‘Bombshell’ in continental basketball: Pierria Henry (West Virginia, 1993), former Baskonia player and one of the best point guards in Europe in recent years, has been sanctioned for 48 months. The point guard with a Senegalese passport received the punishment from FIBA Anti-Doping due to the use of a prohibited method. Until January 13, 2027, he will not be able to play for a team again after his departure from Baskonia in January 2023.
Henry, in a match with Baskonia.
The case is one of the most surprising in recent years. In one of his tests, the point guard chose to use manipulated urine instead of his own urine. Based on cases from the past, it was a technique used to mask positive results for social drugs. A range of possibilities opens up, from synthetic to animal. The Colony Laboratory was the one that carried out the control and the surprise reached the agents themselves. In the case that treated Henry, he was a proven person who even there pointed out the complexity of the case. It is not usually given in such a simple way.
Pierria Henry was a key point guard in recent times for Baskonia. He was part of the team that won the Endesa League during the pandemic held in the Valencia ‘bubble’ and established himself as one of the most relevant point guards on the continent. He even ended up in the Real Madrid pools, which ended up opting for Nigel Williams-Goss. for that position.
He would go out to Fenerbahçe and after returning to the Basque discipline in 2022, everything changed in January 2023. At first it came to light that he was suffering from a problem in his soleus and it caused him to leave.. Shortly afterwards it was confirmed that a disciplinary problem was going to cause him to leave the club.
Henry, with Baskonia.
After much speculation, the use of a prohibited method is the reason. Specifically, an anti-doping control held on November 3, 2022 between Baskonia and Maccabi Tel Aviv corresponding to matchday 6 of the Euroleague. Specifically, FIBA points out that Henry violated article 2.2 of the Anti-Doping Code: use or attempted use by an athlete of a prohibited substance or prohibited method.
It could be the end of the former player’s career. Baskonia. At the club he played 74 games in ACB with an average of 10.1 points and 5 assists. In Euroleaguetheir numbers reached 9 points on average in 63 games played between the Vitorian team and Fenerbahçe.
2024-02-21 15:56:58
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