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>players who AREN'T good defenders? Who has more players who >fit that description than the US.?
There are also, like, a few orders of magnitude more African-American players than there are "African" players, which confounds your little group comparison.
But whatever, let's settle this rather quickly:
- there are springy, athletic, hard working defenders.
-They have more in common with each other than they do with the ethnic groups they are affiliated with.
-Those differences cross racial and ethnic lines.
-Same with people who run for president, and teach astrophysics.
>Could it be because a lot of american born players have no >desire or lack the commitment needed to be a good defensive >players because playing defense doesn't get you on >Sportscenter top 10
So Americans are, on average, lazy relative to kids from poor countries. Very original idea.
Except when the American kids aren't lazy, like in the case of Gary Payton, Michael Jordan, Ron Artest and Michael Cooper.
Then the theory falls apart.
And so again: common thread is that people who are good athletes and work hard at defense are good defenders.
We could just make that point, you know.
>>Timmay was a dominant defender at Wake before he was a >>dominant offensive player, etc. > >He was also a very polished offensive player, particularly his >back to the basket game, which is what made his gm stand out >and besides, there are exceptions to the rule. Every white >dude isn't a good jump shooter, every left handed player >doesn't have a pretty jump shot...and every African isn't a >good defensive player but in general....
LOL. You're plain wrong, here. You don't watch basketball.
You didn't see Tim Duncan as a freshman at Wake.
http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tim-duncan-1.html
Not even double-digit scoring.
He was entirely garbage points. Had very little back to the basket game. He was all defense and hustle. I remember it because I watched the games.
So, you're wrong.
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