From the articles I have read, they make it seem like the only good basketball players are black basketball player. But that's not true because what about the basketball players from other countries like Yao Ming, Steve Nash, Toni Kukoc, and that is just to name a few. But you never hear about the stereo types of these people. You think it was easy for them. No, I don't know too much about the other ones, but I know it wasn't no cake walk for Yao Ming. I know he had to fight the whole country to get where he's at but you never hear about these people or what about Larry Bird he came from a small country town, but you never here about there people. All you hear about is the negative image of black people and sports. But how can you have these stereo types to black people because of a few bad seeds? .
I think that's wrong; for example, how in the book the last shot; the author say the basketball player fail to achieve humble scores on sat's or that one of the player became homeless because he chose to play basketball or one man, tried to committee suicide because he could not play basketball any more. I think it's wrong to exploit people like this. How do you know it wasn't money problem or family problems? It's very hard to get a good job no matter where you get your education from. Don't get me wrong, yes some of what is written is true, and some isn't true. .
Some black people use basketball as a way out of the ghetto, but the other half turns to basketball because that's all they know. Those who use basketball to get out of the ghetto are the ones who make it; they see basketball as a light. Because being raised around crime all your life, you have to find some way to forget all the bad things that's happening around you. It's not all about having fun. Think about it basketball has it's own way of bring black people together for one common goal to rout for his or her team when they could be on the corner selling drugs or killing someone.