{"id":21447,"date":"2024-01-23T21:29:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T18:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/21447\/cavaliers-tristan-thompson-suspended-by\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T21:29:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T18:29:38","slug":"cavaliers-tristan-thompson-suspended-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=21447","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers&#8217; Tristan Thompson suspended by NBA for 25 games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cavaliers&#8217; Tristan Thompson suspended by NBA for 25 games\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CLEVELAND \u2014 Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson was suspended 25 games without pay by the NBA on Tuesday for violating the league&#39;s drug policy.<\/p>\n<p>According to the league, Thompson, 32, tested positive for ibutamoren, a growth hormone, and SARM LGD-4033, commonly used by bodybuilders and weightlifters for muscle building.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson will begin serving his suspension Wednesday when the Cavs play the first of two games in three days against the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">The Cavaliers&#39; Tristan Thompson is suspended for his team&#39;s next 25 games for violating the league&#39;s drug policy. <cite>Fernando Medina\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>There was no immediate comment from Thompson or the Cavs.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson is in his second stint with the Cavs, who originally drafted the Canadian player with the fourth overall pick in the 2011 draft. The 6-foot-11 Thompson has become a beloved player in Cleveland.  He was a member of the 2016 NBA championship team, which won the city&#39;s first major professional sports title since 1964.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson spent his first nine seasons as a professional with the Cavs before bouncing back.  He also played with the Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>The Cavs, who have won eight straight games, re-signed him as a free agent before this season.  He averages 3.8 points and 3.9 rebounds in 12 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cavaliers&#8217; Tristan Thompson suspended by NBA for 25 games\u060c CLEVELAND \u2014 Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson was suspended 25 games without pay by the NBA on Tuesday for violating the league&#39;s drug policy. According to the league, Thompson, 32, tested positive for ibutamoren, a growth hormone, and SARM LGD-4033, commonly used by bodybuilders and weightlifters for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5309,615,162,5222,9650,9649],"class_list":["post-21447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-cavaliers","tag-games","tag-nba","tag-suspended","tag-thompson","tag-tristan"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21449,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21447\/revisions\/21449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}