Comments on: Venn Diagram: Joe Alexander and Gordon Hayward

By: Mat

Mat — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:56:30 +0000

Basketball is a slightly racist game and the NBA is an extremely racist league. Fans, GM’s, scouts, even the players. 6’10 fellows are automatically perceived as non-ball handlers. But there are plently of tall players who can handle the rock like guards. But is a coach gonna play against the odds and risk his neck and let a 6’10 guy start dribbling everywhere? Nope. White fellows are automatically perceived as non-athletic, high-IQ shooters. Is any coach gonna play against the odds and risk his neck and let a white kid try to be a slasher (which Joe Alexander is)? Nope. Thus, it’s hard out there for a pimp…any white pimp…in the NBA…who is any type of player other than a gel-guy shooter. Name one. doesn’t happen. its a league of perception. and the perception is tainted by the racism. Too bad. But to all you Alexander haters (everyone on this board), try not to hurt urself jumping on his bandwagon when he starts killin. peace

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:26:43 +0000

Adam Morrison!

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:36:21 +0000

You’re right that the only big similarity between Alexander and Heyward is that they are the same race. I don’t think the Bucks will repeat the Alexander mistake again because John Hammond and Co. were still moving into their Bucks offices as players were coming in for workouts. They have a lot more time to evaluate talent and interview players now that the same group has been around for a couple years.

By: hoopinion

hoopinion — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:47:26 +0000

I think Babbitt’s a closer comp to Alexander (though Babbitt’s clearly better than Alexander was, also) due to the difference between the great results of his athletic testing and his low offensive rebounding, block, and steal rates against relatively weak (even by collegiate standards) opposition.