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January 13, 2004
A Dukie on Drugs?: Christian Laettner has been suspended for 5 games (w/o pay) for violating the NBA's drug policy. There are no details concerning the type of substance involved, or when the violation occured. Is this as surprising to you as it is to me?
posted by lilnemo to basketball at 04:31 PM - 11 comments
Everyone smokes weed once in a while...
posted by dusted at 04:49 PM on January 13, 2004
How come he gets the secrecy treatment? Is it b/c he's white? Not to start something outta nothing, but at first glance, this smells of a double-standard.
posted by garfield at 04:53 PM on January 13, 2004
If this guy played in P-town they'd list his dealer's address and weekly specials in the scroller on the 5 o'clock news. Of course, he'd also be playing tonight, we'd all laugh about it, and at the end of the game we'd pat him on the back for the double double... He put it in Tin Foil... Tin Foil!
posted by togdon at 05:14 PM on January 13, 2004
I had such a crush on him when he was drafted by the Timberwolves in 92. He was supposed to be the next big thing. I have his rookie card too.
posted by jerseygirl at 05:39 PM on January 13, 2004
"How come he gets the secrecy treatment? Is it b/c he's white?" Oh, yes, I'm sure that's it.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 06:16 PM on January 13, 2004
Doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
One of my treasured back issues of the Beastie Boys' magazine Grand Royal has a hilarious bit where they try to interview Laettner at the NBA All-Star Game. They report that, in reply, he "started bustin' the mad b-boy lingo like MC Corky Nemec." That image still busts me up thinking about it.
posted by jeffmshaw at 07:06 PM on January 13, 2004
I think what embarasses me about this is that you have to fail three drug tests before you get suspended for five days. Duke guys are supposed to be the smart ones. (I suppose he could have carried it through an airport, but still...)
posted by tieguy at 12:45 AM on January 14, 2004
Apparently Parker Lewis can lose.
Smarmy prick.
posted by lilnemo at 04:32 PM on January 14, 2004
I heard Laettner smokes pole.
posted by vito90 at 05:51 PM on January 14, 2004
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! "smokes pole".
posted by forksclovetofu at 08:17 PM on January 14, 2004
Laettner is a notorious sour puss. At times he's even bordered on locker room cancer. But I didn't see this coming. Since leaving Minnesota he's been pretty low key, or am I totally misreading this?