What is the explanation of why White American players fell off in the 2000s vs White International players

[mastermind]

The pressure to be the next Larry Bird was tagged on every half way decent white hoopster from America. White reporters want and hope that these players are better than they are.

Saw it firsthand happen to Keith Van Horn.

Bird was a dog, these other guys are not dogs.

This is nonsense, and I hope no one daps it.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

they backdooring their way in via a whole bunch of mixed hoopers

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Regardless of color , most of the best players are international ...

 

[jerniebert]

Looking at the draft this year you're probably going to start seeing a lot more biracial players.

 

[Erratic415]

The league was more black than white before Gatorade told boys to be like Mike.

 

[Another Man]

I can't fight all the trash posts on this site by myself. @Another Man come handle my lightweight

Call out to another man for help brehs

 

[Unfiltered]

I think athleticism is a factor, I remember Kevin Mchale, Tom Chambers, Sabonis SR and more and they would ball but today the brothers are much more athletic, Rudy Gobery, Miles Turner and all. I think alot of 7 foot cacs would get blocked all game.

The PG position is just a waste of time, they don't have the speed usually to keep up and not physical enough, we seen Norris Cole manhandle Jemery Lin like a child.

All they really have is 2 guard catch and shoot, (herro), Duncan Robinson came and went, most these white dudes they can play but when it gets real and brothers turn up the heat they usually aren't physical enough to compete.

Just the truth.

I really think Herro got the bad due to skin color, he's not really that nice and isn't strong enough at all to play the 2 effectively.

Cacs at least in the past had the C and PF position with height they can fade away or Jump shot all day, now these dudes struggle.

Euro Cacs are just these days tougher and looking at Dallas #77 they play bigger than what they are, they physical and can take a beating.

Draymond is barely 6'6 and he shutting down centers, what can a unathletic cac do against that?

 

[Rottweiler]

Many white kids are steered towards football or baseball in high school

 

[Cladyclad]

ath·let·i·cism

imo this is why I say this era is by far better than any era. White boys are pretty skilled but they don’t have that trait to compete. idgaf what y’all say Payton Pritchard would dog walk Stockton. and that cracker a career back up

 

[Cladyclad]

Many white kids are steered towards football or baseball in high school

More whites play basketball than ever they just can’t hack like that

 

[010101]

euros are in pro organizations as soon as puberty hits

surrounded by their own culture they develop with no damage to their confidence

whit eboys in the states have to go through the fire of leaving their support system to face the best competition (basically all aa youth)

most will tap out once they see they can't get that ego boost & go play another sport where they get their self esteem built up


american born cac hoopers that make it to a high level are a different breed of cac & at that point they damn near ain't cacs anymore ha

the success of euro pros is doing a lot for american born cacs & they are sticking with hoops more so keep eyes peeled for the next phase of palebone nikkas coming around

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[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

They not good enough to leave college early
White guards under 6’4 are useless
Not skilled enough
Not athletic enough

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Unlikely to train year round on it as opposed to mixing in other sports then gradually taking their chances elsewhere

 

[FaTaL]

From 1999-2022 there has been 4 All-NBA selections for White America Players
36 year old John Stockton, Kevin Love twice and David Lee
Tyler Herro is the most likely current White American player to make an All-NBA team

In comparison their has been 38 All-NBA selection for White International players
For reference there has been more All-NBA selections for Serbian players population 7 million, Spain 47 million and the same amount as Slovenia 2 million
1 White American has finished in top 6 MVP voting during this period which is Kevin Love
White International players has been top 6 MVP voting 14 times

Easy, much bigger genetic pool

 

[Professor Emeritus]

For reference there has been more All-NBA selections for Serbian players population 7 million, Spain 47 million and the same amount as Slovenia 2 million
1 White American has finished in top 6 MVP voting during this period which is Kevin Love
White International players has been top 6 MVP voting 14 times

That's just statistical cherry-picking though. You're talking about 1-2 players getting those All-NBA selections for each country you listed. That's just random, the players had to be from somewhere. Meanwhile you're ignoring dozens of European nations that didn't have any All-NBA selections at all.

You should be comparing the White population of USA to the White population of Europe if you want a fair comparison.