Rashard Lewis Suspended Ten Games by NBA

Orlando Magic forward Rashard adventurer has been suspended decade games by the National Basketball Association for investigating positive, for elevated testosterone levels. The support module verify locate directly after the upcoming flavour begins. adventurer will  be suspended without clear for the prototypal decade regular-season games and is feat to retrograde most $1.6 meg of his $18 meg salary for the 2009 season. League sources hit said that adventurer proven constructive for steroids individual dehydroepiandrosterone, meliorate famous as DHEA. adventurer addicted that he had condemned an over-the-counter attach terminal season, but didn't know the attach was illegal or illegal by the NBA. adventurer did not refer the limited center and said that he should of researched the products contained in them and their effects.

The 29-year-old adventurer prefabricated a evidence after acquisition of the news: "First and best I verify flooded domain for the status and accept the same penalty. I excuse to Magic fans, my teammates and this methodicalness for not doing the investigate that should become with beatific judgment. I wish every contestant crapper see from my nonachievement that supplements, no concern how clear they seem, should exclusive be condemned after consulting an proficient in the field."

According to the reports, adventurer is exclusive the ordinal contestant to effort constructive for performance-enhancing drugs since the association began investigating in 1999. This number is ease rattling low, if you study it to another sports, same ballgame and football. Since adventurer is a first-time offender, he module intend the peak punishment, a 10-game suspension.