*Gilbert Arenas has taken notice of Rex Chapman’s comments on the declining role of white American basketball players…and he approves.
Arenas agreed with most of Chapman’s comments, adding that parents of white American players dissuaded white American players and, unlike their European counterparts, are being coddled.
“This is great information…,” Arenas said. “We know the white Americans got pushed out of the NBA and the Euro took over white America. That’s who is the new white person.
He added: No one really explained what happened to the white American (player)… White parents were discouraging their kids from going down this road in sports…”
“Watching AAU, it’s true,” he continued. “I don’t know what a parent is telling their kids. When the player doesn’t play, or the coach is yelling at a player, those parents transfer… Kids are not being coached anymore. They are being coddled… That sh*t is hurting a group of people.”
Furthering his point, Arenas mentioned how the competitive spirit of the white American players was taken by their parents.
So much so that the combination of players shying away from competition and aggressive coaches is more a liability than an asset for fans of the NBA’s white American players, reports Yardbarker.
“You’re taking away competitive (spirit) so they’re not being competitive anymore…,” said the athlete. “When you go overseas, it’s ‘F**k you!’. They don’t care about anything. The coach hits you, spits on you, do all that. You learn tough skin from an early age. Here you yell at a kid too loud and he cries, trust me he ain’t coming back next week.”
Despite having players like Chet Holmgren, Austin Reaves, Tyler Herro, and Donte DiVincenzo, the fact is in today’s NBA, white American players are a rare commodity, whereas European standouts Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, and Lauri Markkanen have appeared among the most popular and biggest names among NBA fans, Fadeaway World notes.
As for the league’s fans, the decline in white American NBA players doesn’t raise much of a ruckus
“NBA fans aren’t likely to be concerned about the white American players’ declining presence in the NBA, as the quality of the sport and players are still very high,” Fadeaway World noted. And as things stand, there haven’t been any notable barriers to entry for white American players in the league.
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