NBA Rumors 2013 Biogenesis Scandal? Whistle-Blower Says NBA Players Used Performance Enhancing Drugs [VIDEO]
Porter Fischer, the whistle-blower who exposed the use of performance enhancing drugs by several MLB players, revealed that athletes from other sports, including the NBA, also used PEDs, according to ESPN.
Fischer is the former employee of the Biogenesis Miami clinic who turned in documents from the lab to the Miami New Times last year and exposed that several pro athletes received PEDS from the clinic's founder Tony Bosch. Until today, the athletes were believed to be all Major League Baseball players, but Fischer said his associates have identified athletes from the NBA, NCAA, pro boxing, tennis and mixed martial arts.
Fischer said that thus far, he's only heard from the MLB, in regards to his report, but the NBA Commissioner David Stern will probably be reaching out to him soon.
Stern has been praised for presiding over a relatively controversy-free league since he took the helm as commissioner in 1984. At the time, the NBA was in a state of disrepair and many of its players were marred by the cocaine and crack use of the 80s. Stern turned the league around, however, handing down lifetime bans to players such as Chris Washburn and John Drew for repeated violations of the league's drug policies.
And while other pro sports leagues have been tainted by their athletes' use of PEDs, most notably the MLB, the NBA has faced no such controversies. If Fischer's statements are found to be true, Stern, who has earned a reputation for being heavy-handed in his disciplinary action, will most certainly make an example of those players found guilty.
Fischer didn't mention the name of any NBA players or how many of them used PEDS, but if the alleged users are in large numbers and are marquee names, Stern and the NBA could face the public backlash the MLB has dealt with for a decade.