completed the mission of winning the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris, a tournament in which it finished undefeated, demonstrating its supremacy in world basketball.
However, not all the players were able to celebrate as much as they would have liked, because moments after winning the medal and listening to their country’s anthem, they were required by the health authorities to undergo an anti-doping test.
“I’m not going to lie, me and him (Durant) had a doping test. We couldn’t celebrate the win in the locker room for real because he, me and Steph (Curry) had to take a doping test or something,” explained Anthony Edwards, one of the stars of the U.S.
Dream Team. There was a time not too long ago when some critics insinuated that professional NBA players did not pass anti-doping tests when they went to international events such as the World Cup or the Olympic Games.
But that was not true, and Edwards’ recent testimony confirms it: For many years now, the IOC and WADA have been taking doping controls seriously with all athletes, so it is better for all of them, including NBA players, to stay totally ‘clean’, even if in the competition they play during the year, in this case the NBA, some substances that internationally are considered banned are not.
