PLYMOUTH’S GRADY FACING DRUGS BAN
Plymouth Raiders were forced to remove Anton Grady from their roster due to a failed drugs test, MVP has learnt.
It is understood the American forward was advised last week that he had returned a positive sample for a recreational drug from an anti-doping test taken following March’s BBL Trophy final in Glasgow.
As per UK Anti-Doping procedures, a provisional suspension was immediately issued, ruling the player ineligible to play in Plymouth’s final two games of the British Basketball League season.
Grady, who has the right to request a testing of a separate B sample, is thought to still be considering his next course of action. UK Anti-Doping officials confirmed the full nature of the rule violation will not be formally published until “legal due processes have been completed.â€
The 25-year-old rookie, whose cousin Earl Boykins played in the NBA, was averaging 18.2 points and 7.4 rebounds for the Raiders. Similar offences have previously incurred bans of six months.
The club’s officials did not return calls seeking comment beyond a previous statement stating they had been obliged to release Grady with “immediate effect for a severe breach of club and league rulesâ€.
Plymouth, who lost to Leicester in the BBL Trophy final, missed the playoffs after losing both contests on the closing weekend of the league campaign in the absence of their leading performer.
According to the Plymouth Herald, both head coach Johnny White and player-assistant Daryl Corletto will return next season.
Do you like our work?
We have a tiny favour to ask. In 2018 we set out to make Hoopsfix sustainable by building our relationship directly with our readers. Up until now, Hoopsfix has been creating editorials, videos and podcasts to provide sorely missing coverage of the British game and its distinct culture and community.
We have funded Hoopsfix with our freelance work creating basketball media, but sadly that means not only does it fall behind our client’s priorities, but some of those clients are the same organisations we need to report objectively on putting us in a conflicted position.
We want to devote more time to our mission of helping British basketball reach its potential, and produce even more content for the basketball community by making Hoopsfix a sustainable 100% independent business funded directly by our readers through Patreon.
If everyone who enjoys our content chose to support us, our future would be much more secure. For as little as $3 per month, you can support Hoopsfix – and it only takes a minute.
We are tremendously honoured and humbled to have a community of people who value what we do, and we look forward to being at the forefront of the British game as it continues to evolve.
0 comments