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I think the constricting of the Black middle class in NYC is by far the best theory I've heard.
What do we know about producing elite athletes in a skill based sport like Basketball?
the idea that poor athlete having more motivation and is therefore more successful. we know now is wrong; the more money you have, the more resources the better chance of becoming an NBA caliber athlete.
BUT
at a certain point the amount of money you stops mattering, there are only so many camps, training equipment you can buy for your child so in a city like NYC where there may be more black millionaires the amount of money isn't going to make up for the fact that their simply isn't enough of them.
a neighborhood in lets say in North Carolina with 100 black family's that make 70+K a year is going to produce more basketball players than a neighborhood in NYC that has 5 black millionaires.
you still have to hit the genetic lottery to be in the NBA, you want more rolls of the dice.
The best place to produce NBA players has got to be a place with a large amount of middle class to upper middle class black families.
What do we know about producing elite athletes in a skill based sport like Basketball?
the idea that poor athlete having more motivation and is therefore more successful. we know now is wrong; the more money you have, the more resources the better chance of becoming an NBA caliber athlete.
BUT
at a certain point the amount of money you stops mattering, there are only so many camps, training equipment you can buy for your child so in a city like NYC where there may be more black millionaires the amount of money isn't going to make up for the fact that their simply isn't enough of them.
a neighborhood in lets say in North Carolina with 100 black family's that make 70+K a year is going to produce more basketball players than a neighborhood in NYC that has 5 black millionaires.
you still have to hit the genetic lottery to be in the NBA, you want more rolls of the dice.
The best place to produce NBA players has got to be a place with a large amount of middle class to upper middle class black families.
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