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He has a real great physique, honestly he is like the taller version of Shannon Sharpe. Hes got all the muscles, and is super lean. No wonder they call him the Greek freak. Legit not sure why KD didn't muscle up like Giannis did.

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[–] Doobie_Howitzer@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Nah it was all Oreos and Sprite mixed with lemonade

[–] p0tatoman@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago
[–] CSGB13@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nah, way too much to lose. He is built like a freak but difficult to swerve 9 totally random drug tests a year.

[–] Scoot2028MVP@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Just take drugs they don't test for.

[–] Superb_University117@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

"Totally random", even my college football teams "random" drug tests got leaked to us before they happened.

And when you and your teammates are multi-milionaires you can afford the best designer drugs. New PEDs that avoid drug tests are created all the time, and even if the league wanted to catch dopers, it takes time to develop tests for the new drugs. And by then there will be a new one that avoids the test.

[–] iCOULDbewr0ng@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pretty much almost all professional athletes do

[–] whatshelooklike@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Doubt soccer players do in uefa

[–] whatshelooklike@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] LeMickeyMice@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Lol. They all take something. Maybe not necessarily the gymnasts or whatever but any sport that requires otherworldly bulk and or mass then yeah.

Tons of guys take SARMs. I knew an entire college baseball team taking them, stuff like RAD 140. Also know a few AA baseball players that were taking them, they said everyone was. They're not illegal and a ton of places haven't caught up to banning them. You can order it to your house right now. They'll take it until it gets banned then they'll switch to a close analogue and keep going until they stop playing.

And before you go order them they have most if not all of the same negative effects normal roids do.

[–] OUEngineer17@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I don't think that Olympic testing is quite as thorough as it should be across all sports, so though they are likely much cleaner than the athletes in the major sports with the most money; I don't think they are as clean as something like cycling where the amount of testing and biological passport makes it next to impossible outside of a few specific circumstances/times (ie altitude training).

[–] Casualrodfarva2@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I think 90% of professional athletes have taken PED's before and 100% of all time greats, so yeah probably

[–] Healthy_Man3826@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago
[–] Overall-Palpitation6@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

No, he just has better genetics and diet and works harder than you.

[–] 20Keys2theHead@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago
[–] referee-superfan@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Keon Johnson probably takes PED’s. And he’s bottom of the league and needs them to compete with other bottom of the league players. No basketball player that you’ve ever heard of plays without them.

[–] nikop@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Lmao Giannis is built nothing like Shannon Sharpe. Are you fucking insane? Shannon Shape used to be on covers of those juicer pro bodybuilding magazines where everyone looks like an alien at 5'10" and 300 pounds with 5% bodyfat and veins popping out of their ass cheeks. Giannis is lean and has a wide shoulders but most people would consider him skinny if you shrunk his frame down to normal size. Karl Malone is the only NBA player who could compare to Shannon Sharpe and even that's stretching it. And no, most NBA players aren't juicing. That's an internet fairy tale that people on message boards like to tell themselves so they feel better about using steroids as white collar office workers who have no legitimate reason for it beyond insecurity.

[–] dash_44@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Only PEDs he’s on is hard work and dedication

[–] chuckercarlson@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah for sure

[–] nobody1568@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Giannis is a taller version of Shannon Sharpe only you've taken so many PEDs that you've gone blind.

[–] ballgreens@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Legit not sure why KD didn't muscle up like Giannis did

Durant is a skill player first. Hate to see what that would have done to his jumpshot and mobility. There aren't that many legal ways you can really use big muscles, and skill/fundamentals/positioning/leverage/etc can always trump that.

[–] FKJVMMP@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

KD also just doesn’t have the same frame. Giannis was skinny as fuck when he came in too but he was still physically developing, his actual frame changed as well as him putting on a heap of muscle. KD couldn’t put on that much muscle even if he wanted to with something resembling a normal basketball workout routine.

[–] OkKindheartedness769@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It’s certainly possible remember how quick he came back from the hyperextension in the finals. I don’t think he takes anabolics guy just has a good frame and muscle building genetics (look at his brothers) but pretty much every athlete takes PEDs for recovery

[–] PokerPlayingRaccoon@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lots of conspiracy theorists in this comment thread lol

[–] Superb_University117@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

That's what people said about baseball and cycling too. Leagues don't want to catch players, and they will design their testing to avoid it until the government steps in and makes them.

[–] Kugo96@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Lol he's one of the most obvious Ped users there

[–] GiveMeSomeIhedigbo@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Giannis wishes he was on Didi Louzada's cucle

[–] LoWE11053211@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Possible.

But we need a ball inspector to be sure

[–] AnotsuKagehisa@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He’s got skinny legs though

[–] RVAIsTheGreatest@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Technically, the truth is not all performance enhancing medications are illegal, so the answer is yes.

[–] Right-Worth-6327@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Creatine and caffeine can count as PED’s, so technically, yes it’s more than likely he does. As for anabolic steroids? I’d be surprised.

[–] NPCzzzz@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I like how working out and being extremely dedicated is somehow implausible to some people and they’re just like “must be cheating”

[–] thathooperhooper@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

No. Giannis's physique is achievable. As much as Gianni's mentions "doing things the right way" I'd be highly shocked if he has ever even thought about it

[–] Superb_University117@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Pretty much evwryone in professional/Olympic sports are doping. Hell, half the starters on my high school football team doped. They all went on to play D1(or high level JuCo before failing out). It was me and one other guy(a 6'4" 330lb OT) who made D1 without doping, and then another big chunk of my college teammates were on stuff.

There is a reason that when sports are forced to test stringently a huge number get caught. The two biggest examples are baseball and cycling. No one got caught in either until the government got involved and then pretty much all the top level athletes ended up getting caught.