Well, you have to see it from an NBA executive's point-of-view. A black European has an "unlimited upside" going for him, while any of the Euro crackers are simply treading water from a skill standpoint. Like most elites, NBA execs are fully immersed in the black athletic superiority myth, which views ANY black as having the potential to be Michael Jordan. To them (and most DWFs), all black players have unfathomable skills, potential, and upside. It just a matter of coaxing it out of them. Whites, in their minds, are genetically flawed, athletically. What I find to be sad and perplexing is that a great former player, like Jerry West, doesn't look at white players as having the potential to be the next Jerry West, he must feel that he is a great aberration.