Give me a break. Not all NBA players are like Allen Iverson. There are great players and a lot of all around good guys in the NBA. Just because there are some idiots in the NBA doesn't mean that all are bad. You don't call the entire Congress a bunch of idiots just because of Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi.
Not all Democrats are bad. However, you can't vote for even the "good" Democrats because supporting them means supporting the likes of Kennedy and Pelosi.
It is the same way with the NBA. Not all players are gangsta rappers. However, the fact that the league supports and encourages such player images means that supporting the "good" NBA players means that you are supporting the whole rotten mess.
Therefore, the solution is to wash your hands of the whole rotten mess.
It is time for conservatives to face the fact that they must detach themselves from the popular culture -- including most sports (witness last Monday's MNF intro disgrace...).