Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 at 5:15 pm  |  58 responses

David Stern Expects HGH Testing in the NBA Next Season


As had been expected for some time now, testing for Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is making its way to the NBA, and fast. According to Commissioner David Stern, it could be in place as early as next season. Per WCCO (via SI): “We watch what’s going on in baseball, we watch the negotiations that are going in with football, and it is my expectation that by next season [we] will be doing blood testing for HGH,’ Stern said. ‘Our players have been terrific. They lead this in some ways, saying, ‘ We do not want to have anything less than the best.’ That’s been the way it’s been since 1983.’ [...] ‘If I say I don’t have a concern, everyone says I’m a Pollyanna,’ Stern said. ‘I don’t have any reason to know one way or another. My guess is and my hope is that it’s not widely used in the NBA.’”

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  • roscoe

    when barry bonds was in college in Arizona he would challenge all the pro players in spring training to hitting contest which included his rule of moving 10 to 15 feet closer to the pitching machine.

    no one, i mean no one, would dare take him on as he smoked fastballs over the fence continuously.

    what is unfortunate about bonds is he was a legitimate baseball superstar that had all the tools and would have been an all time great if he had never used PEDs (allegedly, i guess, i don’t know the legal truth of what he did or got caught with), but instead he will be remembered as the most exciting “PED-era” baseball player ever.

    bonds was pure electricity & a goose bump generating amazement and he made the sports world stop when he stepped in the box.

  • roscoe

    Not to mention the nba is the “king of sports marketing” and they will steer this thing to make regulators happy as well as ensure players don’t test positive…

    i kind of wonder if the nba has been quietly removing players or fixing issues behind the scenes over the past few years.

    personally, i believe they should clean it up, but i know a lot of ppl disagree.

  • roscoe

    i think your neglecting the fact that players are sophisticated and wealthy enuf to get away with the things even withstanding a strongly regulated league.

    if we have learned anything from lance armstrong’s debacle it is that atheletes will go to no end to win if using PEDs or procedures help.

  • roscoe

    it is true that most ppl stop growing in height w/ the exception of a few who don’t stop and usually end up dying at an early age, but your muscle can be built well into your 40s & maybe your 50s depending on your body.

    Naturally, a male can put 7 to 10 pounds of muscle on per year (that is max from what i know).

    HGH or PEDs, a male can put 25 pounds of muscle on per year (from what i’ve heard “rumor”).

    Keep in mind… HGH or PEDs are extremely hard on your organs and cause all types of health problems later on down the road.

    the major reasons HGH or PEDs are prescribed are to boost immune systems when ppl have major illnesses. i ain’t a doc but all this information is easily found on wikipedia or even webmd.

  • roscoe

    that simply is not the truth for everyone.

    it is rare that someone does not stop growing, but i think you’re mistaken Adnan K.

  • roscoe

    it’s great we’re all not the same.

    some ppl shrink!

  • http://twitter.com/AdonKay Adnan K

    oh really ? off course there are some cases where a person will grow a little bit past the age of 21, but those are extremely rare cases.
    You and that other nimrod NBK need to understand I wasn’t stating just my opinion, I was stating scientific fact. You can’t debate or question what science has already proven, I mean gotdang how ignorant do you have to be to do that

  • roscoe

    Science continues to bring forth new findings everyday… debating and questioning is what makes science great bud.

    u have some points but ur subjectivity is hurting your message.

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