Steph Curry, Kevin Durant drug examined after Olympic gold medal win, Anthony Edwards says

The U.S. males’s basketball staff might have appeared a little bit too dominant on the Paris Olympics. 

After defeating host nation France 98-87 within the gold medal sport Aug. 10 to cap off a dominant run in Paris, a number of gamers needed to take a drug take a look at earlier than they may even have fun, in keeping with 23-year-old guard Anthony Edwards. 

Edwards mentioned throughout an look on Durant’s podcast, “The Boardroom,” at Fanatics Fest, that he, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry all needed to take a drug take a look at proper after the sport earlier than they may even have fun the win. 

“After the gold medal — I am not gonna lie — me and him [gestures to Durant] had a — what do they name it? — a drug take a look at,” Edwards mentioned. “We could not even have fun within the locker room as a result of me, him and Steph needed to take like a drug take a look at or one thing.”

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Edwards even mentioned Curry was alleged to be drug examined after the staff’s 95-91 semifinal win over Serbia, during which it got here again from a 17-point deficit.  

“He alleged to have gotten one after the primary Serbia sport,” Edwards mentioned.

Curry clinched victory towards France in a aggressive closing quarter, during which he hit 4 3-pointers within the closing minutes of the sport. He completed the sport with 24 factors, all on 3-point photographs. In opposition to Serbia within the semifinal, he had 36 factors to steer a U.S. comeback. 

In the meantime, Durant had 15 factors with 4 rebounds whereas Edwards had simply eight factors with one rebound within the gold medal sport towards France. 

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It marked the fifth consecutive gold medal for Group USA in males’s basketball and its eighth within the final 9 Olympics. 

Random drug testing for athletes is widespread within the NBA and different main skilled sports activities leagues just like the NFL and MLB. It’s particularly widespread after abnormally good performances, like these put up by Curry in Paris. 

Steph Curry and LeBron James have fun after defeating France within the males’s basketball gold medal sport. (Rob Schumacher/USA At present Sports activities)

FIBA, the governing physique of world basketball, makes a distinction between in-competition testing, a interval that begins at 11:59 p.m. the day earlier than an occasion by the top of the occasion, together with pattern assortment and out-of-competition testing, or all assessments that aren’t in-competition.

It wasn’t the one regarding second for Curry in Paris. Curry’s spouse Ayesha, his mom Sonya and Warriors teammate Draymond Inexperienced had been concerned in an intense incident with police officers on the Olympics. 

A video from The Hollywood Repair confirmed Sonya Curry confronting one officer, saying, “You’ll stay awake effectively.” Off to Sonya’s left, Ayesha Curry and Inexperienced are speaking with officers. Ayesha is holding one younger youngster in a child service in entrance of her and one other is holding her hand.

Stephen Curry hugs his mom, Sonya Curry, after his staff’s victory towards France within the males’s gold medal on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Bercy Area Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Photographs)

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Ayesha gave the impression to be wiping away tears as Sonya tried to elucidate the scenario they had been dealing with with the officers. Inexperienced even advised that one of many officers struck Ayesha’s youngster within the head.

“So, even after him hitting the child within the head, there’s nonetheless nothing y’all can do to get them out of right here,” Inexperienced requested, perplexed. The officer then appeared to apologize.

For Curry, it was his first Olympic expertise and doubtlessly his final. Curry can be 40 when the subsequent Summer season Olympics start in Los Angeles in 2028. Regardless of all the problems, Curry has added an Olympic gold medal to his resume, which already consists of 4 NBA championships and two MVP NBA awards.

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