Nba becoming a suburban sport?

[Mr Hate Coffee]

For 99.9% it's not viable, but if your parents were D1 players then sure

I know that. What I’m saying is that if someone from the “hood” with potential says they want be a pro athlete people are always responding with “Why focus on that?!? You could be a doctor!” This was how it was when I was coming up.

Meanwhile people who played the sport are gearing their kids to follow in their footsteps. You can bet your top dollar that Cannon Curry will be prepped for an NBA career and not to be a lawyer, engineer, surgeon, etc.

Now switch back to the burbs today. I know many middle class parents who have a tall kid and are paying for trainers to get them to the next level. The goal being to get a hoops scholarship at worst. This is money that would typically go to paying for tutors. It’s just a shift I’m seeing in the stigma of pushing your black kids to play sports.

Hell Im 6’4” and my wife is 5’10”. Our 11 month old is already on the top 3% of height and weight for his age. Please believe I’m putting resources behind him to play ball if he shows promise. I already did the college degree + corporate job thing. It’s overrated

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

There is something to be said about the current system prioritizing these expensive leagues and travel teams and they in some ways do marginalize talent from the poorest areas.

If you’re not a part of a known program or academy it seems less likely you’re going to get a serious look and consideration from coaches and scouts.

It’s kind of messed up.

lets be real breh....if you're GOOD at a young age...you'll get scooped up and get a 'scholarship' to a prep school and 'sponsored' to play on a aau travel squad....

 

[#1 pick]

For 99.9% it's not viable, but if your parents were D1 players then sure

Or you got a good gene pool. Height and length runs in your family

 

[#1 pick]

I know that. What I’m saying is that if someone from the “hood” with potential says they want be a pro athlete people are always responding with “Why focus on that?!? You could be a doctor!” This was how it was when I was coming up.

Meanwhile people who played the sport are gearing their kids to follow in their footsteps. You can bet your top dollar that Cannon Curry will be prepped for an NBA career and not to be a lawyer, engineer, surgeon, etc.

Now switch back to the burbs today. I know many middle class parents who have a tall kid and are paying for trainers to get them to the next level. The goal being to get a hoops scholarship at worst. This is money that would typically go to paying for tutors. It’s just a shift I’m seeing in the stigma of pushing your black kids to play sports.

Hell Im 6’4” and my wife is 5’10”. Our 11 month old is already on the top 3% of height and weight for his age. Please believe I’m putting resources behind him to play ball if he shows promise. I already did the college degree + corporate job thing. It’s overrated

The little one gonna be pullin up from 30

 

[Apollo Creed]

I'm just happy to see more fathers at these drafts then the tired Son-Husband single mom thing

 

[Nero Christ]

I said some time ago, sports is becoming a hobby for trust fund babies...it's just that it has now switched from being sports like lacrosse & golf to the major league ones. Public school sports programs used to be somewhat of an equalizer but those are going the way of art programs unless those schools make big money off of it and/or it's part of their culture (the south & football).

Really, the NBA is just mirroring what society has been doing for some time now...the most undeniable talent will be caught & "nurtured", but fringe roles, well nepotism will eat those up. Now you're seeing nepotism get good enough to take the star roles too...no different than the nephew who got that senior role in the company.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I said some time ago, sports is becoming a hobby for trust fund babies...it's just that it has now switched from being sports like lacrosse & golf to the major league ones. Public school sports programs used to be somewhat of an equalizer but those are going the way of art programs unless those schools make big money off of it and/or it's part of their culture (the south & football).

Really, the NBA is just mirroring what society has been doing for some time now...the most undeniable talent will be caught & "nurtured", but fringe roles, well nepotism will eat those up. Now you're seeing nepotism get good enough to take the star roles too...no different than the nephew who got that senior role in the company.

look at all these geek looking dunking YouTubers lol. The internet + tech + money = greek equalizer.

It's a no brainer though the kids of athletes will those who are next up (i mean we have had 20yrs of trenches stories and now their kids + kids of the generations who had access to college at larger scale) are entering the league.

 

[get these nets]

I know that. What I’m saying is that if someone from the “hood” with potential says they want be a pro athlete people are always responding with “Why focus on that?!? You could be a doctor!” This was how it was when I was coming up.

Meanwhile people who played the sport are gearing their kids to follow in their footsteps. You can bet your top dollar that Cannon Curry will be prepped for an NBA career and not to be a lawyer, engineer, surgeon, etc.

Now switch back to the burbs today. I know many middle class parents who have a tall kid and are paying for trainers to get them to the next level. The goal being to get a hoops scholarship at worst. This is money that would typically go to paying for tutors. It’s just a shift I’m seeing in the stigma of pushing your black kids to play sports.

Hell Im 6’4” and my wife is 5’10”. Our 11 month old is already on the top 3% of height and weight for his age. Please believe I’m putting resources behind him to play ball if he shows promise. I already did the college degree + corporate job thing. It’s overrated

Think this is reaching a bit. Pro athletes pass genetics and resources down their children. If they show any promise and dedication, the initial goal is for them to capitalize and get a D1 free ride to college. As both Curry brothers did. There are dozens of sports related fields and if they are so inclined, their family connections are a pipeline into one of the related fields.
Parents of means are pushing their kids to land scholarships and degrees. Not to vie for the limited spots on pro rosters.

Every elite college athlete has dreams of going pro, but with wealthy parents there is less pressure on their kids to make it in sports. Their drive and competitiveness pushes them forward, not the hopes(and pressure) of taking family out of bad situations.

 

[IIVI]

At the end of the day the wealthy people like those working in tech are gonna be alright: they got secure, high-paying jobs and can probably find great work anywhere around the world.

They'll make enough money to support their kids, send them to camps and leave their kids enough money no matter if they make it or not. They also know that if their kids aren't gonna make it at the next level like that, they can shift their focus on academics and get a decent job like everyone else.

That's the thing about having kids and making sure your money is right as a parent: you can afford your kids more opportunities to take the absolute best shots that they can and they'll be fully backed by incredible resources while at the same time having less stress about what happens if they fall short of their dream. Now with remote work, parents have more time to bring them from place to place.

Bottom line: when you're a successful parent, that means your child has a high floor and a high ceiling.

 

[Remote]

lets be real breh....if you're GOOD at a young age...you'll get scooped up and get a 'scholarship' to a prep school and 'sponsored' to play on a aau travel squad....

Sure.
But that’s not as possible for late bloomers and other players who maybe don’t live in a market scouted by these major programs.

I’m trying to qualify every statement here as more likely and less likely.
I don’t want to make absolute comments.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Dunno whether the answer is yes or no but I feel like this is where current and former players could step in. If ever there was a time to build more rec centers, more community centers, and support local high school sports programs it would be now. At the same time most of us probably were in HS at a time when AAU was a big thing. So you either played AAU or knew kids who did. A lot of times, families couldn't afford those hotel rooms and it got covered by someone else. Whether it was the local basketball booster guys or even a church, families had help. I don't know how expensive it is now vs the early-mid 2000s when a lot of us were probably in that AAU range.

 

[Yehuda]

Cats really took his tweet to heart wow.

 

[Mull]

Basketball is doing itself a disservice. At the end of the day you’re going to always find the best talent in the trenchez. Doesn’t matter the level, most coaches don’t really want to coach so they’d rather navigate to the trust fund baby than take a chance on the kids who come from nothing.

 

[OfTheCross]

Dude left a tweet got ppl and nba players in their feelings .. honestly I think it’s gonna make the game worse in the future, they will be super skilled but have no “dog” in them











What y’all think?

It's an academy sport like Football (soccer)


That's what happens when you're the greatest gsme in the world

 

[Big Boss]

Basketball is doing itself a disservice. At the end of the day you’re going to always find the best talent in the trenchez. Doesn’t matter the level, most coaches don’t really want to coach so they’d rather navigate to the trust fund baby than take a chance on the kids who come from nothing.

Not really.


Some of the best players in NBA history are not from the trenches