re: JJ Redick wants to know why are there so few white Americans in NBA

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to kind of figure out what is happening

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Bc white people can't be slaves and I've read several articles where rich black athletes say they're slaves.

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please tell me he just called Alton Sterling "Donald Sterling". oh the irony that he issue is so menial that redick can't even get his name right.

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the frick

A similar comparison would be latin americans or whatever they are called in baseball. Those frickers are good. Why? Because they play it since they were a fetus. That and soccer (but I dont want to mention the s word for fear this will turn into a gay bashing thread)

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You start young and do nothing but play the game and you will have superior skills.

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This is true. I started training my son at 7 years old.

Why did you wait so long?

Cause white people are all lazy and racist.

Everyone should read the comments on this article on ESPN's Facebook page, you will lose your last remaining hope in humanity.

The highlight is probably a black fellow comparing basketball and hockey. You know...all those black hockey players they have trying to get into the NHL...

Tell a whole generation of white kids they aren't athletic enough to play bball and this happens....those kids went to play baseball and football (in select positions).

Know where white kids aren't told they aren't athletic enough to play bball?.....Europe.

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So much is wrong.

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It's simplistic - doesn't mean it is all wrong.

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For one thing that statement implies that Africans never worked hard before slavery.

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Life in the sub-Saharan, pre-colonial and colonial eras wasn't easy, no question. I think the implicit natural selection of the harsh conditions set the stages for what is being suggested here.

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It also implies that things like quick twitch muscle percentage were developed genetically in a few generations when in fact it's a west African thing.

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This is the biggest genetic factor that is often overlooked by folks who dive into this issue without looking.

West Africans (and those of West African ancestry, the lion's share of slaves in the Western Hemisphere going back to the 17th Century) have a very high fast twitch/slow twitch ratio, as you suggest, whereas East Africans have it reversed. Most whites and those of Asian ancestry are more balanced. This is why West Africans excel (frick it, dominate) in explosive physical endeavors - at least to a greater degree than the other groups - such as sprints, jumps, vaults, and East Africans excel (frick it, dominate) as long distance runners.

Whites (and Asians) - it can be argued - are more well rounded, thus the many honkies in the Decathalon, at least compared to their track numbers overall. Keep in mind, there is a certain amount of baked in bias for this - honkies, generally, held the world record in the 200m as recently as 1968. As time has passed, white boys who might have been better sprinters have been pushed to middle distances (where they might just be mediocre), while brothers are generally pushed into sprints, regardless of their suitability for it.

In the U.S., for example, whites perform better in swimming - it is considered an upper middle class activity as swimming pools are expensive. Baseball requires a lot of time/equipment resources, whereas basketball just requires a pair of shoes, a ball, a hoop and 3 to 9 other guys who want to play. So, to a certain extent it is a proxy for class. When a nation (or culture) takes something very seriously, they tend to show up among the elite players (Japanese and Dominicans in baseball, Eastern/Southern Europeans and basketball, Jamaicans and bobsledding) regardless of whether or not it fits some racial expectations.

So, there are certain genetic markers and then there are cultural/socio-economic factors at work in all of this.

The whole "Jimmy the Greek" theory isn't necessarily wrong and it isn't necessarily racist - slavery was, at least in many places, probably tougher than just surviving Africa. In other places, it was probably easier, depending on how slaves were generally treated. It is a complex issue whose complexities are often glossed over because of the emotional investment in the issue many retain.

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white interest in the NBA seems to have diminished significantly over the last ten years and I expect white fandom to all but disappear by 2025.

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the NBA is getting more and more popular every year.

The league isn't run by complete jackass like some leagues