You don't have to be soft if you are white...but you have to be extra tough to be white and beat the prevailing stereotype of softness.
John Stockton...very good case in point. Toughest dirtiest little SOB in the league. Bill Laimbeer...dirty tough mean. Larry Bird...trash talking put it in your eye player. Kevin McHale...all elbows and knees..never backed down.
Dirk showed some signs of getting tougher last season and hopefully will get even tougher. Raef...man you have to give it to him...black eye from Shaq...that awful scratch in the playoffs...still needs to be tougher. Bradley I think tries...but fails misserably...really misserably. Esch might have the ability...Nellie needs to put him out there and see. Nash needs to get stronger and learn more of the Stockton tricks.
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