Grayson Allen looks to be the only American born white guy being drafted. There are a few other Euro guys, Doncic, Wagner, that guy on Kansas and a guy from Republic of Georgia. I just thought that was kind of interesting, given Duke’s silly reputation as White Guy U.
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I think DiVencenzo could be a late first-rounder if he comes out this year. I have a feeling he'll come back, though. He would be the go-to-guy next year for Nova.
I don’t disagree with that assessment.
If I was an NBA team I’d want Donte over Grayson. He’s got better quickness than Grayson.
We need to implement some programs at the youth level to get more white kids involved with basketball
Lol. That would be a good Onion story: “White Only” basketball league seeks to keep youths off streets in mid Manhattan.
I see what you did there.
That’s one of the things I love about baseball. By far the best league in this country when it comes to diversity among its players.
Yeah I’m certainly willing to explain the comment I made. I just took the post the guy made about white players as kind of like how MLB is making an effort promoting baseball in the inner cities. It’s obviously a joke the whole white kids getting involved in basketball thing.
I’m sure Luke Maye will be submitting his name in the draft at any moment.. and that will knock Marvin down a pick.
I think it’s dumb that talking about race is taboo. It’s one of my favorite points of conversation. There are six subjects that are universally funny to poke fun at in America: anything related to sex, farting/pooping, famous people, politics, getting hit in the groin, and racial stereotypes. I’ve been trying to come up with a joke that combines all six, but I don’t think DI could handle it.
Actually, I think it is Hockey now. In terms of how many different nations/languages
I don’t follow hockey much, but I have a hard time believing it would be considered the most diverse sport in this country.
Since Jimmer Fredette ruined it for all the white guards in the 2011 draft. Did you know there has been 1 white-american guard drafted in the lottery in the last 6 years?? Any idea who it is??
LUKEEEEEEEEEE "I don't play with my hair all the time anymore" Kennard.
LUKEEEEEEEEEE "I don't play with my hair all the time anymore" Kennard.
True statement. Although Zach LaVine and Klay Thompson are half-white. There might be others that I'm missing.
I guess that means they are alarmingly half-unathletic?
From a biological standpoint, players of mixed geographic origin (commonly referred to as 'biracial') are more likely to inherit a greater diversity of "athletic gene" alleles. That doesn't mean that all light skinned people of the world are better at sports; rather, you are more likely to be a unicorn (perfect mix of rare forms) if your parents come from two separate and unique gene pools.