Official Dirk is Great Thread

[Budapest Maverick]

Originally Posted by Dirkules41

I would say its rather because he is from Europe. Other white player like Nash, Love or Bird get respect.

Yep, didn't see that at first. The two things combined, really. I remember Shaq calling tainted Nash's two MVP award, so it happens, but yeah, being a european is really adds to that misconception. In America, there is definitely a negative bias against european players, lot of people thinks that every european player is soft, and flops.