I've actually been watching the NBA playoffs quite earnestly this year..never really watched much NBA before,just kinda got bored with baseball and football after 25 years or so of watching that...and it seems to me that there is a higher percentage of white players in the league(starting and playing off the bench significantly)than in years past..I'll bet that the percentage of blacks in the NFL ~70% is greatre than in the NBA..I suppose its becuase BB is more of a universal sport and therefore the NBA can draw players form countries as widespread and diverse as China and the Czech Republic..though the Mavericks look like they came from the Louisiana swamps