NBA players sometimes are randomly selected for drug tests. This happens regularly and, in most cases, isn’t worth reporting.
Sometimes the ‘randomly selected’ part doesn’t seem to add up. Let’s look at a couple of ‘random cases’ of these past few years, before adding the most recent one.
– In Alex Caruso’s case, the ‘random’ drug test he had to go through before the start of the season was pretty funny. Coincidentally, the then-Lakers star was tested right after a photoshop of him as ‘Hulk’ went viral.
– Then, after throwing down the best dunk of his career, Danny Green also was hit with a ‘random’ drug test.
– Josh Richardson tweeting about watching Family Guy also resulted in a drug test.
– Bradley Beal having back-to-back 50-plus point games, also resulted in a drug test by the league.
– Michael Carter-Williams. When the then-Orlando Magic guard shared pictures of himself on Instagram in which he looked swole, it led to him getting drug tested.
– De’Aaron Fox. The former Kings point guard was getting drug tested by the NBA after posting buff workout pictures.
– Donovan Mitchell: The Cavs All-Star was drug tested after scoring a career- and franchise high 71 points.
– Damian Lillard: Similarly to Mitchell, Lillard scored a career-high 71 points against the Houston Rockets. After the game, guess what… surprise, surprise, Lillard was blood-draw drug-tested for the first time in his career.
The newest ‘random’ drug test victim? Karlo Matkovic. During the Pelicans’ game against the Cavaliers on Saturday, Matkovic soared for a 360-degree alley-oop finish off a lob from Jeremiah Fears.
KARLO MATKOVIĆ THROWS DOWN A 360 ALLEY-OOP SLAM 😲 pic.twitter.com/itq2TSmXce
— NBA (@NBA) March 22, 2026
After the game, the NBA drug tested him…
“Ofc I’m drug tested today,”
