Why Tristan Thompson is SUSPENDED From the NBA for 25 Games _ E! News

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00:00 The NBA has officially benched Tristan Thompson.

00:04 The league announces on January 23rd,

00:06 the Cleveland Cavaliers player has been suspended

00:09 without pay for 25 games for violating the terms

00:13 of the NBA NBPA anti-drug program by quote,

00:18 "testing positive for ibutamorant and Psarm LGD 4033,"

00:23 both of which can be used as performance enhancers

00:27 and are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

00:30 Tristan's suspension begins on January 24th

00:33 with his team's game against the Milwaukee Bucks.

00:36 The 32-year-old has yet to publicly comment on the setback.

00:40 E! News reached out to his reps for comment

00:42 as well as the Cavaliers, but has not yet heard back.

00:46 Tristan, who shares kids True and Tatum

00:49 with ex Khloe Kardashian, rejoined his former team

00:52 in September on a one-year contract.

00:55 The center was drafted by the Cavaliers in 2011

00:58 and played with them for nine years

00:59 until his 2020 departure for the Boston Celtics.

01:03 Since then, Tristan, who is also dad to sons Prince

01:06 and Theo, played for the Sacramento Kings,

01:10 the Indiana Pacers, the Chicago Bulls,

01:13 and the Los Angeles Lakers before returning to the Cavs.

01:16 Taking to Instagram on January 15th,

01:19 he captioned a photo of his jersey,

01:21 "Never let anything stop you from your vision.

01:24 Manifested big things.

01:26 We started here in the land together in 2011

01:29 and through thick and thin, you were mine.

01:32 Wearing any other number didn't feel right.

01:34 Back together, number 13 forever."

01:37 According to ESPN, since his return,

01:40 Tristan is currently averaging 3.8 points

01:43 and 3.9 rebounds in 12 minutes.

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