TORONTO -- NBA commissioner David Stern criticized the World Anti-Doping Agency on Friday, saying the organization has lost respect in the international community.
Stern jabbed WADA head Dick Pound for his treatment of Floyd Landis, the Tour de France winner who tested positive for testosterone.
"[WADA] is actually getting harder to take seriously," Stern said before the Bucks-Raptors game. "Whenever an organization which purports to be even-handed and fair announces that a 'B' sample isn't necessary, then they lose an enormous amount of respect."
Pound, a Montreal lawyer, has crusaded for all major sports leagues to conform to WADA's global strategy on drug testing. He has criticized each of the leagues, including the NBA, for not being more stringent in its testing, and for treating the process with indifference.
"We have these very intense procedures we deal with our players on, and we throw them out if they fail the tests," Stern said. "But we also have a number of processes in place to protect them.
