Actually, it's less about them and more about that self-involving, egocentric troll, Mark Cuban... He's one despicable pile of cow dung.
But you can't deny that the fact that he's turned that organization around. Before him that team was just a joke, you couldn't even find Mavs' merchandise in the Dallas area stores. :sweat:
Actually, it's less about them and more about that self-involving, egocentric troll, Mark Cuban... He's one despicable pile of cow dung.
:mwahaha: True. I just blot out Cuban's florid, scowling face whenever I see him on on TV. Each time he throws those courtside tantrums I start wishing capitalism had never been invented. He's a self-deluded megalomaniac all right, but the Mavs I got no problem with. :) Especially Nash's BFF, the German Howitzer. :thumbsup:
Whites-only basketball league targets Augusta, Georgia
By Billy Byler / The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. | Wednesday, January 20, 2010 | http://www.bostonherald.com | South
A new professional basketball league boasting rosters made up exclusively of white Americans has its eyes set on Augusta, but the team isnft receiving a warm welcome.
The All-American Basketball Alliance announced in a news release Sunday evening that it intends to start its inaugural season in June and hopes Augusta will be one of 12 cities with a team.
"Only players that are natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race are eligible to play in the league," the statement said.
Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver, who has publicly expressed his support for minor league teams in the past, said he would not do the same for this team.
"As a sports enthusiast, I have always supported bringing more sporting activities to Augusta," he said. "However, in this instance I could not support in good conscience bringing in a team that did not fit with the spirit of inclusiveness that I, along with many others, have worked so hard to foster in our city."
Clint Bryant, athletic director at Augusta State University, laughed when he heard the news.
"Itfs so absurd, itfs funny, but it gives you an idea of the sickness of our society" he said. "It shows you what lengths people will go to just to be mean-spirited. I think at any basketball level, no matter if itfs all black, all white, all Hispanic, all Asian or anyone else, the players should just be a basketball team."
Don "Moose" Lewis, the commissioner of the AABA, said the reasoning behind the leaguefs roster restrictions is not racism.
"Therefs nothing hatred about what wefre doing," he said. "I donft hate anyone of color. But people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now. Herefs a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like."
Lewis said he wants to emphasize fundamental basketball instead of "street-ball" played by "people of color." He pointed out recent incidents in the NBA, including Gilbert Arenasf indefinite suspension after bringing guns into the Washington Wizards locker room, as examples of fansf dissatisfaction with the way current professional sports are run.
"Would you want to go to the game and worry about a player flipping you off or attacking you in the stands or grabbing their crotch?" he said. "Thatfs the culture today, and in a free country we should have the right to move ourselves in a better direction."
The Atlanta-based league, which will operate as a single-entity owning all of its teams, is looking for local contacts to pay $10,000 to become a "licensee" in one of 12 cities throughout the Southeast. Lewis said he has already received threats from people opposed to the roster restrictions and several cities have told him to stay out of town. Lewis said he has yet to hear from any one in Augusta.
"We need a local person ingrained into the community to make this successful," he said.
Lewis said he expects to eventually find support in every town with a team.
"People will come out and support a product they can identify with. Ifm the spoken minority right now, but if people will give us a chance, itfll work... The white game of basketball, which is essentially a fundamental game, works."
Lewis said he wasnft sure where the team will play.
Augusta has had problems with minor league basketball teams in the past, but the issues never centered around race. The Augusta Drive lasted less than a month before folding in 1995, citing financial reasons. The Augusta Groove made it through a full, 20-game schedule in 2009, but accusations from players and local businesses that the team wasnft paying its bills surrounded the team during the second half of the season. The team later shut down in the offseason.
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bmwracer wrote:
So much for that record-breaking season that blowhard Rasheed Wallace was talking about. :shakehead:
Right now they're playing bad basketball. Earlier in the season I commented on how when they lost they blamed it on tired legs/heavy schedule. But now there really isn't any excuse, they're 4-8 in the last 12 games. With the exception of the 1st quarters, they have showed little effort. The coach commented on how some players think they're better then what they really are. This is coming from the coach. :sweat: But I agree, it looks like they think they can win playing mediocre basketball.
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