Contrary to belief, most NBA players grow up Middle to upper middle class. I posted the stats on here awhile back. You can tell by their names as well. The more afrocentric the name, the less likely they are to come from well off neighborhoods. But more common names like Marvin, tend to be from middle income households...
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I bet people think JR Smith grew up in the hood. Dude grew up in the suburbs around cacs.
WHY WOULD YOU SAY THIS?
To be fair, that's a theory a lot of people have. There was an investigation on it or there was supposed to be one.