Ngaphambi kokulimala konyawo lwakhe, LeBron James ubesaphethe i-NBA ngesizini yakhe yama-20 kwiligi eneminyaka engama-38.
Okwakudala Umlwi we-MMA u-Chael Sonnen unombono wokuthi kungani, ethi uJames uthatha izidakamizwa ezithuthukisa ukusebenza.

U-LeBron James we-Los Angeles Lakers usabela ngokumelene ne-Dallas Mavericks e-American Airlines Center Feb. 26, 2023, e-Dallas. (Izithombe zikaRon Jenkins/Getty)
USonnen uthi yena noJames “banezidakamizwa ezifanayo,” wengeza ngokuthi yena nomdlali wegalofu Tiger Woods thatha “okuthathu okukhulu” kwe-EPO (erythropoietin), i-hormone yokukhula kanye ne-testosterone, inhlanganisela yezithuthukisi ayibiza ngokuthi “i-Lance Armstrong diet.”
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“Ngazi kahle ukuthi yini [James is] ukwenza,” kusho uSonnen ku-podcast ethi “Flagrant”.
USonnen uthi uWoods nguyena “igalofu elilodwa kuphela” osebenzisa umjikelezo futhi anikeze “isizathu” sokuthi kungani uJames ethatha.
“I-EPO ibalulekile; yisizathu esenza ukuthi uLeBron ayithathe. Ibalulekile,” kusho uSonnen. “I-EPO ikhulisa amangqamuzana egazi abomvu, okukunikeza ukubekezela ukuze ukwazi ukudlala yonke imidlalo isikhathi eside. Ungakwazi ukudubula ikota yesine njengoba udubule umzuzu wesine. Inkosi yezithuthukisi zokusebenza.”
U-Armstrong uthathe izithuthukisi zokusebenza kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe wamabhayisikili, ikakhulukazi i-EPO, futhi kwamlahlekisela izicoco zakhe eziyisikhombisa zeTour de France.
Yebo, sinezwi likaSonnen kuphela elingenabo ubufakazi.

UTiger Woods uhamba ngomgodi we-13 emzuliswaneni wesibili we-PGA Championship ka-2022 eSouthern Hills Country Club ngoMeyi 20, 2022. (Izithombe zikaRichard Heathcote/Getty)
UJames akakaze ahluleke ukuhlolwa kwezidakamizwa emsebenzini wakhe, futhi akukaze kuboniswe ukuthi u-Woods uthathe ama-steroids.
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Ngaphambi kokulimala kwakhe, uJames wayelinganise amaphuzu angu-29.5, ama-rebounds angu-8.4 kanye nama-assist angu-6.4. Selokhu ehlanganise iminyaka engu-38, uthole amaphuzu angu-31.9 emdlalweni.

U-LeBron James we-Los Angeles Lakers ngesikhathi somdlalo ngokumelene ne-New Orleans Pelicans ngo-Ephreli 1, 2022, e-Crypto.Com Arena e-Los Angeles. (Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images)
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UWoods uwine imiqhudelwano emibili, okuhlanganisa nayo oMakhosingo-2019 eneminyaka engu-43, kodwa kusukela lapho akakaze anqobe umqhudelwano.