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Old 11-09-2012, 05:10 PM   #75
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud View Post
Without sounding racist (which these comment will, undoubtedly), there aren't many examples out there for white youths to follow.

Chris Anderson? The Gasol brothers, both whom look white but are Spaniards? Kirk Heinrich?

Add to that, there's no one in the NBA with Michael Jordan's personality. Even with LeBron playing his ass off like Kobe before him, these guys just really don't cross the racial barrier like Jordan. He was special.

Furthermore, there isn't one white basketball player that's on the same exact level as Howard, Kobe or James. Back in the 80's, it was Bird versus Magic and Bird versus Jordan. Today, it's Kobe versus LeBron and it just doesn't have the same appeal to white Americans.



I agree to a degree. Most regular season games don't have much appeal to me unless I'm actually at the game. If it's on TV, it's cool and all and usually more fun to watch while I'm on the exercise bike or treadmill than "The Mentalist" on CBS or whatever, but it doesn't really get exciting until the playoffs. Baseball is like that for me as well. It's hard to watch the Dodgers on TV but if I'm at the stadium, I'm all in but the playoffs are where the real baseball magic begins for me. I rarely miss any game, regardless of team, once the MLB playoffs start.

I think it's because there are just too many regular season games in both MLB and the NBA.

Good points all. I would submit that I loved the showtime Lakers even thought they had no white stars and I was a white kid in the middle of Iowa where we had 0 black people in school, church, etc.

As a midwesterner I watched Magic and Greg Kelser play at Michigan State, Birdman at Indy State, and followed them to the NBA.
Even before that I dug the NBA. I had the George Gervin sitting on a block of ice poster on my wall (next to Farah Fawcett and her nips and Linda Ronstadt).

I will say that in the past two years I have liked the NBA more than I have since MJ retired thanks to the Thunder, Bulls, Pacers. Great ball movement, team D, no bullshit. Also have respect for the Spurs.
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