tohasbo Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 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. Information from SportsTicker was used in this report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmackman Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Birdman is a dumb man "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running." - Unknown | Check out my articles on jerseys at Bacon Sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Wow the NBA is pretty leiniant look at that Andersen must really be dumb. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydnimrod Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2308918 Mancakes: The Bandhttps://twitter.com/FloydNimrod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I would never have assumed that "The Birdman" was an addict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I would never have assumed that "The Birdman" was an addict. So that's why he could run so fast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nation Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I like how they have marijuana in a class by itself...Good thinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VandyDelphia Mike Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 This guy? A drug abuser? Shocking! NCAA Baseball Champions | 2014, 2019 facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krona Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 how does this affect sports logos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowBoutThemFins Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 He had a career? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Already being discussed: http://boards.sportslogos.net/index.php?sh...ndpost&p=474761 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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