Oh, C'mon John Wall can't be that bad!

I was reading the Washington Post this morning and on the front page, in bold color ink was a picture of John Wall and the Washington Wizards coach. My first assumption, just by looking at the picture, was that they both were merely discussing some pointers that could help Wall improve in the remainder of the game. Then my eye scrolled to the top of the page and the title exclaims "Wall needs some coaching up!" Now normally I only read the newspaper for the comics section, but today the article caught my attention so I continue to read on.
With African American males, there is a stigma attached to playing basketball. You must be fast, agile, and coordinated: the full athletic package. Some people fail to consider that there is a great deal on smarts and thinking involved in this sport; those that do, don't think African Americans have the smarts of basketball. Here, Thomas Boswell reinforces this stereotype stating that John Wall doesn't have the mental ability to be a the basketball player he wants to be. As I read on Boswell states, "In two respects, he is acutally one of the worst players in the league." At that moment, I asked myself, "there's no possible way that John Wall is the worst player in the league." To me, since there is such a high standard for African Americans to be athletic and perform well, that they overlook Caucasian players that do not perform well.