Re: more pack journalism

[Kestutis.Kveraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kestutis Kveraga)]

--- You wrote:
Doesn't this border on racist crap.  Aren't white players considered more
fundamental because they lack the athleticsm of the black players. These are
old and tired stereotypes. So by that crap though, the white players would have
a pretty good chance.  
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First, I'm not sure why noting a difference between athletes of different races
is considered racist.  People of West African descent have been shown to have
superior speed-strength both by studies and the results of sporting events in
which speed-strength plays a crucial role (e.g. 100 m sprint).  This confers a
significant advantage in basketball. 
It's also not unreasonable to think that in a sport like basketball, that
requires a multitude of skills and abilities, one has to make up a lack of
ability in one area by being better in another - if one wants to be as good a
basketball player as someone who is superior athletically. 
What I am suggesting is that white American players, for the most part, are NOT
making up that difference. Thus, in the NBA most end up as BWS or decent
backups. While black NBA stars usually can get by the international competition
due to their athleticism, their white counterparts typically don't have that
luxury. 
Who on such a team would scare the better international teams? Wally? Lafrentz?
The Barry brothers? The 40-year-old Stockton? The out-of-control "White
Chocolate"? It goes down from there. 

My general point is that we're relying on the superior athleticism of the black
players to win against these teams, not on playing superior basketball, and it
will eventually not be enough, not even with Shaq, Kobe et al. 
Kestas