Basketball Article: Pacers too white?

[tikitomoka]

article by a local columnist (and one of the best in the nation imo)
Bob Kravitz: Are Pacers too white? No, all Bird cares about are finding guys who can play | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

do you think the pacers are intentionally predominantly white?

 

[Steve_O_21]

No.

 

[Allen]

If I wrote an article calling a team too black, I think Al Sharpton would be bangin on my door. They need some more brothas on the team since Artest ran into the stands to hit some white people, Stephen Jackson was bustin caps outside of clubs, Jamal Tinsley was always totin a piece in the clubs. Yeah that all worked out well.

 

[HiEnd]

He's catching flack from years ago when he said the league would be better off if it had more white superstars. Let it go already

 

[Steve_O_21]

There is the perception, fueled in part by local and national sports talk shows, that because the Pacers imploded after the brawl and had several other off-court embarrassments that involved a select few black players, they're overcompensating by stocking the roster with white players they perceive (and their fans perceive) to be choirboys. This overlooks the fact that since Bird got involved in the draft process, eight of the 10 Pacers draftees have been black.

 

[GotGibson?]

 

[SPYDA42590]

I dont think that the pacers team was intent to be more then 50% white it just happened! Im pretty sure that Bird is not going to miss an oppurtunity and jsut pick someone cuz they are white.....

 

[ac-n-mike]

the guy who came up with this article is off his rocker.. have you SEEN the pacers? wow... odd

 

[tikitomoka]

the guy who came up with this article is off his rocker.. have you SEEN the pacers? wow... odd

hey im a big bob kravitz fan :box:, points sent for the fillers as well

 

[Steve_O_21]

Kravitz is an idiot. I can't stand him. Now Mike Wells and Conrad Brunner, those guys are quality writers.

 

[tikitomoka]

I'm a big fan, helps i'm not a fan of the local teams though

 

[bdowden23]

Good God, why does everything have to come down to race? These guys are good enough to be in the NBA in the first place. Why does it matter?