The only basketball league whose warmups include robes and hood..

SirFozzie · 01-20-2010, 11:30 AM

Whites-Only Basketball League: All-American Basketball Alliance Bans Blacks, Foreigners

Because nothing says All-American like keeping blacks and foreigners out!

molson · 01-20-2010, 11:34 AM

There's some real gems in that article from the grand wizard, I mean commissioner:

"Thus, he says, the All-American Basketball Alliance would be 'a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like.'"

"Lewis said he wants to emphasize fundamental basketball instead of "street-ball" played by "people of color." ...

"Would you want to go to the game and worry about a player flipping you off or attacking you in the stands or grabbing their crotch?" he said. "That's the culture today, and in a free country we should have the right to move ourselves in a better direction."

Greyroofoo · 01-20-2010, 11:40 AM

At least Isiah Thomas won't be able to destroy the league.

Then again that might actually be a good thing.

Mustang · 01-20-2010, 11:46 AM

Fundamentally sound white league.. don't we already have that and call it NCAA Division III?

Butter · 01-20-2010, 12:06 PM

No problem getting arenas to host games for this.

Ajaxab · 01-20-2010, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Greyroofoo

At least Isiah Thomas won't be able to destroy the league.

Then again that might actually be a good thing.

Who is this Isaiah Thompson you speak of?

boberot · 01-20-2010, 12:11 PM

Yeah, black people have really fouled up the game of basketball.

JPhillips · 01-20-2010, 12:16 PM

I'm opposed unless they bring back the fundamentally sound set shot and underhand free throws.

Passacaglia · 01-20-2010, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butter_of_69

No problem getting arenas to host games for this.

I'm pretty sure Arenas is black.

Calis · 01-20-2010, 12:38 PM

Have they hired Rick Barry to be the Commish yet?

What about the short shorts? That's where I draw the line.

RedKingGold · 01-20-2010, 12:40 PM

The WNBA has been around for awhile.

lighthousekeeper · 01-20-2010, 01:29 PM

BasketballInMiddleGA

Toddzilla · 01-20-2010, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mustang

Fundamentally sound white league.. don't we already have that and call it NCAA Division III?

Winner

MikeVic · 01-20-2010, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson

There's some real gems in that article from the grand wizard, I mean commissioner:

"Thus, he says, the All-American Basketball Alliance would be 'a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like.'"

"Lewis said he wants to emphasize fundamental basketball instead of "street-ball" played by "people of color." ...

"Would you want to go to the game and worry about a player flipping you off or attacking you in the stands or grabbing their crotch?" he said. "That's the culture today, and in a free country we should have the right to move ourselves in a better direction."

This is so dumb. Jason Williams is white and plays more "street" than someone like Tim Duncan. Hooray for stereotyping.

Calis · 01-20-2010, 01:58 PM

Obviously there would have to be a "White Chocolate" clause to disallow Williams and others like him.

Travis · 01-20-2010, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeVic

This is so dumb. Jason Williams is white and plays more "street" than someone like Tim Duncan. Hooray for stereotyping.

WHAT?! Are you trying to imply that this league isn't based on logic, facts and hours of statistical analysis?!

Say it ain't so!

JonInMiddleGA · 01-20-2010, 02:18 PM

Me thinks somebody at the Chronicle (and a lot of bloggers along with them) has been had.

Google up the league president, Don "Moose" Lewis.

Lemme see here, he's been the head of the (other) IBU Boxing organization, he's been in charge of the (other) ABA back around 2001 and then became the Global Basketball Alliance which lasted one game promising "Mix in the best of the Harlem Globetrotters, the XFL and its cheerleaders, and professional wrestling - and you have the red, hot, GBA! You will see players "high-fiving" each other, teams with their respective music, disc jockeys spinning club music, players at the end of the game tossing their jerseys into the stands, players screaming after a successful shot or key play, players in the stands at halftime, music artists at intermission, and ticket stubs redeemable for discounts on merchandise and admission to entertainment establishments.

Oh, did I forget to mention that he's also been a pro wrestling promoter, best known for booking a few shows around Atlanta back in the late 90's promising basically every wrestler in the world short of a resurrected Andre the Giant and then failing to produce any of them despite $25-$100 ticket prices? (Details here in the wiki bio of one of his numerous scam victims)

Yep, I do believe a whole bunch of folks are falling for another one of his publicity schemes. Appears to have worked too.

I. J. Reilly · 01-20-2010, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedKingGold

The WNBA has been around for awhile.

They've been letting black dudes play for years

JonInMiddleGA · 01-20-2010, 02:22 PM

Oh, in case anyone wondered, I didn't have that much recall on him but I knew the name sounded vaguely familiar. Almost didn't figure it out until I hit on the bit about the wrestling scams he pulled & then it came back to me. That was a pretty big deal in the southeastern indy wrestling scene, complete with message board wars involving his wife & some of the people he ripped off.

edit to add: Now here's one I missed back in 2003: a combo porno & pro wrestling movie
http://esmokingguns.com/weirdass/ind...4f4fe4834ba01d

VPI97 · 01-20-2010, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Me thinks somebody at the Chronicle (and a lot of bloggers along with them) has been had.

Google up the league president, Don "Moose" Lewis.

Moose is behind this? LOL

I've actually had dinner with him a few times...one of guys he used to partner up with on some of these schemes (GBA being one of them) is a longtime acquaintance of mine. Whenever Moose is involved with anything, the plan is simple. Get people to give him money by any means necessary, then skip out on all obligations.

JonInMiddleGA · 01-20-2010, 02:40 PM

Oh hell, I had forgotten this one too

Back in 2007 he joined forces with Canadian wrestling promoter Ernie Todd to reform the "NWA" ... but in this case it was the National Wrestling ASSOCIATION
MoondogManson.com :: View topic - nwa cuts all ties with TNA.

He said he was drawing on his experience both as an independent promoter and his time spent with Dale Gagner in the AWA (that'd be the fake AWA that got the other guy sued).

Sensing a trend here yet?

Drake · 01-20-2010, 03:22 PM

I can't be the only person here who finds the idea of a porno and pro wrestling scheme at least a little interesting, can I?

BYU 14 · 01-20-2010, 09:52 PM

Wow, BYU has more black players than this whole league.

Why can't he promote something useful, like a guy in a leather jacket jumping over a shark.....oh never mind.

fantom1979 · 01-21-2010, 12:07 AM

I was really hoping this league would come true....

That shot clock thing has completely ruined the game.

the_meanstrosity · 01-21-2010, 12:12 AM

Where do I try out?

Pumpy Tudors · 01-21-2010, 03:19 PM

One of my friends just sent me a link to the story and asked me to try out for this league.

lighthousekeeper · 01-21-2010, 04:16 PM

Forget that: instead you must start a 'Harlem Globetrotters of Bowling' league.

lungs · 01-21-2010, 04:29 PM

Does anybody have any info of how one could get a tryout in this league?

Groundhog · 01-21-2010, 04:29 PM

I can already picture the first championship squad:

PG - Travis Diener
SG - Mike Dunleavy Jr
SF - Troy Murphy
PF - Tyler Hansbrough
C - Jeff Foster

M GO BLUE!!! · 01-21-2010, 04:50 PM

Can suspenders and a handlebar mustache be a part of the standard uniform?

JediKooter · 01-21-2010, 05:14 PM

It would be more appropriate if David Duke was the commish.

Groundhog · 01-21-2010, 05:30 PM

From twitter, the uniforms will be provided by Ed Hardy.

Karlifornia · 01-21-2010, 05:36 PM

They told me I can play one-half of every game. Works for me!

TexasT · 01-22-2010, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calis

Obviously there would have to be a "White Chocolate" clause to disallow Williams and others like him.

Yeh, he'd definitely be one of "those" grabbing his crotch!

MikeVic · 01-22-2010, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Groundhog

I can already picture the first championship squad:

PG - Travis Diener
SG - Mike Dunleavy Jr
SF - Troy Murphy
PF - Tyler Hansbrough
C - Jeff Foster

You mean the Indiana Pacers?

Pumpy Tudors · 01-22-2010, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeVic

You mean the Indiana Pacers?

LOL

JediKooter · 01-22-2010, 12:32 PM

The ghosts of Jesse Helms and George Wallace can be the leagues legal representatives.

DaddyTorgo · 01-22-2010, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Groundhog

I can already picture the first championship squad:

PG - Travis Diener
SG - Mike Dunleavy Jr
SF - Troy Murphy
PF - Tyler Hansbrough
C - Jeff Foster

FWIW I talked with my brother last night because I drafted an NBA2k10 team with Nash, Dirk and Birdman, that if we traded Barbosa for Kirk Heinrich and Rashard Lewis for Troy Murphy we could have an all-white starting 5.

He thought it was an amusingly fun idea.

Barbosa must have heard me, because the next game I played with that team he went off for like 40pts.

01-20-2010, 11:34 AM	#2
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	There's some real gems in that article from the grand wizard, I mean commissioner: "Thus, he says, the All-American Basketball Alliance would be 'a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like.'" "Lewis said he wants to emphasize fundamental basketball instead of "street-ball" played by "people of color." ... "Would you want to go to the game and worry about a player flipping you off or attacking you in the stands or grabbing their crotch?" he said. "That's the culture today, and in a free country we should have the right to move ourselves in a better direction." Last edited by molson : 01-20-2010 at 11:37 AM.

01-20-2010, 11:46 AM	#4
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	Fundamentally sound white league.. don't we already have that and call it NCAA Division III? __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

01-20-2010, 12:06 PM	#5
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	No problem getting arenas to host games for this. __________________ My listening habits

01-20-2010, 12:16 PM	#8
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	I'm opposed unless they bring back the fundamentally sound set shot and underhand free throws. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

01-20-2010, 01:29 PM	#12
lighthousekeeper College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	BasketballInMiddleGA __________________ ...

01-20-2010, 11:40 AM	#3
Greyroofoo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alabama	At least Isiah Thomas won't be able to destroy the league. Then again that might actually be a good thing.

01-20-2010, 12:11 PM	#7
boberot High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Western NY	Yeah, black people have really fouled up the game of basketball.

01-20-2010, 12:38 PM	#10
Calis College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Kansas	Have they hired Rick Barry to be the Commish yet? What about the short shorts? That's where I draw the line.

01-20-2010, 12:40 PM	#11
RedKingGold College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002	The WNBA has been around for awhile.

01-20-2010, 01:58 PM	#15
Calis College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Kansas	Obviously there would have to be a "White Chocolate" clause to disallow Williams and others like him.

01-20-2010, 02:18 PM	#17
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Me thinks somebody at the Chronicle (and a lot of bloggers along with them) has been had. Google up the league president, Don "Moose" Lewis. Lemme see here, he's been the head of the (other) IBU Boxing organization, he's been in charge of the (other) ABA back around 2001 and then became the Global Basketball Alliance which lasted one game promising "Mix in the best of the Harlem Globetrotters, the XFL and its cheerleaders, and professional wrestling - and you have the red, hot, GBA! You will see players "high-fiving" each other, teams with their respective music, disc jockeys spinning club music, players at the end of the game tossing their jerseys into the stands, players screaming after a successful shot or key play, players in the stands at halftime, music artists at intermission, and ticket stubs redeemable for discounts on merchandise and admission to entertainment establishments. Oh, did I forget to mention that he's also been a pro wrestling promoter, best known for booking a few shows around Atlanta back in the late 90's promising basically every wrestler in the world short of a resurrected Andre the Giant and then failing to produce any of them despite $25-$100 ticket prices? (Details here in the wiki bio of one of his numerous scam victims) Yep, I do believe a whole bunch of folks are falling for another one of his publicity schemes. Appears to have worked too. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

01-20-2010, 02:22 PM	#19
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Oh, in case anyone wondered, I didn't have that much recall on him but I knew the name sounded vaguely familiar. Almost didn't figure it out until I hit on the bit about the wrestling scams he pulled & then it came back to me. That was a pretty big deal in the southeastern indy wrestling scene, complete with message board wars involving his wife & some of the people he ripped off. edit to add: Now here's one I missed back in 2003: a combo porno & pro wrestling movie http://esmokingguns.com/weirdass/ind...4f4fe4834ba01d __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis Last edited by JonInMiddleGA : 01-20-2010 at 02:26 PM.

01-20-2010, 02:40 PM	#21
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Oh hell, I had forgotten this one too Back in 2007 he joined forces with Canadian wrestling promoter Ernie Todd to reform the "NWA" ... but in this case it was the National Wrestling ASSOCIATION MoondogManson.com :: View topic - nwa cuts all ties with TNA. He said he was drawing on his experience both as an independent promoter and his time spent with Dale Gagner in the AWA (that'd be the fake AWA that got the other guy sued). Sensing a trend here yet? __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis Last edited by JonInMiddleGA : 01-20-2010 at 02:41 PM.

01-20-2010, 03:22 PM	#22
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	I can't be the only person here who finds the idea of a porno and pro wrestling scheme at least a little interesting, can I?

01-20-2010, 09:52 PM	#23
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	Wow, BYU has more black players than this whole league. Why can't he promote something useful, like a guy in a leather jacket jumping over a shark.....oh never mind.

01-21-2010, 12:07 AM	#24
fantom1979 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sterling Heights, Mi	I was really hoping this league would come true.... That shot clock thing has completely ruined the game.

01-21-2010, 12:12 AM	#25
the_meanstrosity College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2002	Where do I try out?

01-21-2010, 03:19 PM	#26
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	One of my friends just sent me a link to the story and asked me to try out for this league. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

01-21-2010, 04:16 PM	#27
lighthousekeeper College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Forget that: instead you must start a 'Harlem Globetrotters of Bowling' league. __________________ ...

01-21-2010, 04:29 PM	#28
lungs Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Prairie du Sac, WI	Does anybody have any info of how one could get a tryout in this league?

01-21-2010, 04:29 PM	#29
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	I can already picture the first championship squad: PG - Travis Diener SG - Mike Dunleavy Jr SF - Troy Murphy PF - Tyler Hansbrough C - Jeff Foster __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

01-21-2010, 04:50 PM	#30
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	Can suspenders and a handlebar mustache be a part of the standard uniform?

01-21-2010, 05:14 PM	#31
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	It would be more appropriate if David Duke was the commish. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

01-21-2010, 05:30 PM	#32
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	From twitter, the uniforms will be provided by Ed Hardy. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

01-21-2010, 05:36 PM	#33
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	They told me I can play one-half of every game. Works for me! __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

01-22-2010, 12:32 PM	#37
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	The ghosts of Jesse Helms and George Wallace can be the leagues legal representatives. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

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