A glorious and thrilling style it is. And the young white man, Jason Williams, plays it every bit as well as Deford Bailey played white hillbilly music. African-Americans began to lead the way in basketball way back in the fifties. Basketball was already being played best then by those blacks who were given the opportunity. America has always profited by the unique contributions offered up by different types of immigrants, by region and religion, as well as by race.
Black players have advanced basketball to a higher form, and everybody in the know knows it.
Rather than pretending, we ought to celebrate that racial contribution. We always say that the ideal is to be colorblind. Well, not always. Sports Illustrated and CNN have combined to form a 24 hour sports news and information channel. A Time Warner Company.