Rashard Lewis was suspended for doping

Rashard Lewis, star player of the Orlando Magic, will miss the first 10 games of the new NBA season by being detected very high levels of testosterone due to have used DHEA, prohibited in the NBA and many other leagues.

It is curious that in the NBA out a case, since it allows much more use of substances of this type, so that Rashard Lewis has wanted to go a little further is, at least, striking. In addition, rarely seen outside of doping cases cycling, which now Mikel Astarloza defends his innocence in a positive hit the Tour de France recently completed.

Rashard Lewis has admitted he consumed DHEA and hopes that its reputation is not tarnished and the team is not affected by the news, although the first ten games of the Orlando Magic will be very difficult because we have neither forward nor AllStar Turkish Hedo Turkoglu, who now is player of the Toronto Raptors.

We do not know how they acted at another site if he had identified the substance, but surely the suspension would have been much greater than ten games (something like three weeks of competition). It is expected that the club be fined, or if you make the NBA, economically.

"I hope that all athletes can learn from my mistake, supplements, however innocent they may seem, should be consumed only after consulting an expert in the area," said the player, who in addition to complying with the fine will then also lose part of their salary in proportion to the parties that has been punished, as happened to Monta Ellis of Golden State Warriors. That is, $ 1.6 million of the 18 people charged yearly.

The morbid arrive in early November, when the Orlando Magic will face the Cleveland Cavaliers, just the victim of the Magic in the Finals in the Eastern Conference playoffs in the past.

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