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I think it might be a socio-economic thing too. Affluent whites live in the suburbs where you see more of them playing sports like: soccer, lacrosse, tennis, baseball, and football. Basketball for many is still an inner city game and due to the unfortunate income disparity in this country you see la...

I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek about Harden and Blair but I know what you mean. I think Beasley has gotten a bit of an unfair shake from analysts. He put up 14.8 ppg and 6.4 rpg his last year in Miami (on a team with Dwyane Wade taking 35% of the shots). His move to Minny saw his numbers go to 19...

Congrats to Roland and the Mavs. I used to email him questions back in the day and he always took the time to respond. I didn't even know he worked for the Mavs until recently, I thought he only did 82games.com. Knowing how much he had going on and that he still responded meant a lot. The stats comm...

I'm a bit late to this piece but thought I'd weigh in. To start with, I don't think there's been a dramatic drop-off in the talent pool. Every year the guys who cover the NBA draft talk about a draft being "weak" if there is no Kevin Durant or LeBron James heading it up. This year was cons...