In the 80s they did not think weight lifting would help basketball players so they just didn't do it. IDK about juicing in the NBA, maybe.
Um, that just isn't true.
A lot of people think MJ was one of the first to hit the weights, but no. MJ always trained by himself and not with the team. Why? Because other guys like Cartright and the PF (forgot his name) had been working out for years and MJ didn't want them outlifting him and having something to trash talk about
Read the book The Jordan Rules.
This is a subject I do know about. The NBA is not clean.