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They referred to Bill Lambier as a thug. It's just that many of the black players play the gansta role so well. The white thuggish players are not as apt to look like drug dealers.
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LOL. Pretty funny.
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12-18-2006, 02:07 PM | #14 |
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How can race NOT be an issue when you say anything about the players in the NBA. What, 12% of the population is black, and 80% of the NBA is black. So any derogatory thing you say about NBA players gets the "racist card" played.
If you say "NBA players, a son or daughter in every city." You're a racist. etc. etc. |
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Bill Lambier was a thug on the court and he was disliked because of it. Ainge received plenty of negative comments as well. Even though Tree Rollins bit Ainge, who got the blame? Was that as a result of race?
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12-18-2006, 03:16 PM | #16 |
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Thanks Fusnik.
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Whites make people bite them...everyone knows that.
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I remember the first time I met my father-in-law. He was very old-school (which is code for racist). We were watching a basketball game on television, and for two hours all I heard were complaints about how many "black fellas" there were in the NBA. It was an odd combination of resentment, fear and jealousy. Today, when I hear people talk about all the "thugs" in the NBA, I hear my father-in-law. The only difference is that my father-in-law didn't use the word "thug". He was much more direct.
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The professional of David Robinson or Grant Hill is something with which I identify. Karl Malone as the country kid is appreciated (even if it is part act). The Eight Mile intercity approach is degrading, usually to women, and encourages misbehavior at the social level. Allen Iverson went on my list ever since his high school imprisonment, and John Thompson showed himself to be nothing but a copout by recruiting him. Even though Lambier attended ND, I wouldn't put him in the professional class. I don't have a favorite NBA player any longer, but I enjoyed Dr. J, Moses Malone, the Iceman, and guys in that era. Wilt Chamberlain wasn't anything more than a great player, but I enjoyed watching him a time or two, even though Bill Russell's teams outperformed his teams. Chamberlain was in one of my mom's classes at Kansas.
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12-18-2006, 04:53 PM | #20 |
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Black NBA players in the 80's, did they go for a faux-gangsta image?
They went for the "good basketball player" image. Some people defend the NBA gangsters in the name of freedom, but the irony is that it seems more like something they feel compelled to do. |
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