Kenny Smith and Kawhi Leonard

[spurs10]

Look what a failure that ended up being though. Lebron being carried off the court in San Antonio in the in' finals. The super friends getting their flanges bent by Patty ing Mills. Now Lebron with his thug tattoos is running to racially charged music and acting like he's once again the savior of Cleveland, the tiest city outside of Detroit.

And during Black History Month at that.

Good stuff!

[TrainOfThought5]

Harlem is right. NBA loves them some light skins, explains why they always marketed Duncan so well.

Imagine if 3 dark skinned players teamed up in let's say, Miami(?), lol.... 100% chance Stern vetoes it

Blue font and awesome critique aside.. miami was the most polarizing and hated team in NBA history. Ive never seen anything like it and Im a Cowboys Fan.

[DarrinS]

God this thread is so ing sad

[Chef Curry]

Kiwi in the 3pt contest against Steph and Klay.





They should just have a rematch between those 2 next year. The rest of the NBA shouldn't even bother.

[HarlemHeat37]

Bruh, Sting is performing b/c your fellow Toronto residents that happen to be Arabs adore him:

There aren't that many Arabs in Toronto, bro..not even sure if they would break the top 10 in TO..

You're thinking of Indians/Sri Lankans..

[SpursforSix]

Too slow? Kevin Hart finished all the racks with a very slow release..

He's also got a much shorter distance for his arms to travel.

[SpursforSix]

Kiwi in the 3pt contest against Steph and Klay.





They should just have a rematch between those 2 next year. The rest of the NBA shouldn't even bother.

Thy should take the top 2 NBA players, 1 top college dunker, and maybe 1 who wins a online vote.

[coachmac87]

Harlem is racist as TBH...

[HarlemHeat37]

Harlem is racist as TBH...

not at all, not on any level, tbh..

I tell it like it is..I don't even mind racists, either, as long as they own it(which most people don't do, tbh)..

I actually agree with the NBA's preference(considering they are in the business of making bank)..it's good business to target the White demographic..they buy more tickets, more merchandise, pay for League Pass, etc..

[BD24]

This thread is just a reminder of why I hate race baiting gots. Not surprising Harlem does it though, solid tactic if you are an attention /drama queen.

[Kawhitstorm]

There aren't that many Arabs in Toronto, bro..not even sure if they would break the top 10 in TO..

You're thinking of Indians/Sri Lankans..

Muslim=Arabs

[apalisoc_9]

Muslim=Arabs

Nah bro. Thats weak .

[Kawhitstorm]

Nah bro. Thats weak .

Dummy, I'm talking about common generalization that should be understood (i.e. Messicans=Hispanics, Chinese=Asians)

When folks say "Arab Americans" they aren't JUST talking about cats from the Arab Emirates.

[apalisoc_9]

Dummy, I'm talking about common generalization that should be understood (i.e. Messicans=Hispanics, Chinese=Asians)

When folks say "Arab Americans" they aren't JUST talking about cats from the Arab Emirates.

I guess canadians are just generally more racially informed. Most white people here can tell the difference between Arabs and South Asians.

I guess smaller communities are ignorant but for the most part most people can tell the difference.

They dont exactly look a like..specially syrians, lebanese, jordaninas etc..different kind of arab breed

[YGWHI]

Kawhi would have ended like his Eastern Conference clone: Kris Middleton (Thank you for coming to Toronto )

KS is the guy who only seems to post when he is drunk.

[Kawhitstorm]

KS is the guy who only seems to post when he is drunk.

Posting on message boards sober...

[Kawhitstorm]

I guess canadians are just generally more racially informed. Most white people here can tell the difference between Arabs and South Asians.

Apo is a HarlemHeat alias?

[mingus]

Arabs don't like black people.

Lighter shades of Black people don't like darker shades of black people. It's a curious thing, no matter where you are all over the world (from South America, to East Asia, to Middle East, to Africa), the darker you are, the worse you are treated by lighter skinned people. I back-packed through parts of Africa, and witnessed many occasions of "racism" there toward southern, darker skinned Africans. In Ethiopia I saw a group of them (later found out they were Nigerians) being harassed and had stones thrown at them. One got clonked in the head and had a huge gash, had to be taken to a hospital.

I disagree with OP tho, that this sort of thing matter much. Jordan was dark-skinned and grew the popularity of the game to heights never seen before. Same with Lebron. Duncan, light-skinned, OTOH had no such influence. Popularity is based on talent and marketability. The former two had/have more marketability.

America has its racial problems no doubt but in every part of the world I've been to it's been worse, way worse in a lot of cases. Europe, often touted as being more sophisticated and maybe more socially sensitive than the US, is a racist infested cesspool, no matter where you go (from Sweden, to Germany, to the UK, to Italy, to France--the places I've been to there at least).

We gotta a ways to go, but I think OP is overblowing the current cir stances.

[YGWHI]

Posting on message boards sober...

Agree. Being sober here is a problem, reading you is another...The good news are that there are so easy solutions to both issues.

[daslicer]

Lighter shades of Black people don't like darker shades of black people. It's a curious thing, no matter where you are all over the world (from South America, to East Asia, to Middle East, to Africa), the darker you are, the worse you are treated by lighter skinned people. I back-packed through parts of Africa, and witnessed many occasions of "racism" there toward southern, darker skinned Africans. In Ethiopia I saw a group of them (later found out they were Nigerians) being harassed and had stones thrown at them. One got clonked in the head and had a huge gash, had to be taken to a hospital.

I disagree with OP tho, that this sort of thing matter much. Jordan was dark-skinned and grew the popularity of the game to heights never seen before. Same with Lebron. Duncan, light-skinned, OTOH had no such influence. Popularity is based on talent and marketability. The former two had/have more marketability.

America has its racial problems no doubt but in every part of the world I've been to it's been worse, way worse in a lot of cases. Europe, often touted as being more sophisticated and maybe more socially sensitive than the US, is a racist infested cesspool, no matter where you go (from Sweden, to Germany, to the UK, to Italy, to France--the places I've been to there at least).

We gotta a ways to go, but I think OP is overblowing the current cir stances.

Add Kobe to this list prior to the rape he was universally liked by everybody. Magic and Shaq were also super popular. Most of the famous NBA players the last 30 years have been dark skinned. Outside of Curry the only other light skin player I can think of today that has been super popular is Blake Griffin who is mixed. Like you said Duncan was light skinned but not popular among fans and was hated by the media for most of his career until recently. So I don't buy into this light skin vs dark skin crap when it comes to popularity in sports and entertainment.

[apalisoc_9]

Apo is a HarlemHeat alias?

General knwoeldge around here that we are both from canada. Resictance, left too

[SupremeGuy]

It was a weekend centered around light-skin players, tbh..the NBA has made a concerted effort to redeem the middle-aged White demographic after losing them for the majority of the 21st century, so far..

When middle-aged White American man watched the festivities tonight, the NBA ensured that he could turn to his buddies or his wife and say(while cheering), "this guy is White, right?"

Curry and the Warriors have already done a great job in appealing to a wider demographic with the ambiguity of their skin color, and tonight was another victory for the NBA with the Lavine vs. Gordon showdown..looked like the 80s..

Calm down beyonce.