Lower class kids are still making it. They're just not from America for the most part.
Is basketball now a sport for the rich? Half players have a pro athlete parent
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At the end of the day, athletes make athletes.
Like Luka Doncic, even the brehito in next year’s draft is from a parent who played professional basketball.
Same draft class next year has Koa Peat who’s father played in the NFL as an offensive linemen and brother is a x3 Pro-Bowl Left Tackle.
Like Luka Doncic, even the brehito in next year’s draft is from a parent who played professional basketball.
Same draft class next year has Koa Peat who’s father played in the NFL as an offensive linemen and brother is a x3 Pro-Bowl Left Tackle.
thats likely due to the international sports club culture... futbol basketball etc. these institutions are local pieces of infrastructure... oftentimes to the point of having perpetual dues paying members and even babysitting! (came across the babysitting example through Brazilian futbol futsal and basketball clubs)
lil black kids having institutions and instructure developed around them in the United States?! child please... people will lose elections funding etc behind even tryna sell such a concept . these lil nikkas out here on they own
Fathers broke the cycle of being the cat from the hood from a single mother home now investing in their kids to avoid their mistakes and keep the momentum going
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I'm also a former pro athlete, 7 foot 3, Olympic gold medal winner and certified legend in my sport. My 7 year old can dunk on 9 foot rims and hit 3s from 30 feet out. He crossed up Brandon Jennings' son in a scrimmage, broke his ankles and put him in the hospital. My genes are impeccable, raw testosterone, fukking unparalleled!!if I'm a former pro athlete and my kid has potential to be an elite athlete. I would put them in basketball, soccer, baseball.
anything but CTE ball.
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This guy is sloppy. The Wall Street journal article he mentions doesn’t say at least one parent who is a professional athlete.
The study says close to half are related to current or former elite athletes. They define elite as professional athletes, anyone who played collegiate (NCAA) or at a “national team level.”
It shouldn’t be any surprise that a professional athlete would have a family member or relative that has reached that level. A guy in the nba whose sister competed in shot put in college was included
The study says close to half are related to current or former elite athletes. They define elite as professional athletes, anyone who played collegiate (NCAA) or at a “national team level.”
It shouldn’t be any surprise that a professional athlete would have a family member or relative that has reached that level. A guy in the nba whose sister competed in shot put in college was included
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It’s not just basketball, all of sports in America have become that way. Basketball was just the last sport to do so.
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How is football this costly? You don't have tournaments every week for example.
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Disagree. In football the earlier you get them in the better it is for them.if I'm a former pro athlete and my kid has potential to be an elite athlete. I would put them in basketball, soccer, baseball.
anything but CTE ball.
My son plays year round in the northeast (tri-state area) and he's a year 2 player (played his first year at 7.
There's some kids who started at 3 years old up here.
are you a former professional athlete?
