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					Originally Posted by docicu3
					
				 Actually no......please name me 5 great black collegiate players from that era who didn't play in the NBA then.  It was certainly oppressive but your trying to draw conclusions that aren't valid.  Auerbach was a pretty shrewd guy....He knew Russell was his key to immortality and that Bird would bring him a second dynasty.  McHale and Parrish for Joe Barry Carroll speaks for itself.... | 
	
 Seriously...
You are really serious with this?
How many blacks
 had a chance to go to college?
Please take a look at college rosters now compared
to the late 50's and early 60's.
And then still tell me the talent was fully tapped
with a straight face.... errr... without typing 
crooked
My conclusion is athletic talent was not as fully utilized
as it is today in basketball. You disagree, and say I am drawing
invalid conclusions... Yikes.