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Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by hairyme, Dec 18, 2013.

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  1. hairyme

    hairyme Member

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    Followed by:

    a Dominican
    a Lithuanian
    a Chinese-American
    a Turk
    (and some more black guys)

    Considering all the different nations represented here, this has got to be one of the most, if not the most, diverse team in the NBA present or past. Can anyone think of any other teams that could lay claim to this distinction? When the league starting making its big push towards international players in the '90s, I scoffed at the idea--as did most others I think--but it's nice to see that it's become the new normal in the NBA.

    Note: I had to make this thread before we potentially lost our Turkish representative!

    Another note: Surely someone has pointed this out before on here, so if this is a retread, sorry in advance.
     
    #1 hairyme, Dec 18, 2013
  2. hardenisaboss

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    Spurs probably more diverse
     
    #2 hardenisaboss, Dec 18, 2013
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    Spurs?
     
    #3 Spooner, Dec 18, 2013
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    Lithuanians aren't white?
     
    #4 apollo33, Dec 18, 2013
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    Spurs

    Last decade's Kings and Mavs
     
    #5 AvgJoe, Dec 18, 2013
  6. Kam

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    Don't forget the "Saudi Arabian Prince."
     
    #6 Kam, Dec 18, 2013
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    TWolves?

    Although at the beginning of the year i think we had the record for least tats on an NBA starting lineup.
     
    #7 SevenMinuteAbs, Dec 18, 2013
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    Chinese
     
    #8 across110thstreet, Dec 18, 2013
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    TWolves?

    Although at the beginning of the year i think we had the record for least tats on an NBA starting lineup.
     
    #9 SevenMinuteAbs, Dec 18, 2013
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    Don't forget the Taiwanese-American.

    /thread
     
    #10 Richie_Rich, Dec 18, 2013
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    Agreed. Getting Chinese and Taiwanese mixed up is the most racist thing I've ever heard. Much worst than slavery.
     
    #11 dakeem1, Dec 19, 2013
  12. Oracle

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    No, they are off-white.
     
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  13. YallMean

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    Thank g .. I was worried for OP when I saw the thread title ... Yeah, white, black, and Chinese Americans are like different species.
     
    #13 YallMean, Dec 19, 2013
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    They are Euro. You can tell because DMo has a nice skill level, but not the high motor that white players tend to have.
     
    #14 Carl Herrera, Dec 19, 2013
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    Why isn't he just "American"

    Do you constantly ask your white friends if they're French American or Greek Americans?
     
    #15 dback816, Dec 19, 2013
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    For crying out loud, he also singled out Turk, Jew, Dominican from white. Yikes, I am still worried for OP.
     
    #16 YallMean, Dec 19, 2013
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    Because he was pointing out the different nationalities , not races.

    I don't like where this thread is going.

    Y'all focus on the NATIONALITIES not the races or I'm closing this.
     
    #17 Rockets2K, Dec 19, 2013
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    Jeremy Lin- "I'm Chinese, Taiwanese, and American!"
     
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  20. Horry4theWin

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    In terms of diversity, there's definitely teams that have it.

    Take for example:

    Minnesota Timberwolves:

    JJ Barea - Puerto Rico
    Gogui Dieng - Senegal
    Luc Mbah a Moute - Cameroon
    Nikola Pekovic - Yugoslavia
    Ricky Rubio - Spain
    Alexey Shved - Russia
    Ronny Turiaf - France
    then add the U.S. players Kevin Love, Kevin Martin, Shabazz Muhammad, etc
     
    #20 Horry4theWin, Dec 19, 2013
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