Basketball Point/Question
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November 8th, 2010 at 8:23:41 PM
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First, because of all the sensitivity here lately, THIS IS NOT A RACIAL SMEAR.
I watched the Phoenix Suns play Memphis on and off tonight with my neighbor. We got into a discussion about the white players, of which there are very few. I noticed something that I never thought about before: IF a team has any caucasians, they're a good bet to be from a foreign country.
I thought back to the days of Chris Mullen, Larry Bird, Danny Ainge, Kurt Rambis, Bill Sharman, Bob Cousy, Bob Petit, Jerry Lucas, Bill Walton, Jerry West, etc. etc. etc. Sure the game's gone international today, but isn't there ever again going to be a good crop of home grown white boys play in the NBA? Our population's grown, so what's happened to their talent?
I watched the Phoenix Suns play Memphis on and off tonight with my neighbor. We got into a discussion about the white players, of which there are very few. I noticed something that I never thought about before: IF a team has any caucasians, they're a good bet to be from a foreign country.
I thought back to the days of Chris Mullen, Larry Bird, Danny Ainge, Kurt Rambis, Bill Sharman, Bob Cousy, Bob Petit, Jerry Lucas, Bill Walton, Jerry West, etc. etc. etc. Sure the game's gone international today, but isn't there ever again going to be a good crop of home grown white boys play in the NBA? Our population's grown, so what's happened to their talent?
