Former NBA head coach George Karl alleged in his new book Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs and Poor Shot Selection that the NBA has a performance-enhancing drug problem it has yet to confront, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver responded to those claims at a press conference Thursday.
Speaking to reporters before the Denver Nuggets took on the Indiana Pacers in London, Silver explained there has been no concrete evidence presented to this point that shows NBA players are doping to gain a competitive edge.
"I'll just say our testing is state-of-the-art," Silver said, according to USA Today. "I have no reason to believe whatsoever that we have an issue, either as the result of testing or as the result of other information that comes to the league office."
Silver added that Karl is the only prominent figure associated with the NBA to make such damning allegations.
"Other than what George Karl wrote in his book, there is no chatter whatsoever in the league," he said. "Obviously, many reporters are in this room who cover the NBA; presumably if they thought there ...
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