White Men Can't Jump

In January,  you may have heard that former boxing promoter Don "Moose" Lewis planned to start a  "whites only" basketball league called the All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA).   And, to prevent "passing", (no pun intended, I promise!) Lewis made it very clear that "only players that are natural-born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race" need only apply.
Ridiculous, I know.  So ridiculous that media sources (and me) are unsure whether this is a publicity stunt or the real deal.  Regardless, Lewis shared that the purpose of the league is to restore fundamental play to the game of basketball.  Something that he's convinced only white players are able to do because apparently, non-white players have ruined the game with their athletic style of play. 

When I first heard he was starting a "white only" league, I interpreted that as "non-black".  Although, after Lewis further defined "white only", I realized that players including Steve Nash (Canada), Dirk Nowitzki (Germany), Hedo Turkoglu (Turkey) and many other non "natural-born United States citizens" are also banned from the league. Did I mention that this was ridiculous?

Note to Lewis:  YouTube some old Larry Bird footage and then let's have a conversation about "white" players lacking athleticism and sticking to the fundamentals.  Bird is a natural-born United States citizen with both parents of Caucasian race" who is also known as a skillful, athletic trash talking showman.  Or, let's keep it funky and talk about David Lee, Chris Kaman, or Birdman, just to name a few.  Those boys are good and should feel some type of way about Lewis feeding into the stereotype that White Men Can't Jump. 

Well, this semi-old news was resurrected on Monday when Jason Jones from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart interviewed Don Lewis.  During the interview, Lewis attempted to defend the league as well as claims that he's racist.  Pretty funny stuff.  Although, I couldn't help but wonder how much funnier it would've been as a Chappelle's Show skit, but what are you going to do...Enjoy!

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