New York (AFP)

Brooklyn Nets winger Wilson Chandler has been suspended for 25 matches for a positive anti-doping test for ipamorelin, a growth hormone, the NBA announced on Thursday.

Recruited by the New York team for a season this summer, Wilson Chandler, 32, will be suspended from the next NBA game for which he will be able to play.

He joined the ex-superstar Celtics and Cleveland Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn, enlisted by the Nets in the offseason as Kevin Durant, who came from Golden State despite a coming off-season due to his break-up. Achilles' tendon.

Chandler was selected 23rd in the 2007 NBA Draft and is preparing for his 12th season in the North American League.

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