NEW YORK: Free agent guard O.J. Mayo was banned from the NBA for at least two years on Friday (Saturday in Manila) for violating the league’s anti-drug program.

Mayo, who has spent eight seasons in the league since being taken with the third overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, had been previously suspended for 10 games in 2011 after testing positive for steroids he said were taken unknowingly in a supplement.

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