On February 20, Milwaukee Bucks Bobby Portis was suspended on 25 matches after violating the league’s anti -nobility policy. From the time the messages appeared, it has been revealed that Portis accidentally took a tramadolic pill from a personal assistant who incorrectly told the player that he was Toradol. After winning the Bucks on Los Angeles Clippers, February 20, the TNT crew in NBA shared their thoughts on suspension.
Charles Barkley encourages players like Bobby Portis to make them more cautious
Charles Barkley began his thoughts, calling the situation was “stupid”, saying that Portis’s decision to take a pill without contact with the medical staff of the team was reckless. Barkley insisted that Portis be called “Bucks” to verify his nature:
“You can never put anything in your body without leading it through the team.”
Barkley mentioned that even if Portis’s assistant was a trusted friend, it was still reckless to threaten his availability, knowing their word for the nominal value. Showing a team with a team about any substance undertaken is the only way to properly deal with such situations.
The NBA legend cited the fact that the problem will cause Portis to lose millions of dollars. Even if Portis made an unfortunate mistake, the reality is that he hurt, as well as his team.
Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith added their thoughts
Shaquille O’Neal began with the memory that NBA drugs are elaborate and can lead to players with random conflicts with them. He recalled a personal experience that Portis defends a bit. When O’Neal prepared for a drug test leading to the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, he decided to eat a muffin with poppy seeds shortly earlier, even though he was warned so that he would not eat anything. Drug results returned with the legendary center as a positive cocaine test. Make and cocaine have some of the same derivative ingredients. The issue was finally removed for O’Naal, but the threat of accidental violations was illustrated.
Kenny Smith had rather blunt, but not accusing the position in this case.
“The moral of this story is that you go to the doctor to be prescribed. Period.”
Smith pointed out that if Portis received a medicine from a team doctor, the doctor would be suspended by the league, unlike Portis himself. O’Neal repeated that he thought Portis did not intentionally try to take a drug improving performance, explaining that he thinks Portis is a “good guy.” Regardless of this, Portis is to leave almost all the remaining schedule of the regular season.
Both Barkley and Smith emphasized the importance of Kyle Kuzma in the absence of Portis
In addition to the controversy about the suspension itself, it is that Bucks are now fighting for staying in the top 4 Eastern conference, not being fully strength for most of the remaining season. Barkley and Smith pointed to Kyle Kuzma, a commercial acquisition, who started his career in Bucks quite well as a X coefficient for Milwaukee.
“Without Bobby, Kuzma is gigantic.”
Kuzma had 13 points and 7 rebounds, at the same time playing a sturdy defense to Clippers, Kawhi Leonard on the Milwaukee section during the victory of 116-110 over Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Kevin Porter Jr., another recent acquisition of Bucks, provided 13 points and good energy from the bench. Both are consistent with the increased load, taking into account the elimination of rotation ports for now.
It is not possible to overestimate how good Kyle Kuzma was defensive tonight, especially in the fourth
He took Kawhi completely from the game #Bucks #Fearthede pic.twitter.com/d7dhbexe3p
– Tony Clements (@Tonycmke) February 21, 2025
Milwaukee is currently pressed between Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons in fifth place in the east.
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