Retired NBA player Al Harrington knows a thing or two about marijuana. (Doug Pensinger / Getty)
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While it remains to be seen whether NBA players will be able to lead the ladies of the night to the bubble in Orlando, it seems to be an inevitable conclusion that many will bring Mary Jane to accompany them.
In one piece in The athletic, Golden State Warriors beat writer Marcus Thompson II, who can’t cover his team in the bubble because they didn’t qualify for the league restart, theorized that players on teams making the conference or the NBA Finals will need more a pound of marijuana with them in the bubble, as they could end up in Orlando for up to 82 days.
And that might not be enough since, according to Thompson’s math, that would only allow for roughly two blisters consisting of two grams of pot per day. And that doesn’t take into account sharing with other players who want to get high but didn’t bring their own supply.
“Bring more than you think you’re going to need,” Al Harrington, an NBA veteran who now has his own cannabis company Viola Brands, told The Athletic. “You may have that teammate who has never smoked and who wants to try it out since they are trapped in a bubble. Then you could be supplying other people.”
The league won’t test marijuana and other recreational drugs in the bubble, and as long as players stay socially out of the safe arena, it seems the NBA will turn a blind eye to rising stars.
“When you think about it, it’s almost inhumane for them not to have marijuana,” said Harrington. “These boys will need something to escape. Normally over the course of the season, the playoffs, if you have a bad game, you have a bad rotation to lose the game, you can go home and see your kids. In this bubble situation, you can’t escape the bad game. “
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