'Everybody needs to do cocaine' says Nick Young outside LA club

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The Summer of Swaggy P took a strange turn Tuesday night when Nick Young told a TMZ cameraman that "everybody needs to do cocaine."

The cameraman found Young outside of 1 OAK, a nightclub in Los Angeles, and asked the Warriors guard about his feelings on Canada legalizing marijuana. But Young blew past the marijuana question, instead preferring to share his thoughts on another drug.

"I want people to pass cocaine," he said, to the surprise of even TMZ. "Everybody needs to do cocaine."

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The comment, predictably, is being poorly received by many NBA fans.

"If I was Adam Silver I would be wanting a sit down with Nick Young yesterday," one commenter wrote on the NBA subreddit. "This looks bad."

"Why do I get the feeling Nick Young hasn't thought enough or done any research about this issue?" wrote another.

Later on Wednesday morning, Young took to Instagram to issue an explanation of sorts.

"Chill. You know I was just joking," he captioned an image that read (misspellings his): "Clearly dnt take noting I said serious ... I was just being funny ... y'all know me."

Young might want to adjust his message on drugs before June 30, when he's scheduled to hold a basketball skills camp for girls and boys in Alameda.