NBA needs to take Marijuana off their testing list, about 80% of the players smoke .
I don't think they test for it, or there would be no NBA.
i think they do actually
They do. You don't get suspended/fined until failing it for a third time, which is why people often think that there's no test, but the 'minimum of 10 games' is the tell.
I think Sanders' problems are simultaneously more complicated and more simple that most posters have said -- dude clearly wasn't happy with his situation in Milwaukee for whatever reason, but that doesn't mean he's damaged goods that no team should ever pay attention to. Especially not for an inability to stop smoking pot -- on the list of things that should concern you about an athlete, that should be considerably further down the list of red flags than, say, a Kobe-style situation. Same goes for the bar fight, unless you still maintain we should have gotten rid of Pierce after the stabbing: precipitated in a bar fight involving a rap group at close-to-closing time.
BUT! Even the most glazed-over Phish loving wookie can beat a drug test, given the proper incentive, and playing a children's game for millions of dollars would seem to be a very proper incentive, even if you're not necessarily money motivated. The fact that Sanders doesn't seem to care about failing these drug tests requires some investigation, and for all most of us know, that's where teams are right now.