Changing Hoop Dreams

june 3, 2003  10:40 am
Changing Hoop Dreams
The NBA's Western Conference is shooting the lights out with big white men from outside the United States. Conspiracy theorists may see a corporate push to "ace out the black man," Dan McGraw writes in The Village Voice. The real reason for all the foreign talent may be a lucrative overseas television market and new league rules that favor mid-range shooting and discourage one-on-one play, he says.