"Black" and "White" Styles of Basketball Since I don’t know that much about basketball, I really can not analyze the sport itself. But, I do think that Jeff Greenfield wrote a pretty good description on “black” and “white” basketball. Greenfield’s observation on basketball style between “black and “white” was a little confusing to me as I was reading. From, what I understand Greefield is trying to say is that “white” basketball seems to do more running back and forth, waiting for an open opportunity to shoot the ball into the basket. Where “black” basketball seems to take more challen