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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Where have all the white male American NBA stars gone?
It isn't an American basketball problem really, because the WNBA is chock-a-block with great white American born players from elder stateswomen like Sue Bird and Elena Delle Donne to young superstars like Sabrina Ionescu.
In the NBA, Jokic is about to win MVP, Luka looks like a future MVP winner, and there's a deep stable of starter to ASG caliber international white guys while the oft-injured Kevin Love and Gordon Hayward are still probably the best white American NBA players.
What's the deal do you think? |
With more and more parents not letting their kids play football, I think eventually we'll see a great white American NBA star, since plenty of football players are also good basketball players (or at least think they are).
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| slavavov wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Where have all the white male American NBA stars gone?
It isn't an American basketball problem really, because the WNBA is chock-a-block with great white American born players from elder stateswomen like Sue Bird and Elena Delle Donne to young superstars like Sabrina Ionescu.
In the NBA, Jokic is about to win MVP, Luka looks like a future MVP winner, and there's a deep stable of starter to ASG caliber international white guys while the oft-injured Kevin Love and Gordon Hayward are still probably the best white American NBA players.
What's the deal do you think? |
With more and more parents not letting their kids play football, I think eventually we'll see a great white American NBA star, since plenty of football players are also good basketball players (or at least think they are). |
Best Caucasian American player in the league is prolly ... Tyler Herro?
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| kikanga wrote: | | slavavov wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Where have all the white male American NBA stars gone?
It isn't an American basketball problem really, because the WNBA is chock-a-block with great white American born players from elder stateswomen like Sue Bird and Elena Delle Donne to young superstars like Sabrina Ionescu.
In the NBA, Jokic is about to win MVP, Luka looks like a future MVP winner, and there's a deep stable of starter to ASG caliber international white guys while the oft-injured Kevin Love and Gordon Hayward are still probably the best white American NBA players.
What's the deal do you think? |
With more and more parents not letting their kids play football, I think eventually we'll see a great white American NBA star, since plenty of football players are also good basketball players (or at least think they are). |
Best Caucasian American player in the league is prolly ... Tyler Herro? |
Jokic and Luka both much better.
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| Omar Little wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | slavavov wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Where have all the white male American NBA stars gone?
It isn't an American basketball problem really, because the WNBA is chock-a-block with great white American born players from elder stateswomen like Sue Bird and Elena Delle Donne to young superstars like Sabrina Ionescu.
In the NBA, Jokic is about to win MVP, Luka looks like a future MVP winner, and there's a deep stable of starter to ASG caliber international white guys while the oft-injured Kevin Love and Gordon Hayward are still probably the best white American NBA players.
What's the deal do you think? |
With more and more parents not letting their kids play football, I think eventually we'll see a great white American NBA star, since plenty of football players are also good basketball players (or at least think they are). |
Best Caucasian American player in the league is prolly ... Tyler Herro? |
Jokic and Luka both much better. |
Has to be American. 
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It's fun to see a social network profile of someone who has blue/green/pink/half-shaved hair + neck tattoos + septum ring, etc., and then clicking through a reverse chronological slideshow of a person gradually un-losing their mind.
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| focus wrote: | The bold is almost always the way it is for me, where the entree/burger is memorable and fries come along for the ride. Although usually the more memorable ones involve garlic or some seasoning for me, so maybe not about the potato-cooking exactly. The Kroft was ok for a few times, but then I realized the oil just was too much and gross and the garlic was actually way too much.
BLK is definitely on my list now, along with the Stand. Thanks again. |
Back to a more important topic, I had both BLK and The Stand this week, and I paid attention to the fries. The Stand was excellent; BLK was good to very good. |
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| kikanga wrote: | | slavavov wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Where have all the white male American NBA stars gone?
It isn't an American basketball problem really, because the WNBA is chock-a-block with great white American born players from elder stateswomen like Sue Bird and Elena Delle Donne to young superstars like Sabrina Ionescu.
In the NBA, Jokic is about to win MVP, Luka looks like a future MVP winner, and there's a deep stable of starter to ASG caliber international white guys while the oft-injured Kevin Love and Gordon Hayward are still probably the best white American NBA players.
What's the deal do you think? |
With more and more parents not letting their kids play football, I think eventually we'll see a great white American NBA star, since plenty of football players are also good basketball players (or at least think they are). |
Best Caucasian American player in the league is prolly ... Tyler Herro? |
Gordon Haywood, Kevin Love, when healthy.
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I will never be a LeBron fan.
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Getting back to art history discussion in this thread, though it might have been the Doc thread, but since it's a "hit take" of sorts, as my son said this evening, "My favorite art movement is Dada because it's basically a bunch of French M***** F*****s just F***ing around" . . . he's absolutely right and a chip off the old block.
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| jodeke wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | slavavov wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Where have all the white male American NBA stars gone?
It isn't an American basketball problem really, because the WNBA is chock-a-block with great white American born players from elder stateswomen like Sue Bird and Elena Delle Donne to young superstars like Sabrina Ionescu.
In the NBA, Jokic is about to win MVP, Luka looks like a future MVP winner, and there's a deep stable of starter to ASG caliber international white guys while the oft-injured Kevin Love and Gordon Hayward are still probably the best white American NBA players.
What's the deal do you think? |
With more and more parents not letting their kids play football, I think eventually we'll see a great white American NBA star, since plenty of football players are also good basketball players (or at least think they are). |
Best Caucasian American player in the league is prolly ... Tyler Herro? |
Gordon Haywood, Kevin Love, when healthy. |
And both those guys are north of 30 years of age and clearly don't have anymore All-Star seasons left in them.
Is it the lure of football?
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Stop using the term "neoliberal" to describe everything you don't like.
Working from home is not neoliberalism. Paying rent is not neoliberalism. Stubbing your toe is not neoliberalism.
Why does this review of the new St. Vincent album have an aside about the "austerity politics of the neoliberal consensus?" Just shut up. You're a 33-year-old freelance writer living in Bensonhurst, not a teenager in an intro PoliSci seminar.
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To paraphrase Dr. Dre (of NWA fame):
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | slavavov wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Where have all the white male American NBA stars gone?
It isn't an American basketball problem really, because the WNBA is chock-a-block with great white American born players from elder stateswomen like Sue Bird and Elena Delle Donne to young superstars like Sabrina Ionescu.
In the NBA, Jokic is about to win MVP, Luka looks like a future MVP winner, and there's a deep stable of starter to ASG caliber international white guys while the oft-injured Kevin Love and Gordon Hayward are still probably the best white American NBA players.
What's the deal do you think? |
With more and more parents not letting their kids play football, I think eventually we'll see a great white American NBA star, since plenty of football players are also good basketball players (or at least think they are). |
Best Caucasian American player in the league is prolly ... Tyler Herro? |
Gordon Haywood, Kevin Love, when healthy. |
And both those guys are north of 30 years of age and clearly don't have anymore All-Star seasons left in them.
Is it the lure of football? |
I hadn't taken their age into consideration. I gaged them on their play. The majority of White players in the NBA with major skills are over 30. I don't think Tyler has much competition.
Who do you have except Herro?
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| jodeke wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | slavavov wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Where have all the white male American NBA stars gone?
It isn't an American basketball problem really, because the WNBA is chock-a-block with great white American born players from elder stateswomen like Sue Bird and Elena Delle Donne to young superstars like Sabrina Ionescu.
In the NBA, Jokic is about to win MVP, Luka looks like a future MVP winner, and there's a deep stable of starter to ASG caliber international white guys while the oft-injured Kevin Love and Gordon Hayward are still probably the best white American NBA players.
What's the deal do you think? |
With more and more parents not letting their kids play football, I think eventually we'll see a great white American NBA star, since plenty of football players are also good basketball players (or at least think they are). |
Best Caucasian American player in the league is prolly ... Tyler Herro? |
Gordon Haywood, Kevin Love, when healthy. |
And both those guys are north of 30 years of age and clearly don't have anymore All-Star seasons left in them.
Is it the lure of football? |
I hadn't taken their age into consideration. I gaged them on their play. The majority of White players in the NBA with major skills are over 30. I don't think Tyler has much competition.
Who do you have except Herro? |
Alex Caruso? Grayson Allen? Duncan Robinson?
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | slavavov wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Where have all the white male American NBA stars gone?
It isn't an American basketball problem really, because the WNBA is chock-a-block with great white American born players from elder stateswomen like Sue Bird and Elena Delle Donne to young superstars like Sabrina Ionescu.
In the NBA, Jokic is about to win MVP, Luka looks like a future MVP winner, and there's a deep stable of starter to ASG caliber international white guys while the oft-injured Kevin Love and Gordon Hayward are still probably the best white American NBA players.
What's the deal do you think? |
With more and more parents not letting their kids play football, I think eventually we'll see a great white American NBA star, since plenty of football players are also good basketball players (or at least think they are). |
Best Caucasian American player in the league is prolly ... Tyler Herro? |
Gordon Haywood, Kevin Love, when healthy. |
And both those guys are north of 30 years of age and clearly don't have anymore All-Star seasons left in them.
Is it the lure of football? |
I hadn't taken their age into consideration. I gaged them on their play. The majority of White players in the NBA with major skills are over 30. I don't think Tyler has much competition.
Who do you have except Herro? |
Alex Caruso? Grayson Allen? Duncan Robinson? |
They are good players. If you consider them the best what does that say about White White players in the NBA?
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Pabst Blue Ribbon is a better beer than Heineken at half the price.
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| LakerLanny wrote: | | Pabst Blue Ribbon is a better beer than Heineken at half the price. |
I've found that PBR and Rolling Rock offer a decent bang for the buck... however they both make me have to piss like a racehorse, moreso than other beers.
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| LakerLanny wrote: | | Pabst Blue Ribbon is a better beer than Heineken at half the price. |
Only if you think piss is a better beverage than lemonade. It’s hard to find a beer beyond the generics and light beers that are less appetizing than PBR.
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| jodeke wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | jodeke wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | slavavov wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Where have all the white male American NBA stars gone?
It isn't an American basketball problem really, because the WNBA is chock-a-block with great white American born players from elder stateswomen like Sue Bird and Elena Delle Donne to young superstars like Sabrina Ionescu.
In the NBA, Jokic is about to win MVP, Luka looks like a future MVP winner, and there's a deep stable of starter to ASG caliber international white guys while the oft-injured Kevin Love and Gordon Hayward are still probably the best white American NBA players.
What's the deal do you think? |
With more and more parents not letting their kids play football, I think eventually we'll see a great white American NBA star, since plenty of football players are also good basketball players (or at least think they are). |
Best Caucasian American player in the league is prolly ... Tyler Herro? |
Gordon Haywood, Kevin Love, when healthy. |
And both those guys are north of 30 years of age and clearly don't have anymore All-Star seasons left in them.
Is it the lure of football? |
I hadn't taken their age into consideration. I gaged them on their play. The majority of White players in the NBA with major skills are over 30. I don't think Tyler has much competition.
Who do you have except Herro? |
Alex Caruso? Grayson Allen? Duncan Robinson? |
They are good players. If you consider them the best what does that say about White White players in the NBA? |
That they're scared of black players at the AAU level.
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| PLATNUM wrote: | | LakerLanny wrote: | | Pabst Blue Ribbon is a better beer than Heineken at half the price. |
I've found that PBR and Rolling Rock offer a decent bang for the buck... however they both make me have to piss like a racehorse, moreso than other beers. |
Makes sense since they are nothing but water.
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That they're scared of black players at the AAU level. |
I think those damn Europeans took their jobs!
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| kikanga wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: |
That they're scared of black players at the AAU level. |
I think those damn Europeans took their jobs! |
Again, the WNBA is a counterexample. Great Euro talents, even greater Caucasian American born ballers.
So is the discrepancy football or passive racism?
Or is there it a rare statistical blip?
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: |
That they're scared of black players at the AAU level. |
I think those damn Europeans took their jobs! |
Again, the WNBA is a counterexample. Great Euro talents, even greater Caucasian American born ballers.
So is the discrepancy football or passive racism?
Or is there it a rare statistical blip? |
Baseball.
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| Omar Little wrote: | | LakerLanny wrote: | | Pabst Blue Ribbon is a better beer than Heineken at half the price. |
Only if you think piss is a better beverage than lemonade. It’s hard to find a beer beyond the generics and light beers that are less appetizing than PBR. |
Apparently Blue Ribbons mean nothing to you Omar! 
Heineken and Stella Artois are Euro headache beer, I am part of the working class American's drinking PBR Tall Boys from coast to coast.
Blue Ribbon Omar....that is first place.
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Alcohol is gross and from a taste standpoint there is no real reason to drink it. It's fine for cooking though.
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