"The world think LeBron really might be doing that" - Teague explains his father asked him to take back what he said about James doing PEDs

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"The world think LeBron really might be doing that" - Teague explains his father asked him to take back what he said about James doing PEDs originally appeared on Basketball Network.
Former Atlanta Hawks All-Star guard Jeff Teague made a controversial statement during a recent episode of his "Club 520" podcast. During that episode, Teague accused the Miami version of LeBron James of taking steroids to dominate the league.
Interestingly, however, Jeff took back his accusations almost immediately, tweeting that he was just joking and that he was trying to drive home the point that LBJ was so dominant during that period that he had to use a wild comparison.
"What I was saying was he was so good that we had, you know, when somebody be rich and they black, we say they Illuminati…" said Teague on the recent episode of Joe Budden's "Patreon Podcast."
When Budden pushed him to say who got him to retract his statement, Teague said it was his dad.
"Nobody called. My pops told me like, 'Yo, why you say that?' And I was like, 'Say what?' I was like…they took that the wrong way, so I was like, 'I need to back that up.' Cuz he said, 'We know you joking, but the world think LeBron really might be doing that.' Like, I don't know LeBron. I ain't never spoke to LeBron. He said, 'Wassup' to me twice in my life," he added.
Teague claimed James used HGH
During that particular episode of Teague's podcast, he claimed that James used synthetic Human Growth Hormone (HGH) during his "Big 3" days with the Miami Heat. Jeff claimed that when the NBA began testing for HGH, LeBron sat out for three weeks with a back injury, and then when he returned, he was noticeably skinnier.
However, the NBA did not start testing for HGH until the 2015-16 NBA season, or at least two seasons after LBJ left the Heat. That alone made Teague's claim a baseless lie. And although James was investigated by authorities in 2013 during the Biogenesis scandal, he was never accused of anything.
"If he was doing that, don't you know I would have did it. S–t, I would have took them…If I could have been half the ni–a he was, come on, bro. If we talk about $100 million, $300 million, I would have did that," Teague aired out another joke.Arenas trolled Teague for recanting
Right after Teague took back his statement, fellow former All-Star Gilbert Arenas trolled Jeff for backtracking so quickly. Agent Zero then joked that instead of making false claims against King James, Teague might want to join him and other talking heads in the Klutch payroll, insinuating that Bron controls the media and the narrative around him.
"Jeff Teague hit us with the ol', 'My bad, Bron!' Like he ain't just accused LeBron of sippin' on that Avengers serum. Bro walked it back so smooth I thought he was moonwalking. Next time, just say, 'LeBron built different' and keep it pushin! Jeff, you better stop it, cuz there are a few people you can't talk about - LeBron James, Bronny James. That's it. Nobody else got that power. You see, your daddy called; they got to him. Boy, you better buy your LeBron jersey, man and then sit back and be Team LeBron like the rest of us," Gil said.
To be fair, LeBron has never failed a single drug test during his 22-year NBA career. Save for that 2013 episode involving Biogenesis, James is as clean as a whistle when it comes to drugs, steroids, and PED issues. So, unless proven otherwise, why can't people just say LBJ is genetically gifted? That may be what he really is.This story was originally reported by Basketball Network on Aug 5, 2025, where it first appeared.