04-05-2007, 04:43 PM | #1 |
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Racism and basketball ...
in light of the ongoing discussions in the religion thread I thought many here might like this article:
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Some BYU fans have opined that Rose's relatively fast-paced offense won't work because of the lack of black players on the team. One of them referred to it as "jungle ball".
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If you have a talent differential issue, you want to slow down the game as much as possible, keep other teams from running on you, milk the clock to limit possessions, shoot from the outside or sneaky back-door cuts because you don't have the talent to create shots inside without a gimmick. The opposite is true if you have talent and/or a big man. |
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Anyway, is the term now regarded as racist? Is there even a point to asking the question of an audience comprised predominantly of melanin-free middle-aged males? Despite your suspect credentials, if you so advise, I'll retire the term from my limited inventory. |
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Don't ever tell any liberal or "intellectual" that....believe me I've tried on here. lol.
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