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It seems like Dion Waiters is dealing with a serious medical emergency.
For the past few days, the Miami Heat guard has been out of the lineup dealing with a stomachache.
https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1192519761281728512
Before today’s Heat-Lakers game, Miami based sports reporter Andy Slater revealed that a Heat player had been transported to the hospital from the airport.
SLATER SCOOP: A Miami Heat player had a medical emergency on their flight from Phoenix to Los Angeles on Thursday night, according to sources.
A Heat spokesman told me the team cannot comment due to medical confidentially laws.
— Andy Slater (@AndySlater) November 8, 2019
Apparently, Waiters was the player in the original report who was sent to the hospital and he reportedly overdosed on “gummies” while on the team plane while flying to LA from Phoenix.
UPDATE: Dion Waiters is the Heat player who had medical emergency on team plane, I’ve confirmed.
Waiters overdosed on “gummies,” sources say, and was passed out when plane landed.
He had a seizure when he was finally woken up, I’m told.
Waiters was listed out tonight (illness)
— Andy Slater (@AndySlater) November 9, 2019
It’s unclear what was in the gummies that caused Waiters to pass out but I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough.
Update: Brian Windhorst of ESPN says Dion suffered from a panic attack due to eating the gummy.
Miami Heat guard Dion Waiters experienced a “panic attack” on the team’s charter flight Thursday night after consuming a THC-infused edible, sources told ESPN.
Waiters received medical treatment after the plane landed in Los Angeles following the Heat’s victory over the Phoenix Suns. Waiters was listed as out for Friday’s game against the Lakers because of illness and did not attend the game.
Waiters has now been suspended 10 games by the Heat over the incident.
Miami has levied a 10-game suspension on Waiters for “conduct detrimental to the team” off heels of incident where he had taken one ‘gummy‘ prior to boarding team plane, per sources. https://t.co/3YujvvfPXd
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 10, 2019
The Heat believe Waiters was given the “gummy” by a teammate, but Waiters has been reluctant and has decided not to say who provided it, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Waiters has had a tumultuous series of events with Miami this season.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 10, 2019