loose. Completely different situation.

 

 

there are numerous other active and starting nba players that have admitted to smoking regularly.

josh howard of the dallas mavs for one. but i agree, it should be kept outta the public eye.

Dallas Mavericks' Josh Howard admitted pot use, denied need

01:23 AM CDT on Saturday, April 19, 2008

By BRAD TOWNSEND / The Dallas Morning News
btownsend@dallasnews.com

During his five NBA seasons, Josh Howard has been candid with The Dallas Morning News and other media outlets about using marijuana.

Entering last season's playoffs, the ESPN.com blog TrueHoop asked Howard whether he slipped to No. 29 in the 2003 NBA draft because teams were concerned that he had a marijuana problem.

Howard responded that "a lot of people have that problem" and speculated that players selected ahead of him also smoked pot. He said it shouldn't have affected his draft status.

Asked whether he caught any flak for that interview, Howard said no. When asked to quantify the extent of his use, he said he got "a little crazy" in high school but uses it "less" now and never during the season.

He emphasizes that marijuana is "nothing I'm needing," unlike some NBA players who "have to have it."

"What can I say? If you can do it and it's not affecting your everyday life, why stop? If I'm able to do it, but not while I play basketball, it lets you know I can quit whenever."

Tim Frank, the NBA's vice president for communications, said the league doesn't comment on specific players and the anti-drug policy.

Under terms of the league's collective bargaining agreement, NBA players are subject to four random tests during the season (Oct. 1-June 30) for performance-enhancing and recreational drugs.

If a player tests positive for marijuana, he is placed in a drug counseling program. A second violation results in a $25,000 fine. Subsequent violations result in incremental five-game suspensions. The only suspension of Howard's career were the two games the NBA assessed to start this season, after a preseason-game skirmish with Sacramento's Brad Miller.

In 2001, former NBA veteran Charles Oakley estimated that 60 percent of NBA players used marijuana.

In 2005, 59 NBA players participated in a Rocky Mountain News survey on the topic. The average estimate from the survey was that 30 percent of NBA players smoke marijuana.

 

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who cares, good for him for living it up.

 

Here a web site just for the NFL.

http://nflcrimes.blogspot.com/