2009-2010 NBA SEASON

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I thought I'd start this thread with the season just about to start.  My two local teams look to start a total of two whites.  No whites starting on the Nets unless you count Brook Lopez and David Lee and Danilo Gallinari are expected to start this season for the Knicks.  
 

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Some good Reasons to watch the NBA:

Dirk Nowitzki & Mavs
Dirk will make history by crossing the 20,000 point mark. First white dude since Tom Chambers in 1995.

Steve Nash & Suns
It's always a pleasure to see Nash play ball. Best white point guard since John Stockton.

Pau Gasol & Lakers
Fresh in helping the Lakers win the title, I'm looking forward to another solid season from Pau, including an All-Star and All-NBA selection with Yao out for the season.

Indiana Pacers
5 American Whites, including Tyler Hansbrough.

Utah Jazz
Long-time white friendly team

Toronto Raptors
Lots of international whites led by Andrea Bargnani.

Sacramento Kings
This team is suddenly so white, led by Spencer Hawes.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas
This might be his LAST SEASON, he's one of the top centers of this decade. Best of luck to him.

San Antonio Spurs
I've always respected this team, one of the best of the decade.

New York Knicks
David Lee, Danilo Gallinari, and Darko Milicic

Houston Rockets
No Yao Ming (best of luck to him) and several incoming whites like David Andersen and Chase Budinger

Milwaukee Bucks
This team is suddenly white also, looking forward to Joe Alexander taking it to the sky.

Chicago Bulls
Captain Kirk Hinrich should have a bounce-back season. He's one of the best defenders in all the NBA right now. Brad Miller, solid center.

Kevin Love
A future All-Star in the making, no joke.

Portland Trail Blazers
A rising team with several whites, Steve Blake and Rudy Fernandez in particular. Victor Claver will join this in the near future.

Orlando Magic
Ryan Anderson is in, and Jason Williams is back. This team also has the likes of Marcin Gortat and JJ Redick. Very interesting team despite all eyes on Dwight Howard. Dwight's OK, but I'll focus more on the white guys, thank you!
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I'm bummed about Indiana and Milwaukee because of injuries. Joe Alexander has been out with a pulled hamstring for several months. He tryed practicing and reinjured it. He might have blown his only chance to start in this league. I sure hope not but they are not happy with the situation. Please let him heal within a couple of months and slowly try to work his way back into shape and playing time. The other white guys on the team have been playing good in preseason.

Indiana is without Tyler Hansborough and Mike Dunleavey Jr. who both have been hurt for a long time now. Hopefully they will both be back by the end of the first month of the season. Diener needs to stay healthy as well.

One more thing. Kevin Love is out for a couple of months as well. Injuries are killing our guys and the season hasn't even started yet.

We need more of our guys to become starters and stay healthy.
Hopefully 2010 will be a sign of things to come in the future.
 

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Im just looking forward to the white players from America and Europe. I enjoy following them and watching them. I really want to see what Tyler Hansborough will do. Hopefully McRoberts gets some solid PT for the Pacers as well. I also hope Reddick carrys over his good play from last years playoffs.
 

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Dirk had 34 points and 9 boards on opening night but the Mavs lost. I wish he had more talent around him. It would be like seeing Larry Bird without Mchale, Ainge, and Parish. Dirk needs some help or he will never get a ring. He can't do it by himself.
 

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white lightning said:
Dirk had 34 points and 9 boards on opening night but the Mavs lost. I wish he had more talent around him. It would be like seeing Larry Bird without Mchale, Ainge, and Parish. Dirk needs some help or he will never get a ring. He can't do it by himself.
Same old story, Dirk the LONE STAR of Texas.
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Chris Kaman is off to a great start despite his Clippers losing 99-92:

18 points (8-17 FG's, 2-2 FT's)
16 rebounds
1 assist
2 steals

With Blake Griffin out indefinitely, this should give Kaman sufficient time to regain lost ground. No more injuries, please!!!
 

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Just so you guys know, I'm in the process of doing an NBA write-up for the season. I'm listing every white player in the league. I have only 8 teams left to preview. I skipped scouting reports this year b/c I don't have the time, but have put together a grade scale in relation to fairness to whites. If someone wants to help, by writing up an article to link to mine, scouting white players (include Asians and other victims of the caste system as well, if you'd like) we'd all appreciate it very much. I'll have his article posted in this forum by late tonight. It looks like there is a small increase in white players compared to last year so far!
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It looks like Morrison is going to suffer in Los Angeles.  I want him to be the star that he is capable of being.
 

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A Look at the NBA for the 09'-10' Season:
I have created a grading scale (as related to fairness to white ballers).

This is how the grading criteria is derived:
We are approximately a 75% white country. Teams carry 13-15 roster players. Despite the fact that basketball is HUGE in the black community and in inner city school yards in America, a team won't meet the satisfactory grade unless right around half the listed roster and half the playing time goes to white players. Basketball is also huge in parts of Europe- and there should be more of an influx of white players with the talent pool over there as well. This is especially so, with how well Spain and Argentina have done against the U.S in international play. Many American whites still practice hardcore for their dream of making it in the NBA. Basketball is by no means a "black thing"Â￾- despite attempts to make white ballers feel inferior by the media. If fair- the majority of the teams in the NBA would grade out to 14 points or more, with of course some variation in points from team to team.

Grading will be derived as follows:
3 points for each white starter.
2 points for each white 2nd team player.
1 point for each white 3rd team player.

Satisfactory Grade (C and up): 14 points or more.
C-: 12-13 points
D+: 10-11 points
D: 7-9 points
D-: 5-6 points
F=Fully frekin racist: 0-4 points

Atlanta Hawks:
White Starters: 0
White 2nd Team: 1- C Zaza Pachulia
White 3rd team: 0
2 pts.:Grade: F (for fully frekin racist)

Boston "Celtics"Â￾:
White Starters: 0
White 2nd Team: 0
White 3rd Team: 1- PF Brian Scalabrine
1 pt.: Grade: F (fully frekin racist; the "Celtics"Â￾ have a lot of black star power, but refuse to acknowledge there is a lot of white star power out there as well)

Charlotte Bobcats:
White Starters: 0
White 2nd Team: 1- SF Vladimir Radmanovic
White 3rd Team: 0
2 pts.: Grade: F (fully frekin racist)

Chicago Bulls:
White Starters: 0
White 2nd Team: 2- PG Kirk Hinrich, C Brad Miller
White 3rd Team: 1- C Aaron Gray
5 pts.: Grade: D-

Cleveland Cavaliers:
White Starters: 1- PF Anderson Varejao (looks like a mostly white Brazilian to me)
White 2nd Team: 1- C Zydrunas Ilgauskas
White 3rd Team: 1- SG Coby Karl
6 pts.: Grade: D-

Dallas Mavericks:
White Starters: 1- PF Dirk Nowitzki
White 2nd Team: 1- PG Jose Juan Barea
White 3rd Team: 2- SG Matt Carroll, PF Kris Humphries (Might be 1/4 black, but looks white enough to be labeled white by the caste system)
7 pts.: Grade: D

Denver Nuggets:
White Starters: 0
White 2nd Team: 1- PF/C Chris "Birdman"Â￾ Anderson
White 3rd Team: 0
2 pts.: Grade: F (fully frekin racist)

Detroit Pistons:
White Starters: 0
White 2nd Team: 1- SF Jonas Jerebko
White 3rd Team: 0
2 pts.: Grade: F (fully frekin racist)

Golden State Warriors:
White Starters: 1- C Andris Biedrins
White 2nd Team: 0
White 3rd Team: 0
3 pts.: Grade: F (fully frekin racist)

Houston Rockets:
White Starters: 1- PF Luis Scola
White 2nd Team: 2- SG/SF Chase Budinger, C David Anderson
White 3rd Team: 0
7 pts.: Grade: D (they also score points with me for having all star Chinese center Yao Ming. Asians are victims of the caste system as well. Unfortunately, Yao is out with a chronic foot injury indefinitely this year)

Indiana Pacers:
White Starters: 3- SG/SF Mike Dunleavy (will back up Granger at SF, but will get a lot of time at SG while they groom Brandon Rush- whose still a bit raw going into his 2nd NBA season. I'm not worried about Dahntay Jones at SG, he's never been more than an average journeyman at best. Dunleavy should see close to 30 minutes a game, so he's basically a starter) PF Troy Murphy, C Jeff Foster
White 2nd Team: 1- PF Josh McRoberts
White 3rd Team: 2- PG Travis Diener, PF Tyler Hansbrough (should earn more time- as he should improve quickly as a rookie with the skills he brings to the table)
13 pts.: C- (And the DWFs and media are laughing about the Pacers being a "white haven"Â￾ for a team that earns a C- for fairness to whites.

Los Angeles Clippers:
White Starters: 1- C Chris Kaman
White 2nd Team: 0
White 3rd Team: 1- SF Steve Novak
4 pts.: Grade: F (fully frekin racist)

Los Angeles Lakers:
White Starters: 1- PF Pau Gasol
White 2nd Team: 2- SG Sasha Vujacic, SF Luke Walton (Jordan Farmer looks as much as 1/2 black and is considered black by the caste system.)
White 3rd Team: 2- SG/SF Tony Gaffney, SF Adam Morrison
9 pts.: Grade: D

Memphis Grizzlies:
White Starters: 1- C Marc Gasol
White 2nd Team: 1- SG Marco Jaric
White 3rd Team: 0 (although Iranian center Hamed Haddadi looks to have a mix of Aryan (Azeri), Persian and Mongoloid features and doesn't benefit from the caste system)
5 pts.: Grade: D-

Miami Heat:
White Starters: 0
White 2nd Team: 1- PG Chris Quinn
White 3rd Team: 2- PG Carlos Arroyo, PF Shavlik Randolph
4 pts.: Grade: F (fully frekin racist)

Milwaukee Bucks:
White Starters: 1- C Andrew Bogut
White 2nd Team: 3- PG Luke Ridnour, SG/SF Carlos Delfino, PF Joe Alexander (Alexander is nursing a hamstring injury. His minutes will slowly be increased when he returns)
White 3rd Team: 2- PG Roko Ukic, SF Ersan Ilyasova
11 pts.: Grade: D+

Minnesota Timberwolves:
White Starters: 1- PF Kevin Love (recovering from a broken left hand)
White 2nd Team: 2- SG Sasha Pavlovic, SF/PF Oleksiy Pecherov
White 3rd Team: 1- PF Brian Cardinal
8 pts.: Grade: D

New Jersey Nets:
White Starters: 1- C Brook Lopez (researched to find his father is a half black Cuban so he's 1/4 black. However, this Stanford grad looks white, is basically white culturally (loves surfing)- and probably would be considered such by the caste system)
White 2nd Team: 1- SF Eduardo Najera (A mostly white Mexican with maybe 1/4-3/8 Indigenous admixture)
White 3rd Team: 0
5 pts.: Grade: D- (the Nets also score points with me for having a rare Asian player on the roster, Chinese PF Yi Jianlian. He's raw, but has potential and is exciting)

New Orleans Hornets:
White Starters: 1- SF Peja Stojakovic (somehow listed as a backup behind Julian Wright by ESPN, but I just can't fathom that being true, they need Peja's shooting ability and Paul can get him easy looks- Peja still has all star type potential if he can stay healthy)
White 2nd Team: 1- PF Darius Songalia
White 3rd Team: 1- PF Sean Marks
6 pts.: Grade: D-

New York Knicks:
White Starters: 1- C David Lee
White 2nd Team: 2- SF Danilo Gallinari, C Darko Milicic
White 3rd Team: 0
7 pts.: Grade: D

Oklahoma City Thunder:
White Starters: 1- C Nenad Krstic
White 2nd Team: 3- SF Ryan Bowen, PF Nick Collison, C BJ Mullens (I expect him to pass scrub Etan Thomas before long)
White 3rd Team: 0
9 pts.: Grade: D

Orlando Magic:
White Starters: 1- PF Ryan Anderson (the Magic love Anderson's shooting ability on a team of lightning quick penetrators)
White 2nd Team: 3- PG Jason Williams, SG J.J Redick (Redick's sort of between 2nd and 3rd team right now b/c the Magic have both backup SFs Pietrus or Barnes, who they can plug in at backup shooting guard also. Redick is now an above average defender, but will have to get his field goal percentage up over 40% again to earn more time on this team of offensive and defensive stars. He'll have to get his 3 ball close to 40% as well. It's ironic that average mid range and 3 point shooting is what's hindering Redick's minutes right now), C Marcin Gortat
White 3rd Team: 0
9 pts.: Grade: D

Philadelphia 76ers:
White Starters: 0
White 2nd Team: 2- SG/SF Jason Kapono, PF Jason Smith
White 3rd Team: 1- C Primoz Brezec
5 pts.: Grade: D-

Phoenix Suns:
White Starters: 1- PG Steve Nash
White 2nd Team: 3- PG Goran Dragic, PF Louis Amundson, C Robin Lopez (Brook Lopez's twin brother)
White 3rd Team: 0
9 pts.: Grade: D

Portland Trailblazers:
White Starters: 1- PG Steve Blake (Listed as the starter, but will evenly split time with Andre Miller)
White 2nd Team: 2- SG Rudy Fernandez, C Joel Przybilla
White 3rd Team: 0
7 pts.: Grade: D

Sacramento Kings:
White Starters: 1- C Spencer Hawes (will get starter's minutes, but will come off the bench to make sure both him and Jason Thompson-the team's two big men- don't both get in foul trouble at once early in the game)
White 2nd Team: 2- PG Beno Udrih, SF Andrew Nocioni
White 3rd Team: 3- PG Sergio Rodriguez, SF Omri Casspi, PF/C Jon Brockman
10 pts.: Grade: D+

San Antonio Spurs:
White Starters: 1- SG Manu Ginobili (although not technically a starter, he'll play 30 minutes. Popovich said a few years ago- that he brings Manu off the bench because Manu gets the jitters if he starts on the floor at tip off and makes turnovers or gets in foul trouble.)
White 2nd Team: 1- PF Matt Bonner
White 3rd Team: 0
5 pts.: Grade: D-

Toronto Raptors:
White Starters: 3- PG Jose Calderon, SF Hedo Turkoglu, C Andrea Bargnani
White 2nd Team: 2- SG Marco Belinelli, C Rasho Nesterovic
White 3rd Team: 0
13 pts.: Grade: C-

Utah Jazz:
White Starters: 2- SF Andrei Kirilenko, C Mehmet Okur
White 2nd Team: 2- SG Kyle Korver, C Kosta Koufos
White 3rd Team: 2- SG/SF Matt Harpring, C Kyrylo Fesenko
12 pts.: Grade: C-

Washington Wizards:
White Starters: 1- SG Mike Miller
White 2nd Team: 1- C Fabricio Oberto
White 3rd Team: 1- C Paul Davis
6 pts.: Grade: D-

League Numbers:
White players: 95 of 434 in the NBA: 95/434= 21.9% white
White Starters: 27 of 150 in the NBA: 27/150= 18% white
White 2nd Team: 45 of 150 in the NBA: 45/150= 30% white
Rotation Players: 72 of 300 in the NBA: 69/300= 24% white
White 3rd Team: 23 of 134 in the NBA: 23/ 134= 17.2% white

Numbers may indicate a caste system: Numbers can show signs of discrimination. There are many white rotation players that are extremely important to the team's success, but starting them is rather rare. There are only 23 white 3rd team players on the cusp of NBA rosters. A white fringe player is likely to get cut to appease the CaucasianRivals media, DWFs and any racist blacks (if they are on the roster) based on black supposed "raw"Â￾ upside. American white players often go from being "scrubs"Â￾ and having to play in Europe to eventual key 2nd team guys in the NBA because they are much better than given credit for. Something doesn't add up here!)

Points: 194 out of 884 points earned: 194/884: 21.9% of points are from white players.

Position breakdown: For our purposes I will list SG/SFs as SGs and PF/Cs as PFs because whites are rarer at SG and PF than at SF and C.
There are 14 white PGs in the NBA
There are 17 white SGs in the NBA
There are 15 white SFs in the NBA
There are 22 white PFs in the NBA
There are 27 white Cs in the NBA

There were 90 white players on NBA rosters when last season kicked off. We have made a net gain of 5 white players!
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This could be an article for the homepage if Don wants to put it up. Guys feel free to add scouting reports if you'd like.

One thing that is good about the NBA is that there are no banned positions for whites. About 22% of NBA players are white. About 20-23% of playing time goes to white players. Realistically the NBA should be anywhere from 50-60% white, 30-40% black and 10-15% Asian/Middle Eastern/Mestizo/Aboriginal/Other. There is much less racial cohesion (ie. racial cliques) on a roster of only 13-15 players. Also basketball is statistical team sport more than an individual glory sport. Black players may take a big liking to white play makers who set them up for easy scores. These are some reasons why the NBA is a little more fair than the NFL and that there are no banned positions for whites. Considering that African American interest surpasses American white interest on average per persons in population (evidence points to this, but how much of a disparity is open to question), the NBA is not as bad as it seems. It is nowhere near where it should be, but it is clearly not as bad as the NFL racially.

I believe last year there were 90 white players on NBA rosters when I did the write-up. We have made a net gain of 5!
 

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Sheesh! The YO.B.A is soooo "affletic". I'll be pulling for the White players, but not watching too much NBA this year.
 

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Andrea Bargnani is off to a good start this year, leading the Raptors with 28 pts. in the Raptor's opening win against Cleveland today.

Despite getting blown out by Miami, Danilo Gallinari and David Lee are having good nights, each with 22 points so far. Lee is close to a double double with 9 rebounds.
 

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It's been a strong showing for NON-blacks of the NBA today:

Andrea Bargnani - 28 points
Brooke Lopez - 27 points, 15 rebounds
Danilo Gallinari - 22 points (7 triples)
David Lee - 22 points, 9 rebounds
Marc Gasol - 21 points, 15 rebounds
Luis Scola - 21 points, 11 rebounds
Nenad Krstic - 20 points
Yi Jianlian - 17 points, 12 rebounds
Ryan Anderson - 16 points (in just 18 minutes)
Andrei Kirilenko - 16 points
Omri Cassipi - 15 points
Troy Murphy - 14 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists
Jason Kapono - 13 points
Mehmet Okur - 13 points
JJ Redick - 10 points
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Consecutive strong game by Chris Kaman:

22 points (10-17 FG's, 2-2 FT's)
9 rebounds
2 blocks

The Clippers lost though 109-107 to Phoenix, courtesy of Steve Nash's game-winning lay-up!
 

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Anderson Varejao is mixed (this link provides an excellent pic): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Varej%C3%A3o

That is typical 1/4th black Afro-Carib genetic stock. The WWE's Cuban, "Carlito" - looks similar to that as well and is certainly mixed.

Doesn't Varejao look EXACTLY like a long-haired Blake Griffin? Nuff said! And to think, some people on this forum (and on a few other White-based forums) were questioning Manu Ginobili's "White card"... Where's Manu's Afro?
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Deadlift said:
Anderson Varejao is mixed (this link provides an excellent pic): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Varej%C3%A3o

That is typical 1/4th black Afro-Carib genetic stock. The WWE's Cuban, "Carlito" - looks similar to that as well and is certainly mixed.

Doesn't Varejao look EXACTLY like a long-haired Blake Griffin? Nuff said! And to think, some people on this forum (and on a few other White-based forums) were questioning Manu Ginobili's "White card"... Where's Manu's Afro?
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Manu Ginobili is white (obviously Italian blood & name), 'nuff said!

Varejao makes a good debate. He does share resemblance to WWE's Carlito (very funny dude), but he also reminds me a bit of actor Antonio Banderas (Spaniard). He does have black blood, and Indian blood, but looks largely white (60-70% white) to me. Many folks of the Mediterranean (Malta, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey) have his facial features. Even Christian Ronaldo and Rafael Nadal are dark-skinned whites.
 

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It's not that Varejao is "dark-skinned"... Race is more than skin color.

There are how many mixed Afro-Ameros on NBA rosters, so I'm not sure why Varejao is treated differently from them on this site. Where's the evidence that "Brazilians" (especially black or mixed ones) have to face the Caste System?

Kevin Martin is a good example of a mixed Afro-Amero. If he were a full-blooded White man, do you think he'd be "allowed" to heave-up a bunch of shots? With him and the wildly-overrated (Top 10 Overall Pick) Tyreke Evans' -- Sacramento is likely to suck eggs just like last year. Kevin Martin is of the NBA's "preferred class" so he can never be a "Caste buster." Several CF posters have also mentioned that his defense is lacking, but hey who cares... he gotz the affletic blood.

With the stupid pick of Tyreke, I don't have any sympathy for the Sacramento Kings. Contrast where he was selected in the Draft to where Chase Budinger was selected... Chase is the one THAT HAS TO FIGHT the Caste System. Chase is more skilled by leaps-and-bounds over Tyreke, and I could go on and name more names and more names of the preferred class. How much less money is in Budinger's pockets because of this screw-job?

I know you know about the Caste System, but I just had to get some things off my chest!
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The NBA would rather make a less-skilled black/mulatto into a "star" than a more-skilled White athlete. That's why the NBA WILL ALWAYS have a bunch of bottom-dwelling "TEAMS".. more like an orgy of ball-hogging.

My issue is not that Anderson Varejao is in the NBA, even though he hasn't been that good in recent times, but I just don't understand him being listed as a White athlete year-in-and-year-out, while mixed Afro Ameros are left off the list (wisely in my view). I'm confused..
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I'm very glad that Chris Kaman and Bargnani are being "allowed" to shoot right now, but that usually gets "corrected" as the season chugs along.

Sometimes a trade, where a team brings in an afflete, will "disrupt" a White player excelling and lessen his number of shot-attempts. Nearly every year, Whites seem to get less shot-attempts as the season progresses. Sometimes an afflete getting injured is the only thing that will "allow" a White athlete to truly excel. When Danny Granger was injured during last season, Troy Murphy was unstoppable! That was awesome!


Chase Budinger is getting decent minutes, so he may have landed on a team that "actually wanted" him, but he's only making 725,000 (probably less when taxes are taken into account).

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=3968
 

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Personally, I see a difference Deadlift- on Varejao. American blacks are more Afrocentric. A 1/4 black Brazilian isn't likely to be seen as a true black man by most African Americans in the league. In Brazil, a guy like Varejao, probably rarely talks about how he's 25% black because from what I hear, in most countries, the media doesn't make it a huge deal. He only looks about 1/4 black to me- and it is his Afro that makes him look blacker IMO. It may be a little Amero-Indian blood in him that makes him look less white as well. I found out the Lopez brothers are 25% black, (their dad is a half black Cuban who deserted them) but they embrace their white American heritage more than their black roots it seems. They are Stanford grads and I heard Brook loves surfing. They are probably considered white Hispanics by most of their teammates.

Many Spaniards in parts of Spain, Sicilians and some Portuguese people might have as much as 1/32-1/16 black African admixture from the Moorish conquests. The Moors started their conquests in north Africa and were known to have relations with lots of different women during the conquests. The Moors were a mixture of Arab, Berber and black African blood if I recall what I read. As far east and north as Egypt in Africa, as well, some Egyptians have some black blood from intermixing. I guess what I'm trying to say is I will consider a 1/4 black/3/4 white international athlete white if they are not Afrocentric. And I always consider 3/4 white athletes white if their other quarter is not one that benefits from the caste system. I hear what your saying about "labeling" him "white", but I think it's really each individual's call here who they like to follow. There are more Europeans out there with some foreign blood in them- even from way back- from all the conquests and colonialism than you think anyway.

I hear you on Tyreke Evans being way overrated. He has speed and is a good penetrator, but his assist to turnover ratio was always around 1-1 at Memphis. He is too apt to chuck up circus shots as well. Sacramento would do better grooming Sergio Rodriguez to man the point- he has loads of NBA potential. I think Budinger will turn out to be the more "efficient" NBA player than Evans. It is a shame that Sacramento has Mr. Hype Evans, considering all the whites on the team he will make look bad. The CaucasianRivals media will be ready to dig into our guys there quickly, instead of Evans, when the team goes into a tailspin.
 

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TJR,

If you want an accurate count of the number of Whites/Asians in the NBA, it might be best not to count Varejao because that would only distort the real number.

I knew the NBA couldn't have added much Whites because the last number of drafts have been super-dark. Sure, a few actual EUROS come to the NBA here-and-there, years after they were drafted, but that can't placate the incredibly-dark drafts.

Then there's a Linas Kleiza who leaves the NBA (I don't blame him at all). Also, some of our athletes are older, so I can't say that I'm optimistic about the White % of the NBA growing. I project that it will probably shrink. What do you think?
 

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The Toronto Raptors are closing in on becoming an ACB (Spanish Basketball League) team with three white foreign starters. I don't think its a coincidence that they play in Canada. I hope they make the playoffs this year.
Concerning Varejao, I'm always reminded of Side Show Bob on the Simpsons when I see him.
 

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Good point Deadlift (on accuracy), but I counted Varejao as white last year. That was one of the reasons I counted him as white this year- to make sure the year to year comparisons are accurate. Brazilian has almost become it's own race, where American has not, b/c I think the majority of Brazilians are a racial mix of Portuguese with some black and Amero-Indian blood- a lot of race mixing there.

I will cheer for part black Brazilian players more than the American blacks who are the CaucasianRivals media's wet dream. American sports coverage is so Afrocentric and it makes me sick. I have met a few Brazilians- and basically all of them are die hard fans of their diverse soccer teams. It appears Brazilians and their media embrace their racial diversity with more balance than the rabidly pro-black American media and DWFs. I still think Varejao is more white than black. I think his Afro makes him look blacker than he is. I see some pictures of him where he looks like a tall man from Portugal or Sicily.
 
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