I agree, its tribal, but the "typical white american fan has no one to root for?"
White and black players are different. It doesn't necessarily mean one is better' than the other. And besides, this is just basketball. Some of the greatest players in Baseball, NFL and Hockey of all-time are white. Perhaps if blacks were given an even plain in the social world, it might be an even, if not a different story. Tiger Woods for instance is making a case that blacks can be as good as anyone in golf. If Josh Gibson got the chance to play along side Babe Ruth, he might of been a better hitter in HR's, or just as good. So they say. There's a lot of Caribbean athletes in major league sports today, but hardly any have really stuck out as much as the others. There are rarely Asians, and even more rare are American Indian athletes. All and all, I hate to sound like I'm constantly defending playa, and maybe I am, but the underpriveledge societies in this country alone have been made to believe that they would not amount to anything better. So with that, I don't beleive we would ever truely know who is a better athlete, if there's even such a thing, not until everyone gets the chance to show they're stuff.
As for basketball? I like basketball and even though no one knows what race I am (and won't know), I enjoy watching the game and the athlectic abilites that all of these players exhibit, white, black, asian, hispanic, whatever.
I'll never trust this' team again.
