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Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
Give me a white comp for Hakeem or Jaren Jackson Jr. see how many you come up with then see how many black comps you come up with.
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Hakeem: Bill Walton, Aryvadis Sabonis, Nikola Jokic (honestly dont know, but Im not as old as you are to remember what Hakeem was exactly like, but there are a number of great back to the basket white centers)

JJJ: Chet Holmgren
 
SoberasHotRod said:
The projections are likely based off of thousands of data points that suggest that players with low 3pt percentages, but high ft% and 3pt attempts end up becoming good 3pt shooters in the NBA. You seem to think that 3pt percentages always go down in the NBA vs NCAA, but that isn't the case.
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Thousands?
 
Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
Fact is black athletes are bigger stronger and quicker than white athletes. When was the last time there was a star Olympic sprinter? There’s a reason black players basically dominate football and basketball.
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That's not a fact.

A fact is the upper echelon of elite athletes tend to be black. That doesnt really matter all that much for basketball because it's not a sport based solely in your raw athletic numbers.

But I truly believe a lot of these things are more representation leading to social bias (not fully, but to a degree). So you are a really fast white guy, but you see that everyone who is at the top of the sport isnt white, so you dont train as hard because you view it as being an unachievable goal and you pursue a different sport. I think this happens a ton in football more than any sport. White athlete? Make him a QB. Black athlete? He's going to play WR.
 
Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
Fact is black athletes are bigger stronger and quicker than white athletes. When was the last time there was a star Olympic sprinter? There’s a reason black players basically dominate football and basketball.
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agreed. If someone disagrees then maybe they can name the last white 100 meter olympic gold medalist.
 
Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
Can you find even a half decent black comp for Bird, Chris Mullen, and pistol Pete Maravich and Luka Dončić?
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Luka is tall Harden. I only caught glimpses of Bird... you are old as **** so I have no comps for Pete Maravich. Durant is kinda new age Bird maybe. Mullin... Klay/Rashard Lewis? You are comparing a by gone era.

You can use white comps all you want... if you feel a need to use it as a qualifier then you just aren't looking deep enough.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Hakeem: Bill Walton, Aryvadis Sabonis, Nikola Jokic (honestly dont know, but Im not as old as you are to remember what Hakeem was exactly like, but there are a number of great back to the basket white centers)

JJJ: Chet Holmgren
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There are no comps to Hakeem lol. He was one of the most unique and dominant players ever.
 
rippimpc said:
If Hakeem played today he’d probably be giannis
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I could see that maybe... Embiid has a little bit of the post stuff. Hakeem was just so dominant on both ends and just made all the right passes. I think Jokic is ironically the closest comp on offense.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Luka is tall slower less quick and less vertical Harden. Durant is kinda new age faster and more vertical Bird maybe. Mullin... a slower and less bouncy Klay/Rashard Lewis? You are comparing a by gone era.

You can use white comps all you want... if you feel a need to use it as a qualifier then you just aren't looking deep enough.
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Fixed
 
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