It’s not overblown the Celtics have been tied to damn near every potential star caliber player that was White going back to Keith Vanhorn remember...Not saying that Boston has been craving a potential white all-star more than winning...But a lot of the fans in Boston have been craving a white basketball star since Larry Legend.
HAVE they though? Or is that a narrative people run with because “well it IS Boston?”
There’s a thread right now on the front page about the C’s reportedly wanting Mo Bamba, who is as far away from Larry Bird as you can get in many ways, yet you’re of the belief that the most winngest franchise in the NBA just can never function without a white superstar. Their favorite player the last couple of years was a Black leprechaun in Isaiah Thomas, but they need a white basketball star? They can get the whitest of stars out, whoever that is, and he still ain’t Larry Bird, and any sane fan will understand that. It’s a stereotype. Many teams have them.
Boston = needs a white superstar
Jazz = needs a Mormon
Lakers = needs a flashy player who has entertainment side hustles
Knicks = needs a superstar from NY who loves defense and is into giving people boonks
Teams in flyover country =who gives a shyt? They should be grateful they have a team.
See how that works? They don’t need a white guy at the helm more than any other team. They’re third banana in that town regardless until Belichick and Brady leave and the Pats fall apart.