Most NBA players want legal, league-sanctioned pot, suggests TMZ poll

Let’s start by saying that TMZ is hardly Pew, Gallup or Quinnipiac when it comes to legitimate polling. And we’ll also say that the anonymous polling of 10 individuals within a large league is hardly proper, scientific methodology.

That said, marijuana use in professional sports is a hot topic — one an increasing number of players are passionate about in the NFL, NBA and beyond. And when TMZ Sports asked 10 active NBA players about their feelings on the legalization and rulemaking surrounding cannabis, all of the ballers told the organization that they want the league to allow the use of marijuana.

The anonymous TMZ poll comes at an important crossroads in this conversation. Oklahoma City Thunder star player Kevin Durant was caught on camera while partying in Hollywood in late-May with what looked like a prescription bottle of weed, which fell out of his...

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