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Posted on 07/10/2009 11:19:26 AM PDT by FredJake
OK, so I am surfing for news that will probably just piss me off for the rest of the weekend, and I stumble across a question by some idiot who doesn't even have the guts to take credit for it. It would seem that Larry Bird and the Indiana pacers are too lilly white for this person. I guess the good thing is all but one of the seven who commented have basically called for an end of the stupid claim of racism being behind every door.
I am posting the whole article because I do not see this site on the list of web sites that we are not to post whole article from. So any way, here is the complete article.
VIA DEADSPIN:
In the time-honored tradition of raising a controversial proposition for the express purpose of shooting it down, Indy Star stalwart Bob Kravitz asks, “Why are the Indiana Pacers so lily white?”
You know who else is white? Larry Bird, the Pacers president and the whitest white boy of all time. In a league that is almost 90% non-white guys, Bird has assembled a roster that is 50% see-through and just drafted the whitest of white hopes, Tyler Hansborough. So what gives? Does Bird secretly have a thing for his pale brothers?
“Red (Auerbach) never saw color. And I don’t, either. I just pick them. If we hadn’t taken Tyler Hansbrough, it would have been Ty Lawson. And if I could have gotten another pick (later in the first round), I would have taken Sam Young or Wayne Ellington.”
So he’s really just prejudiced in favor of Tar Heels? Anyway, Kravitz then points out that eight of Bird’s 10 draft picks have been black and that he once famously said that he was insulted when teams tried to guard him with a white guy. So why would you even ask such a silly question?
In the end, it’s not about black and white, but the bottom line is printed in black and white.
Wins and losses.
And nothing else matters.
Oh, so I guess he’s not racist. He just loves to lose.
As I said there is no credit taken for who asked the question or who wrote the article, just their ignorance on display for all to see.
Sounds like they are stirring racial incitement, maybe they should be charged with a hate crime?
Larry didn't lose in HS much.
Larry didn't lose in college much.
Larry didn't lose in Pros much.
Larry didn't lose as a coach much.
Larry took the best available player with the Pacers pick.
Most ankle biters are morons!
They’re not too white in terms of racism. But they are too white in terms of having a crappy team. You want to win you need a combination of blacks with attitude problems and Eastern European white guys who actually practice their free throws.
Or, be in the 4 biggest media markets.
the Pacers president and the whitest white boy of all time. In a league that is almost 90% non-white guys,
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So the NBA needs some DIVERSITY BABY! AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BRO!
Has any one asked if Detriot is tooooo black? According to population numbers, the NBA should be at least 75 percent NON-BLACK!
Iow, he shot down his own premise.
Um, should we even be talking like this - I mean outloud?
Considering that by this idiots admission of such a high % of blacks, and thus the Pacers should have more blacks, I am waiting for the class action lawsuit against the NHL for being whiter than the population over all.
You mean like New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago? Oh wait...
Hey n00b, are you folks having fun trying to incite racism on here today? Go away and take your silly thread with you.
That’s alright. Bill Laimbeer kicked his ass.......
When Bill Russel was Celtics coach he was famous for answering the question: “How many blacks can you play?” with “Two at home, three on the road and four if you’re behind.”
When the New York Football Giants were the last all white team in the NFL one wag said that Y.A. Tittle faced the whitest huddle and blackest prospects of any quarterback in the league.
Somebody forgot to tell Lambeer that he was playing basketball not World Wrestling Federation.
Hmmm... Larry Bird was part of the 1985-86 Celtics... 7 of the 13 players were white... Bird, Ainge, McHale, Walton, Kite, Sichting, Wedman... and we all know how bad that team was:
67-15 in the regular season
15-3 in the playoffs
NBA champion.
Yup, that Larry Bird sure knows how to lose.
LOL! EXACTLY!!
The white Uncle Toms on the sports shows are the worst, its as if in their contracts they are incentivized to hate on white athletes. And of course given a chance to bash Bird they must be making a mint being racist (whatever that really means anymore)
Only whites can be racist. Blacks are activists - Jesse Jackson; Al Sharpton...
Never ceases to amaze me how certain people just want to be victims, the anonymous author of this article is just another race baiter.
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