Inside ex-NBA star\u2019s bombshell doping saga… and who fills NBL void<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cHe was tested in April 2025 with a positive finding being announced two months later – after he had already re-signed with the Adelaide 36ers.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs it stands, Harrell is not permitted to train or play, and with no timeline on when the process will be finalised and no certainty on any sanctions, the Club has been left with no option but to terminate Harrell\u2019s contract to allow it to move to finalise the playing roster.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause the matter in China is ongoing, the Adelaide 36ers remain constrained by the confidentiality policies of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and are unable to comment further on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
It ends a week-long saga in which Harrell took to social media to vent his frustrations about the process. He did, however, have positive things to say about his time in the Australian league. <\/p>\n
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 13: Montrezl Harrell of the 36ers celebrates during the NBL Play-In Qualifier match between Sydney Kings and Adelaide 36ers at Qudos Bank Arena, on February 13, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cGlad I can say I got to play in the NBL. I appreciate you guys thanks for letting me experience what down under life was like! Thanks for having the monsta goodbye and blessing to all!,\u201d Harrell said via X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n
\u201cMade me fall in love with hoops again last year in a dark time! Will always be grateful for that! \u201cMuch love for all the Australian fans man I truly appreciate and love the support and energy y\u2019all gave to me!\u201d <\/p>\n
The 36ers added in the statement: \u201cWhile disappointed to part ways, the Club is grateful to Montrezl for his service and wish him well for the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Club is now focussed on searching for a replacement player and beginning the upcoming NBL season strongly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adelaide will take on the Brisbane Bullets to kick-off their season on Sunday at 4:30PM AEST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Adelaide 36ers have officially parted ways with star import Montrezl Harrell amid doping allegations. Just days out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-167488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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