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Why does some pro soccer fan always have to come into every sport thread that isn't soccer related and feel to need to say that they hate it. The question relates to if basketball is only for tall freaks, not if you like basketball or not.
Basketball is not a game for freaks to get back on topic. When it was started (during the all white man days) rarely where their super tall people who played the game. Remember back when people never used to dunk the ball? I think now you just have super athletes, people are getting taller with each generation and you have to factor in the black athlete who on average are taller and can jump higher than their white counterparts. Also factor in that many of the players that get the fame tend to be powerforwards and centers like Duncan, Shaq, Ming, etc when most of the guards and shootnig guards are only 6' - 6' 5" tall which really isn't that tall. The average male height is 5' 9". The whole point of the center is to be a "tall freak" as that is what the job of the center does. You wouldn't recruit a 6' tall guy to be a center as their job is to be the middle man, the blocker, etc. It is nothing more than any other job description in life. You wouldn't hire a plumber if you were looking for an accountant.
Also look at overseas teams which are generally smaller and quicker or in high school and college where everyone isn't superhuman heights. I think globally basketball is for anyone, sure professionals have to be bigger, stronger, and more athletic but that is the same with any sport or else everyone would be a professional.
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.. we are talking about a sport invention here not electricity and such other things where brains actually were used .. :-D ... this guy could have easily sat his ass on a chair and shot paper at the trash can and said hmmm basketball ... that don't take brains ..
