And early on they were almost all big men, teams were not scouring Africa when travel was challenging and international scouting wasn't as common, they wanted some "Air Up There" type shit that would change their program.

Dude on Xavier, Romain Sato (sp?) was like the first real featured African guard I saw and I think he picked up the game late, like 14 or 15, had played soccer previously. Same shit with Dalembert, whom I realize is not African, but Haiti is like a little slice of Africa in the Caribbean, no?

So, if we are talking about actual Africans, there is an explanation that goes beyond "Oh, they long-armed Africans" (c) OE.

Oladipo is American though, isn't he? Born here, I mean, I know his parents are immigrants. He is a two-way player, sure he excels on defense but I wouldn't lump him in with guys who are specialists. There are a lot of second and third generation Africans in the NFL, NBA and even a couple in the NHL (Kyle Okposo and Jarome Iginla both have Nigerian born fathers, I believe). I think we'll see more diversity in talent in those later generations and really we already are.