NBA Needs White Americans!

[NinoBrown]

72% are brothas, 18% are international and just under 10% are white players.

ESPN's Outside The Lines did a story on it.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4718857

I can't even name a GOOD white American player in the league. Wait Kevin Love just came back, there's one.

 

[Kizza]

It also needs to stop sucking

 

[Hometown Kid]

NASH

Although Canadian. >_>

Yeah, it's just a stereotype at this point. I don't really care about racial crap though so meh.

For some good white players, there's Ty Hansborough, (Florida's own) Mike Miller, and (Florida's own) David Lee. Ridnour, Nick Collison, Heinrich, and the ever awesome JJ REDICK are guys that are pretty good that I can think of. >_>

 

[Qwake]

I was gonna say JJ Redick :laugh:

There are lots of good white guys, its just that they aren't American, Dirk, Nash, Gasol and others.

 

[Kizza]

Andrew Bogut.

 

[Qwake]

^ rofl, he's actually pretty good, one of my favourite players outside of my favourite teams.

 

[Headfirst For Hardcore]

there's a bunch of good white role players, but no all stars. that pretty much sums up the Indiana Pacers too...
but the big reason why there's more Euros now is that they go to school for sports young. Redick sucks. but Hansbrough's an animal.

 

[NinoBrown]

Hansbrough even stepped on the court yet? Or is he still injured?

 

[reality check]

most of the white guys that are worldclass players are non-american.
best scenario here is to let the whites get to live the street-life with no money. Let it be like a decade and then I bet we will have few more whites in the NBA afterwards.

 

[Italian Outsider]

white americans are too busy giving america a future.

 

[gatesoftanhauser]

white americans are too busy giving america a future.

OMG, that's the funniest thing I've ever read here. +repped!

 

[gatesoftanhauser]

Kirk Heinrich (Bulls) is decent, but he's not MVP level or anything..

 

[Beer Money Army]

wouldnt the % of african americans be higher in the 80's/80's?

 

[PeepShow]

There hasn't been a white american starter in the all-star game since John Stockton in 1997.

 

[Soulpower]

What? The NBA is LOADED with white guys that can play :shifty:

Brook Lopez (Seriously, this guy is going to be an all-star in the future)
David Lee (A double-double machine)

And the rest:

Spencer Hawes (The white man's Bill Russell)
Brian Scalabrine (This generation's Larry Bird)
Chris Kaman (White man's Olajuwon)
Chris Andersen (White man's Wilt Chamberlain)
JJ Redick (Arguably, perhaps might just be the greatest shooter of all time... According to that one DVD commercial)
Louis Admundson

And the one white guy that has a ton of potential... Ryan Anderson.

By the way, if Blake Griffin ends up being great, I think he would qualify as a white person.