[AlphaBean]

Originally Posted by sTiMa34 Honestly its probably true, if their was more white superstars I really do think more white people would be watching. Not saying a ton of white people don't watch it now or anything though. I think the part about putting a white guy on him offended him was just Bird joking around with the guys that where there at the interview with him.

Wasn't it 'Melo who said that on the playground, there was only one white boy you'd talk about... only one white player you wanted to be in the history of the NBA, and that was Larry Bird. Nobody wanted to be Bill Walton or Chris Mullin or Kevin McHale, it was all about Larry Bird. Larry Bird was more than just a white player, which is what I think he means. He was on another level. And white guys can't really defend. He made some comment about someone who was a good shooter, and Bird totally just discredited himself. Saying that if he was defending someone like Kobe, he'd just step aside and let him score. So I think those two comments go hand in hand... Bird was more than just a white player offensively, but defensively that's all he was, and he knew it was no challenge to put a white guy on ya.

But as for his statement... I live in Minnesota. Most of the people at the bars and in chatrooms and on the radio are the biggest Wally Szczerbiak fans EVER.

It's pathetic. He can shoot the ball well, but other than that. :dunno: He's a defensive liability, and he can't dribble the ball whatsoever. He has no heart, either. He disappears in clutch time. Horrible.

But he's Minnesota's favorite player EVER. So yes, white players would make the NBA more popular.

I mean, after all, white players are EVERYWHERE in college hoops... but they don't get drafted.