Thank you OP for this thread. This has been my beef with sports since I was a kid.
With black players if they ain't shaped like greek gods then all the racist fans and racist media criticize their weight and how they are shaped. Think melo, harden and other black players.
Yet white players can look like they eat a bag of whoppers and white castles for breakfast and no one says shyt about their weight. For example how chubby Kevin Love was in minnesota or how chubby donic was in his rookie year or how chubby Jokic is and no one says shyt about how fat and out of shape they are. And if you say something about the white boys weight you get some push back. Like last year when folks called out Donic's weight you got the well he didn't have a chance to work on his cardio in the offseason and blah blah blah.
fukk that bull shyt...black players never get those excuses.
You see the same shyt in basketball when it comes to white boys playing defense. No matter how old a black player is (lebron) or how avg or slightly above avg an athlete they are for an NBA player (Harden). Black players are expected to play defense. No matter how much their offense load is. They are expected to play defense at a Bill Russell level. If not then media and fans run with the bull shyt that they are lazy, have no defensive IQ or are pouting.
But a white boy.....shyt if he young (Donic) or built like a greek god (KP) or has a big offensive load (Dirk) he is never expected to be a two way player and play defense. If you call them out on defense you get push back as well. Folks will mention their offensive load, or how they are unathletic to play defense even if as a offensive player they can jump out a gym (KP is a perfect example). Every damn excuse will be used to defend their lack of commitmemt on the defensive end (as they are hidden on defense game after game after game).