If you take the "race" out of it, one has to admit that LJ was treated more like a 5th rounder his first few years.
Given the amount of talent and desire he had, keeping a kid like that on the bench is like putting a chastity belt on Mr. Redrum_69's mom.
As far as the "downtrodden black man" part, I couldn't agree more with Mr. Iowanian. Black men in America often tend to overestimate the trouble they've seen ... as do we all. Ask any of the Lost Boys of Sudan.
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