J.R. Smith Opens Up About the Cannabis Usage in the Bubble

You just know everyone was cooking in bubble.

Prior to the Bubble Season taking place,  the NBA announced  it would no longer be randomly drug testing the players.

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Sources: The NBA and NBPA have agreed to conduct performance-enhancing drug testing during resumed 2019-20 season in Orlando — but tests for recreational drugs will remain suspended.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 8, 2020

That pretty much was a signal that the players were free to smoke all they want. In a recent interview with SHOWTIME’s ‘All the Smoke’ podcast, J.R. Smith discussed the cannabis usage in the bubble with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson.

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Smith spilled all the beans.

“Aw yeah— we was blowing it down in there,” he said.

While discussing the bubble, Smith said that he was thrilled with the decision.

“I’m glad it happened because it finally broke that barrier and that stigma that you couldn’t play and all of this, it was a drug, it was this and that,” he said. “When you go to the bubble basketball, some of the dudes was playing, it was like practice games, kind of situations, so some of them really can’t play that well in front of 30,000. But at this same time, you see some of the best level of basketball, you seen these dudes still doing what they was doing, kicking, killing.”

Smith also dished out his opinion of why he believes that the stigma against marijuana should not be as taboo as it is.

“So stop making it seem like it’s alcohol or something,” he said. “You know you ain’t out there playing drunk just getting 60 like that. That shit ain’t happening no more. But when you can be at peace with your mind, with your body, with your soul and you can go out there and just hoop, that’s all you want.”

Clearly the NBA knew most of its players were smoking. No one saying it’s bad, but for players who use their lungs for a living, it kind of feels a tad detrimental.

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