Milwaukee Bucks guard, O.J. Mayo, who once was being referred to as the next Lebron coming out of high school, has now been kicked out of the league and is basically banned for life after he violated the league’s drug policy.
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There were high hopes for Mayo coming out of high school and when he headed to USC to play for one year before entering the draft. He never lived up to the expectations or potential and even though overall his numbers are solid, with a career scoring average just under 14ppg, his career wouldn’t be considered even remotely successful. With him being banned now, his career is essentially over. He can apply for reinstatement in two years but he was a free agent right now that wasn’t getting much interest to begin with because of an injury and down year in general and you can bet two years from now no teams will be checking for him.
The league was pretty vague in their statement regarding his dismissal.
The NBA announced today that free agent O.J. Mayo has been dismissed and disqualified from the league for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program.
Under the Anti-Drug Program, Mayo is eligible to apply for reinstatement in two years.
The NBA, NBA teams, and the Players Association are prohibited from publicly disclosing information regarding the testing or treatment of any NBA player under the Anti-Drug Program, other than to announce a player’s suspension or dismissal from the league.
They did not mention what drug he tested positive for. He was suspended for 10 games in 2011 for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. This is the first time in ten years that the league has gone this far to ban a player.
Last year he was slowed by an injury to his ankle, only appearing in 41 games and averaged 7.8ppg. Even with that said, he could have got some good money this summer being a free agent considering the way teams are throwing money around.
Mayo was originally a No. 3 draft pick of the Grizzlies, with whom he spent the first four seasons of his career. Mayo joined the Mavericks for one season before signing with Milwaukee.
