Basketball player Xavier Cooks, of the Sydney Kings, is serving a one-month ban after testing positive for a prohibited substance. Multiple outlets report that the Australian Boomers representative and three-time NBL championship winner has apologised to his teammates following what is described as a second indiscretion. The reports are consistent in stating the duration of the suspension and the reason: a positive drug test. They also describe Cooks’s acknowledgement of the situation through an apology to teammates. While the articles reference a prior issue, they do not provide further detail in the information provided here beyond noting that it is a second indiscretion. Across the coverage, there is no indication of additional disciplinary action or appeal in the brief summaries. The suspension is framed as an official consequence of the drug test result, with Cooks currently in the process of serving the month-long ban.