NBA All-Stars Stephen Curry, Anthony Edwards and Kevin Durant, along with the rest of a star-studded roster, helped Team USA win its fifth straight Olympic gold medal in men's basketball in Paris. Such an accomplishment, the first Olympic gold medal wins for Curry and Edwards, and a men's basketball record-breaking fourth for Durant, called for a celebration.
But the trio were not able to celebrate the way they wanted to because of a ... drug test?
Edwards, during an appearance alongside Durant on the latter's executive-produced show The Boardroom at Fanatics Fest, shared news of the drug test after he was asked by former NBA player Jalen Rose what Team USA's celebration was like.
"After the gold medal—I'm not gonna lie—me and him [gestures to Durant] had a—what do they call it?—a drug test," Edwards said. "We couldn't even celebrate in the locker room because me, him and Steph had to take like a drug test or something."
When Rose interjected to comment that the drug test was no surprise given Curry's incredible gold medal game performance against France, Edwards shared that Durant was slated to be drug tested earlier during the Games.
"He supposed to have got one after the first Serbia game," Edwards said as Durant laughed.
It's not uncommon for NBA players to receive a random drug test, especially after big performances, which has led to some skepticism from players as to the true randomness of these tests. Durant (23 points vs Serbia), Edwards (26 points vs. Puerto Rico) and Curry (a 36-point effort against Serbia followed by 24 points vs. France) all had standout individual games in Paris.
FIBA makes a distinction between in-competition testing, a period that begins at 11:59 p.m. the day before an event through the end of the event, including sample collection, and out-of-competition testing, or all tests that are not in-competition.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Anthony Edwards Shared That Steph Curry Got Drug Tested After Huge Gold Medal Game.
