Comments on: Quantifying the NBA’s Reggie Cleveland All-Stars

By: marparker

marparker — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:25:38 +0000

I once was at an event involving kids where I had a list of names I had to call out. I got to the O's and the next name was Peter O'neil who was not white. Hilarity ensued as all of the grown-ups tried to mask their surprise at his ethnicity.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:05:53 +0000

Whoa, whoa, whoa... Dick Barnett is black? My mind has just been blown.

By: ek

ek — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:50:41 +0000

I demand to know why Darius Songaila is not at the top of the list.

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:52:52 +0000

BTW, if someone mentioned the names Brook, Robin, and Blake to me without context, my mind would conjure three blonde high school girls giggling their way through the mall.

By: BSK

BSK — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:14:39 +0000

AYC-

I'm with you on the superficialness of our comparisons. The problem is that the bias is not limited to fans or even the media. Executives are just as guilty of it and, unfortunately, some players (of all races) are adversely effected by such nonsense.

By: DWarner

DWarner — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:19:52 +0000

Nick Says:
February 21st, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Out of curiosity, what was Mike Bibby classified as? Biracial guys like him might give a good indication on how the data is determined.

Although there are a lot of bi-racial cats in the league, I'm pretty sure both of Mike Bibby's parents are actually light skinned Black folks...

By: AYC

AYC — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:05:31 +0000

Jordan Farmar is black?? I thought he was Jewish... not that you can't be both, of course. Anyway, it annoys me to no end when guys like Dirk and Peja who never pass get compared to Larry Bird just because they are all tall white guys who can shoot. I've been saying for years that Lebron reminds me of Bird; but people look at you funny when you say something like that.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:06:58 +0000

Neil, I made the same mistake with Dick Allen... Had to laugh at myself when I did a Google Image Search two years ago.

And as for basketball, I always assumed Bob Love and Norm Van Lier were white.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:34:10 +0000

Hmm. Sort of sounds like they are either going by self-ID or the single-drop theory.

By: BSK

BSK — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:11:08 +0000

Some very amateur sleuthwork seems to indicate that the Lopez twins' father might have had at least some African ancestry in him. I can't find much info on him, but his cousin played Major League ball and photos seem to indicate at least some African ancestry. Again, this doesn't necessarily mean anything for the Lopez twins, but I'm just throwing stuff at the wall now.