Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Dec 23, 2019
John Collins on return: ‘I would never try to jeopardize what I have here’
Having served his 25-game suspension after testing positive for Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide-2 (GHRP-2), John Collins is finally back for the Hawks.
Collins will start in Cleveland Monday night and will not have a minute restriction, but coach Lloyd Pierce declined to reveal the Hawks’ full starting lineup.
Collins’ original statement after the suspension mentioned that he “took a supplement which, unbeknownst to (him), had been contaminated with an illegal component,” and he stuck with that story Monday. He declined to name what specific supplement he had taken, but denied knowing there was anything in the supplement that could get him in trouble.