- The frequency NBA player get high: “I have players that will get high right before their game and play their game high,” the man claimed.
- The drugs of choice: “Everything from marijuana to cocaine to heroin. Some of them like to sniff heroin,” he said.
- How bad the problem is: “Just as bad as it is in any urban city, in any run down city,” he responded.
- About the depth of Odom’s addiction: The dealer claimed that Odom freebased on cocaine prior to his Clippers’ 14-point win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 10
- The players’ claim about the “good” drugs are for them: “I have players, I don’t know much know about the testing and that technical portion of it, but what I do know is that I have players that feel that they perform better when they’re high.”
- Which type of players are using drugs, fringe players or superstars? “Both. And it’s not just basketball,” the dealer said. ”It’s tennis, it’s hockey, it’s baseball, it’s everything you can name. I have politicians that are some of my favorite clients.”
- How much money players drop on drugs: “I have clients that come and spend upwards of 100 grand in one sitting. Over a weekend they’ll spend $100,000 and call in three days and want more.”
- On why he is dealing drugs: “Although I went to a good school… I have a degree in political science… Outside of that, the drug trade is much more lucrative. And it helps me… it’s almost like I’m addicted to the drug although I don’t use any drugs.”
- On his conscience for dealing drugs to pro athletes: ”When I do my soul search… I say I didn’t initially start them on the drug use. I’m providing a service.”
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