Just now! Guangdong team issued a statement

The China Anti-Doping Center public announcement showed that during the CBA season in mid-April, Xinjiang team's foreign aid Harrell and Guangdong team's foreign aid Gillenwater violated the rules. The violations involved were both carboxytetrahydrocannabinol, and both gave up B-bottle testing. The news was like a bombshell, causing a stir in the CBA league.

Harrell, a powerful inside player who won the Best Sixth Man Award in the NBA, joined the Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team in March this year. His arrival once greatly increased the strength of Xinjiang team's inside strength. Fans have high hopes for him and hope that he can lead the team further in the playoffs. Gillenwater plays for Guangdong Hongyuan Basketball Club. As a member of the team, he is a key player of the team in the regular season and playoffs. However, the two are now facing a severe ban from the CBA league due to doping violations.

carboxytetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THCA, is a precursor to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and is mainly found in cannabis plants. In sports events, this substance falls within the category of stimulants that are explicitly prohibited. Once such substances are detected in the athlete's body, no matter what the reason is, it seriously violates the principle of fair competition in sports events and the relevant anti-doping regulations.

Just just now, Guangdong Hongyuan Basketball Club issued a statement on the fact that Gillenwater's doping test result was positive. The statement said that the club was deeply shocked and attached great importance to the news. At the first time, the club actively coordinated the players involved and their agents to cooperate with the investigation of the China Anti-Doping Center, and submitted relevant materials strictly in accordance with the requirements.

For a long time, Guangdong Hongyuan Basketball Club has regarded anti-doping work as a top priority. Under the careful guidance of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau and other superior authorities, the club actively participated in and cooperated with various anti-doping work. Regularly hold anti-doping publicity and education activities, popularize anti-doping knowledge to players, coaches and staff by inviting professionals to teach and play relevant case videos, and strengthen everyone's understanding of the harm of stimulants.

At the same time, the club will improve anti-doping rules and regulations, clarifying a zero-tolerance attitude and corresponding punishment measures for doping violations. Post anti-doping promotional posters in prominent locations such as the team's training base and locker room, reminding everyone to stick to the bottom line of fair competition. In terms of player whereabouts management, the club has also established a strict reporting system to ensure that the players' daily activities are in a supervised state.

The diet and drug management of players are strictly controlled. Starting from the source of food procurement, food that may contain banned ingredients should be prevented from flowing into the players' table; in terms of players' medication, professional team doctors should be equipped to provide guidance, requiring players to undergo review by team doctors before using any drugs to avoid violations caused by mistaken taking.

Although the club has put in a lot of efforts in anti-doping work, the Gillenwater violation still sounded the alarm for the club. The club said it will reflect deeply and carefully summarize the experience. In the future, we will always carry out anti-doping work with a firm attitude of "zero tolerance" and actively follow the relevant requirements and guidelines of the General Administration of Sports of China, the Chinese Basketball Association, the Guangdong Sports Bureau, the CBA Company and other competent departments to further strengthen anti-doping publicity and education work.

, especially for foreign athletes, more targeted measures will be taken to increase their anti-doping awareness. For example, in addition to routine group training, foreign athletes will also be equipped with separate translations to ensure that they can accurately understand the various regulations and requirements of anti-doping; strengthen communication and cooperation with foreign athlete agents, jointly supervise athletes' daily behavior, and firmly maintain a fair and just competition environment in the CBA league from multiple dimensions.

At present, the China Anti-Doping Center is still conducting in-depth investigations and evidence collections on this incident, and will also make a final penalty decision based on the investigation results in the future. The CBA League official also stated that after the Chinese Basketball Association makes a determination and handling, the league will further deal with the parties involved in accordance with regulations. This incident not only concerns the careers of two players, Harrell and Gillenwater, but also has a profound impact on the image and reputation of the CBA league. Here, we also hope that the CBA League can take this opportunity to further improve the anti-doping working mechanism, ensure the purity and fairness of the game, and create a good environment for the healthy development of Chinese basketball.