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Issue of race in the NBA

Im not much of an nba fan..

But i think its because their are too many games, and too many teams make the playoffs..

take it down to a 40 game season, where the games meant something on any given night, and i think i might be more interested..
 
Chucky T's said:
As far as attendance goes, I think it is getting like all the major sports. Who wants to spend $60.00 a ticket or more to sit in the rafters when you can see it better at home? Want a "good" seat for the game? Better cash that paycheck because it's gonna cost ya big time. You say you want to take your family to a game? Sure, go ahead....or you could take a nice three day vacation....
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Exactly, I think I read somewhere that outside of the NFL the NBA is the most expensive professional sporting event to attend. With HDTV, you can pretty much see the game better than you could if you were in the cheap seats anyway.
 
srw said:
Im not much of an nba fan..

But i think its because their are too many games, and too many teams make the playoffs..

take it down to a 40 game season, where the games meant something on any given night, and i think i might be more interested..
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Gotta pay those salaries somehow. Not a big fan either. All I do is check the box scores to see how AP and SL are doing.
 
45otseoj said:
It seems that white college stars just aren't translating to today's game.

Who is the best American white player? Kevin Love?

Look no further than the Reddick vs. Morrison.
Neither is a great player in the NBA enough they took the college basketball world by storm.

Who will be the next great white player?

Harangody?

Ferdette?

The cupboard seems pretty bare.
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Hansbrough?

Other then Bird, McHale, maybe Stockton who exactly that was white and US born could be considered a "star"?

Good players Majerle, Price, Hornacek, Mullin, Chambers but unless you want to go back to Jerry West, Havlicek, Walton, there really have not been any "star" white US born players in the NBA.

David Lee, Kevin Love and maybe Kirk Hinrich and Kaman are about it for todays US born white players.

My point is the color of white players has never really influenced the NBA atleast in modern times because very few white US born players have ever made a very significant impact.
 
houstontxbrave said:
Hansbrough?

Other then Bird, McHale, maybe Stockton who exactly that was white and US born could be considered a "star"?

Good players Majerle, Price, Hornacek, Mullin, Chambers but unless you want to go back to Jerry West, Havlicek, Walton, there really have not been any "star" white US born players in the NBA.

David Lee, Kevin Love and maybe Kirk Hinrich and Kaman are about it for todays US born white players.

My point is the color of white players has never really influenced the NBA atleast in modern times because very few white US born players have ever made a very significant impact.
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Who cares if a star player is black or white??? Isn't a player just a player, regardless of skin color? Last time I checked it was 2011 not 1951.
 
runninfiend said:
Who cares if a star player is black or white??? Isn't a player just a player, regardless of skin color? Last time I checked it was 2011 not 1951.
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Settle down. The title to the thread was about race I was just pointing out that there really have never been many "star" white US born players. Read the entire thread before you go off the deep end.
 
runninfiend said:
Who cares if a star player is black or white??? Isn't a player just a player, regardless of skin color? Last time I checked it was 2011 not 1951.
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you might think so but college coaches and recruiters actually do sometimes ask whether a player is white or black before the bother to even go watch the kid play...
I know you might find this hard to believe, but I also know Da Coach will back me up on this...

I have been told by BOTH high school football coaches and high school basketball coaches, that recruiters who call on the phone about a player they might be in the early stages of evaluating and wanting to recruit -- especially about running backs, defensive backs, post players, and shooting guards -- will ask if they are white or Black ...
More often than not, if the answer is white, they do not visit to evaluate the recruit!

I see where others are rarely bold enough to also mention this fact...but not often...
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/21/race-could-be-holding-back-toby-gerhart/
 
that sounds like unfair racial discrimination that is hurting talented white kids...
shouldn't someone oughta sue someone!!!??
 
I'm betting there has more to do with economic factors then anything racial. Did the guy take into account that we are living a down economy while ticket prices keep going up? Did he look into the fact that a lot of businesses are cutting entertainment expenses out of their budget? Also there has been a social change with the younger generation, who are supporting other entertainment events in greater numbers then traditional mainstream sporting events.
 
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