Skipperron
Guru
All year the Magic announcers talked about the fact that white players (never saying the word white of course) didn't care if they started, just so they could play minutes every game. They continually stated how such and such a player is actually better coming off the bench, always white players incidently. and of course no matter how good the white player was, again remember, they don't care about starting. However, Dwight Howard, black, was talked about continually for the fact that he "started every single game in his rookie season" and he said he was "extremely proud of the fact that he had started them all" because it was a matter of pride. What tha???? I thought it didn't matter?
Now once more we are seeing this play out. In the summer leagues Travis Diener outplayed EVERYONE in the league. Did the Magic say they had found their starting guard? No, they said this could help raise his value in a trade. Great. And meantime they go and resign a player that they had got rid of before, Keith Bogans, who started at guard in the first exhibition game of course. The best guard in the game at the end of the day????? Travis Diener, of course, it doesn't matter that he didn't get to start, does it. Everyone knows that whites don't care.
And a side note. Adam Morrison was the best scorer in the game for Charlotte. He was the highly picked top forward in the draft, a place that would automatically earn a black player a starting spot in the NBA. Uhhhhh he did not start and they talked about the fact that he would probably just come in off the bench until he could get used to the NBA game. WE ALL KNOW HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT STARTING, DON'T WE?
Now once more we are seeing this play out. In the summer leagues Travis Diener outplayed EVERYONE in the league. Did the Magic say they had found their starting guard? No, they said this could help raise his value in a trade. Great. And meantime they go and resign a player that they had got rid of before, Keith Bogans, who started at guard in the first exhibition game of course. The best guard in the game at the end of the day????? Travis Diener, of course, it doesn't matter that he didn't get to start, does it. Everyone knows that whites don't care.
And a side note. Adam Morrison was the best scorer in the game for Charlotte. He was the highly picked top forward in the draft, a place that would automatically earn a black player a starting spot in the NBA. Uhhhhh he did not start and they talked about the fact that he would probably just come in off the bench until he could get used to the NBA game. WE ALL KNOW HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT STARTING, DON'T WE?