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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:39 pm

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Are Minnesota Timberwolves Too White?
Monday, October 29, 2012 3:00 pmWritten by: ThePostGame Staff

Minnesota Timberwolves fans may notice something different about their team this year. In a league in which American-born black players made up 75 percent of roster spots in 2011, the Timberwolves will have an opening-day roster comprising just 33 percent black players (five out of 15).

According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, this year's squad will be the league's whitest since the 1980s Boston Celtics.

Is that a problem?

Some civil rights leaders in Minneapolis think so. Tyrone Terrell, chairman of St. Paul's African American leadership council, told the Star-Tribune that he thinks the unbalanced roster could be seen as a ploy by the ownership to sell the team to a majority-white fan base.

"How did we get a roster that resembles the 1955 Lakers?" Terrell said to the Star-Tribune. "I think everything is a strategy. Nothing happens by happenstance."

Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn called the allegations "patently false."

Indeed, while the team lacks as many African-American players as most other squads, the Timberwolves are still quite diverse. Five of their ten white players were born outside of the United States.

Brandon Roy, projected to be the team's only black starter, says the color of his teammates doesn't faze him.

"It's just basketball," Roy said. "I never really had to feel like I'm the only black guy out here. I've played on teams that maybe had all black guys and the feeling is just the same when I'm out there on the floor playing with these guys."

Ron Edwards, a longtime Minneapolis civil rights advocate, told the Star-Tribune that it was "somewhat disturbing" when he saw a game last season in which Wes Johnson was the only black player on the floor for the Timberwolves. The composition of this season's roster has prompted Edwards to react even stronger.

"It raises some real questions to me about what's really intended," Edwards said. "I think, personally, that it was calculated. Is this an attempt to get fans back in the stands? Minnesota, after all, is a pretty white state.''

Edwards added that the Timberwolves' roster decisions are a "nullification of diversity and a reversal of history."

Kahn said the Timberwolves targeted two black players as free agents during the summer. But Portland matched Minnesota's offer to Nicolas Batum, and Jordan Hill opted to re-sign with the Lakers at less money for a better chance to win a championship.

"What if Batum and Hill were here?" Kahn said.

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Douchebag

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:41 pm

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Any team that employs Luke Ridnour and Greg Steitsma is definitely too white.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:43 pm

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Too white until he is brought back

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Douchebag

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:44 pm

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Wow, J.R. Rider blew up.

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The Original Kid Cairo

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:50 pm

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Keeping Score wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

Wow, J.R. Rider blew up.

What's going on with his neck just above the shirt line?

Looks like the dirt that accumulates when you don't wash your neck properly.

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:51 pm

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Keeping Score wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

Wow, J.R. Rider blew up.

What's going on with his neck just above the shirt line?

tanning...

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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 3:53 pm

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Waiting for Civil Rights leaders in Miami to declare The Heat as too black...

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Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:14 pm

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I just saw this. The guy bitching in the OP, Tyrone Terrell, is a race-baiting dumbass. That's gotta be one of the most assinine complaints filed under the guise of "civil rights" in recorded history.

As for the Royce White era, Im hoping against hope it doesn't continue to be a trainwreck.

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The Original Kid Cairo

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:27 pm

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I'm finding it difficult to empathize with this guy.

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Douchebag

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:29 pm

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The Original Kid Cairo wrote:

I'm finding it difficult to empathize with this guy.

Me too.

It seems like Houston bent over backwards to make an arrangement with him in the preseason that would make him as comfortable as possible dealing with team flights. They went beyond anything they even had to do. Someone needs to tell this guy that pro sports aren't easy. He always could have picked a different career path.

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Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:42 pm

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The Original Kid Cairo wrote:

I'm finding it difficult to empathize with this guy.

I'm trying to, but I agree with you. I liked him ever since I read a profile of him when he was with Iowa St, but he seems like more of a pain than he's worth for a pro team.

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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:38 pm

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Keeping Score wrote:

I'm now following @Highway_30 (Royce White) on Twitter as he is having a massive meltdown.

Do tell.

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Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:39 pm

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Big Chicagoan wrote:

Keeping Score wrote:

I'm now following @Highway_30 (Royce White) on Twitter as he is having a massive meltdown.

Do tell.

Yes. Please repost the meltdown here.

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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:12 pm

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He should shut the fuck up.

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Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:16 pm

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immessedup17 wrote:

He'd have to pay gas, etc etc. And it is still a very slow method of travel.

Many of you can probably guess how I feel about this situation.

Big Chicagoan wrote:

He should shut the fuck up.

...because he is rich. If he has a mental disorder still he is doing the "being rich" thing wrong.

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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:19 pm

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The guy sounds like a jagbag. If you have a problem, get it fixed. If your employer is doing anything to help, that is just icing on the cake. Also, if you don' t want to travel, then get an office job and shut the fuck up.

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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:24 pm

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Keeping Score wrote:

I sent him this:

@Highway_30 You seem to have changed your narrative from a lack of playing time to a mental illness issue in less than a week. Thoughts?

It makes him unhealthy to not play more.

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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:26 pm

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Keeping Score wrote:

Big Chicagoan wrote:

Keeping Score wrote:

I sent him this:

@Highway_30 You seem to have changed your narrative from a lack of playing time to a mental illness issue in less than a week. Thoughts?

It makes him unhealthy to not play more.

It's making me unhealthy to read much more from him.

He sounds like a primadonna douchebag. Enjoy obscurity.

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The Original Kid Cairo

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:42 pm

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I'd say the Rockets have done more than enough to pamper this guy. I understand he has psych issues (he's not the only one), but he also has to be willing to give a little. He's showing a lot of immaturity here.

Leon Smith is saying to himself, "Damn, this dude is a fuckup!"

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conns7901

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:12 pm

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Quote:

Royce White ‏@Highway_30
The right way to handle this is BE HONEST, I shouldn't be punish for wanting a doc. I've seen since I was 17 over a brand new guy?

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Big Chicagoan

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:27 pm

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conns7901 wrote:

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Royce White ‏@Highway_30
The right way to handle this is BE HONEST, I shouldn't be punish for wanting a doc. I've seen since I was 17 over a brand new guy?

boo hoo

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conns7901

Post subject: Re: T'Wolves too White?

Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:33 pm

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Big Chicagoan wrote:

conns7901 wrote:

Quote:

Royce White ‏@Highway_30
The right way to handle this is BE HONEST, I shouldn't be punish for wanting a doc. I've seen since I was 17 over a brand new guy?

boo hoo

Quote:

Royce White ‏@Highway_30
Yea lets all keep our heads down, stay in line and say "life is just unfair." You see where that's gotten us. Last thing today, promise!

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:38 pm

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He won't have to worry about plane travel when he is back working at the mall. That fat check would have me at the front of the line to get on that plane. Does he realize how lucky he is to get paid to ball??

Can the Rockets just watch some old A-team episodes to think of ways to get him on the place?? BA Barackus was doing real work, yet this muthafucker can't box out a broken down Jermaine O'Neal. Pathetic.

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Big Chicagoan

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:21 pm

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conns7901 wrote:

Big Chicagoan wrote:

conns7901 wrote:

Quote:

Royce White ‏@Highway_30
The right way to handle this is BE HONEST, I shouldn't be punish for wanting a doc. I've seen since I was 17 over a brand new guy?

boo hoo

Quote:

Royce White ‏@Highway_30
Yea lets all keep our heads down, stay in line and say "life is just unfair." You see where that's gotten us. Last thing today, promise!

Is he not happy Obama won?

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conns7901

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:34 pm

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Quote:

Royce White ‏@Highway_30
To the ppl that say I'm not OWED anything, O yes I am, fair treatment and so are you. That's universal, anxiety or not, Accept nothing less.

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Big Chicagoan

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:35 pm

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conns7901 wrote:

Quote:

Royce White ‏@Highway_30
To the ppl that say I'm not OWED anything, O yes I am, fair treatment and so are you. That's universal, anxiety or not, Accept nothing less.

What a clown!

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conns7901

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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:36 pm

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Quote:

Royce White ‏@Highway_30
S/O to my @HoustonRockets teammates for the W, all love there... they know.

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conns7901 wrote:

Not over yet.

Yes it is.

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Big Chicagoan

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conns7901 wrote:

Quote:

Royce White ‏@Highway_30
S/O to my @HoustonRockets teammates for the W, all love there... they know.

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Couldn't have done it without you! Oh, wait...

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Big Chicagoan

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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:23 pm

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The Rockets intend to fine rookie Royce White for every day he remains away from the team or does not attend sessions with a therapist arranged by the team, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.

White, the 16th pick in June's draft, has remained absent from the team in a dispute over how the Rockets are helping him confront his anxiety disorder.

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Rockets owner Leslie Alexander on Tuesday said that there were "internal repercussions" for White missing practices and games.

The Rockets have arranged for White to be treated by Dr. Aaron Fink of Baylor College of Medicine, but White has not attended those sessions, according to the Chronicle. White reportedly has expressed concerns to Fink that the problem between himself and the Rockets is about "support" rather than anxiety.

"In hindsight, perhaps it was not a good idea to be open and honest about my anxiety disorder -- due to the current situations at hand that involve the nature of actions from the Houston Rockets," White said in a statement released by his publicist Tuesday night. "As a rookie, I want to settle into a team and make progress, but since [the] preseason, the Rockets have been inconsistent with their agreement to proactively create a healthy and successful relationship."

The 6-foot-8 White made a deal with the team to travel by bus to some games this season, so he could confront his fear of flying and obsessive compulsive disorder over the long term. He flew with the team to its season opener in Detroit, then traveled by bus to games at Atlanta and Memphis.

White, who's yet to play in a game, did not attend Monday's game against Miami, Tuesday's practice or Wednesday's game with New Orleans. He says on his Twitter account that the Rockets have been "inconsistent" in helping him.

The Rockets have no plans to trade or release White, according to the Chronicle.

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Big Chicagoan wrote:

Why does it matter what ethnicity the owner is?

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