Like the rest of the basketball-crazy Filipinos, Tim Cone is awaiting for the official sanction the FIBA (International Basketball Federation) will mete on Gilas Pilipinas naturalized player Justin Brownlee.
The 35-year-old Brownlee flunked the anti-doping test after testing positive for carboxy-THC, a substance linked to cannabis use during Gilas' historic run in the Asian Games men's basketball gold in Hangzhou, China.
'It wasn't a performance-enhancing drug, not a PED or an anabolic steroid or anything like that affected his performance,' he stressed. 'There's no way he can bring that stuff in China, he's gonna get into trouble but one thing we can think of is it was done way before because we understand that kind of stuff stays before your system for quite a while.' The three-time PBA Best Import did not appeal the result, while he awaits an official sanction from FIBA.
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