Nba becoming a suburban sport?

[Osmar]

We are seeing the impact of the popularity of basketball increasing in the 80s and 90s. These players aren't "first in family to go to college" type anymore


DJ Wagner will be the first 3rd generation NBA player in a couple of years.

Banchero - Mom (WNBA)/Father D1
Holmgren - Father (D1)
Smith JR - Father (NBA)
Murray - Father (D1)
Ivey - Mom (WNBA)/ Father D1

 

[Shadow King]

I know

"Elitist" made it sound like you believe there's other reasons

 

[Tony D'Amato]

These new n1ggaz are a bunch of beige half breeds growing up on juice boxes, 2 parent households and private coaching from ex nba players. Its disgusting.

 

[mbewane]

"Elitist" made it sound like you believe there's other reasons

Well "Elitist" literally means that it's reserved to a small group of people, regardless of what the selection is based on. NBA's been around for 75 years and only like 4000 people have played in it. That's probably one of the most elitist groups ever to be part of.

 

[No1]

you're being disingenuous which everyone can see. lebron gets criticized by everyone from former players to analysts in his role in how the NBA turned into a buddy system but yea let's pretend he didn't.

bu bu but he's from the hood and has that dog in them. it's the suburban kids who are to blame. mentioning steph curry as if he didn't follow the lebron path to creating superteams.

How can everyone see it when they’re all siding with me laff:. I don’t even understand what you’re trying to say anymore. You’re attributing random shyt to me and just flailing. The overall premise of the thread and my only point was that American basketball is now mirroring other aspects of American society. The end. I never agreed with the notion that you need to be from the hood to have dog in you. You literally stated that Steph was an example of a suburban kid having more dog in them to prove your point and how showed how ridiculous that was. You keep harping on this “dog” point and ignoring the socioeconomic part of what I said, which is what everyone is agreeing with. You started off by saying you don’t care about that and that’s fine. But a lot of us do. The same way we care about having to send your kids to private schools in certain places to give them access to STEM and theatre programs. Stop focusing on that dog shyt which has nothing to do with me.

 

[The Villain]

This isn’t an NBA issue this is an america issue. The background you come from is the most important factor in how successful you will be in life in any field. Not just sports

It’s important to base your goals and judge your successes in life based on that and hope you can provide a better platform for your kids to build on in their generation. These hood “rags to riches” stories are less likely than having the winning lottery tickets

 

[IIVI]

Like I said in the other thread, when rich parents can start modifying their kids' genes like they're already starting to do in China

U.S. spy chief: China has done human testing to make super soldiers

U.S. intelligence agencies didn't immediately respond to requests for comment about whether China seeks super soldiers like those in such films as "Captain America."

www.nbcnews.com

Parents signing up their children for that 7'0, fast-twitch, 200+ IQ gene package.

Rich folks gap will increase like a mf through multiple fields.

Ya'll know that's coming right?

 

[tremonthustler1]

the money involved in this shyt is freezing a specifically demo out, i agree with that. how folks are addressing it seems sloppy tho

It doesn’t freeze the demo out. If anything it’s giving that demo a chance to leave the trenches to focus on getting to the next level. If you’re that talented, they’ll find you. You’re just not gonna be allowed to stay in the hood when you have a golden ticket.

Many of the kids that are ballers who are still in the hood are there because they’re too comfortable in their surroundings, not because talent hungry scouts chose not to trek to wherever they were.

 

[kt773]

You missing the point and it’s flying over your head .. y’all be reading just to argue .. have a good day my guy I ain’t going back and forth

This is a message board , just a discussion, why you acting zesty, go smoke some weed and chill lol

 

[ISO]

When was NBA players mostly from the “trenches”?

 

[ISO]

shyt is myth NBA players came from the trenches, I mean some really did like Isiah Thomas

but most these times these nikkaz was like a chris webber, coming from a good family not in the streets going to the best private schools for free playing basketball

nikkaz like Ron Artest were rare in the NBA in any era

I think all the fake hardwood gangstas and the AND-1 generation had people fooled or at least in the late 90’s/early 00’s it seemed to be an influx of players from the inner city.

I don’t think it was ever majority tho and the best players in the 80’s and 90’s like Jordan, Pippen, Bird, Barkley, Hill, D-Rob all came from rural and suburban environments.

It’s still a good amount of guys from the inner city tho.

 

[Big Boss]

i mean eventually it was gon happen

 

[Big Boss]

was Magic, Jordan, Barkley, from the trenches????

 

[SchoolboyC]

was Magic, Jordan, Barkley, from the trenches????

Barkley grew up poor in the country with a single mother, MJ & Magic both from two parent working class households

 

[Big Boss]

Not necessarily. I think what we’re seeing is the offspring of the first generation college athletes from the 80s & 90s start to make their imprint in sports. The NBA and even NFL are becoming legacy sports.

8 Americans were taken in the lottery of the draft this year, only two of them (Jalen Williams & Jalen Duren) didn’t have a parent that hooped professionally or at least played D1.

true most of these NBA players got their kids playing basketball.

just look at lebron, shaq, wade, melo etc