Would you be for or against legal PED use in the league?

[pauk]

[BlazerRed]

So those who dont want to participate in OTA's and dont want to train as hard dont get reap the benefits during the season? Yes.

Nobody forces you to practice on your own time. You can NOT practice if you want. You won't get the benefits of practicing, but thats entirely your choice. You dont have to eat healthy if you dont want. You dont have to exercise if you dont want.

All choices. Players do those things because they want to be better.

If the money isn't worth it to you, and you are good enough without PED's you'll be just fine. If you aren't... make room for someone who is.

The difference is they aren't having to make a choice about using HARMFUL substances to stay competitive. You're an idiot if you can't see the difference.

[smoovegittar]

Totally against. It sets a very bad standard for children. It's hard enough to keep the kid's junk food consumption down. My son is 5'5" at 11 years of age and loves hoop. If Amare endorses PED's, it makes my argument weaker.

It should be EARNED.

[outbreak]

It's already too lax in the NBA. Needs to be stamped out. It's not a choice thing either, once it becomes standard it becomes a must have like in cycling. There's numerous stories of people being forced or feeling forced in to taking it or there's no chance of competing. If it's accepted the age just becomes younger and younger too, you think boosters and recruiters would be telling their 14 year old players to avoid it because of the health risks? They'd be force feeding them that shit if it were legal. The wider the pool of people taking it, the wider the chance of people having issues as well.

[Bernkastel]

Nba*

[buddha]

It would be a game of who has the better tech and drugs, not the most skill.

so why do you watch sports then? cause that's what it already is..

lol if you don't think LeBron, Kobe and MJ were on the juice.

[FKAri]

so why do you watch sports then? cause that's what it already is..

lol if you don't think LeBron, Kobe and MJ were on the juice.

this. The top level athletes in all sports are using.

[navy]

Depends on the PED to be honest

[24-Inch_Chrome]

Against.

[scm5]

Part of me is for it because of how entertaining the sport would be with PED's legalized and fully utilized. Imagine seeing Steph Curry with the athleticism of Westbrook.

But mostly, I'm against it because it's not right. If there were absolutely no side effects, I'd be all for it.

What I would be for is allowing PED's to speed up recovery of players, but monitored by the league so that it isn't abused. Only for recovery.

[boldarblood]

Against. Can't do it naturally, GTFO.

[TimmyDuncan]

No, It would be sad to hear the death at 40 or 50 of all time greats like in cycling

[jstern]

Against. But sometimes I think about how Barry Bonds was hitting all those home runs at the latter part of his career. I always wonder how it would be if older super stars were allowed to legally use PED.

[andremiller07]

Allow PED's, in MMA the most exciting era ever was during the Pride FC days where no drug testing was carried out and dudes were on them. People recover quicker from injuries on them and it makes for more exciting basketball. The reality is atm there is probably lots of them on it in some form and unlike fighting no one is dying from basketball injuries for the most part.

Roid have and will forever be a part of sport there plenty of people right now that don't do them they are at a complete disadvantage.

As long as you make people aware of the risks before you allow it I'm all for it.

[SpanishACB]

it would be catastrophic

making PEDS legal in professional sports would exponentially make the PED industry grow.

players would be forced to juice themselves to the max, and it might get to the point were it's not about talent anymore, it's about how juiceable your body is without exploding or losing any kind of flexibility