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Who is the best white dude in the NBA that is not European?
Mar 4, 2020, 11:06 PM
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Are there any? Kevin Love maybe. How come bunch of European dudes can play and American whites don’t make it? Weird.
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Re: Who is the best white dude in the NBA that is not European?
Mar 4, 2020, 11:59 PM
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Can we count Jimmer?
Otherwise known as the best college player not to make an NBA roster?
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Re: Who is the best white dude in the NBA that is not European?
Mar 5, 2020, 4:28 AM
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Jimmer made an NBA roster, but yeah he was a serious bust and he was barely there. He still made millions though. He was such an odd player. His D must suck.
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Re: Who is the best white dude in the NBA that is not European?
Mar 5, 2020, 4:45 AM
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Jimmer is probably the biggest richest white American basketball player outside the US. He scores like 35-45 every night. I think he is happy with his niche and said screw NBA? Can't believe he couldn't make a US team if he truly wanted too?
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Re: Who is the best white dude in the NBA that is not European?
Mar 5, 2020, 5:13 AM
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He wanted to make the NBA. He tried numerous times and tried again before this season. He couldnt make it. His goal has always been the NBA. ESPN did a segment on him last year. He was in China at the time.
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Re: Who is the best white dude in the NBA that is not European?
Mar 5, 2020, 12:07 AM
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They're all playing golf, tennis, and of course hockey..........
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Re: Who is the best white dude in the NBA that is not European?
Mar 5, 2020, 4:23 AM
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They play more basketball than those sports. They just don't shine past HS and college.
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Larry Bird!!***
Mar 5, 2020, 12:18 AM
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Re: Larry Bird!!***
Mar 5, 2020, 12:27 AM
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Should have said Current Player
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Gordon Hayward***
Mar 5, 2020, 3:13 AM
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Re: Gordon Hayward***
Mar 5, 2020, 4:22 AM
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Yep...Hayward and Love are the only two options.
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Re: Gordon Hayward***
Mar 5, 2020, 7:11 AM
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Pretty sure JJ Reddick is still in the league. I know he getting older now, but he has always been good.
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Re: Gordon Hayward***
Mar 5, 2020, 7:14 AM
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Yeah he is on the Pelicans. He is towards the end and just okay now.
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Re: Who is the best white dude in the NBA that is not European?
Mar 5, 2020, 4:36 AM
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Donte divenczo. I think he is a future star
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Re: Who is the best white dude in the NBA that is not European?
Mar 5, 2020, 5:44 AM
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Kyle Korver has had a really good career and is still in the league.
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All white people came from Europe
Mar 5, 2020, 8:15 PM
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Re: Who is the best white dude in the NBA that is not European?
Mar 5, 2020, 6:05 AM
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He was solid with Nova.
On a different note. After watching, Luka Doncic last night, I think he is already the 2nd best white player ever already. I realize he isnt American, but he is such a freak. He is top 5 player in the league already imo. He is only 21 too.
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Seems like a stretch. Byrd and Dirk alone are
Mar 5, 2020, 9:00 AM
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tough to top. Nash, McHale, Stockton, Pete, West, Cousy, etc.
Luca looks like he has HOF potential but Bird is top5 or at least top 10 all time and a few of these other guys are top 25 or top 50 players. Luca has a long ways to go to get in there.
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Re: Seems like a stretch. Byrd and Dirk alone are
Mar 5, 2020, 9:09 AM
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Bird is the best all time. Cousy would be like Bob Hurley today. He might not even make the league. Luca is better than anyone other than Bird already. He is a freak. Stockton is hard to compare too. They are so different.
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Trying to directly compare players from different generations
Mar 5, 2020, 9:28 AM
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is opening a whole new can of worms. Its much easier to compare them to their peers. However, Dirk just retired and Nash would still be great in the modern NBA.
With those other guys you have to assume they would be better players given the opportunity to train with modern nutrition, technology, training staffs, etc. Obviously some players that excelled 50-60 years ago would just be too small and too unathletic to do so in the modern NBA, but most of these guys would just be better versions of themselves due to the things I mentioned above.
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Re: Trying to directly compare players from different generations
Mar 5, 2020, 10:17 AM
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Cousy would be lucky to start for Duke let alone make it to the NBA. There's a reason you rarely see white pg's in the NBA. Cousy on Westbrook? Westbrook would score 80.
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I hate to say it, but I can no longer name a white player in
Mar 5, 2020, 6:36 AM
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the NBA...............
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I hate to say it, I can't name but 3 players total..
Mar 5, 2020, 8:37 AM
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Lebron James Harden Steph Curry
That's pretty much all the attention that the NBA gets from me.
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There's white players in the NBA?
Mar 5, 2020, 6:58 AM
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Really?
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Re: There's white players in the NBA?
Mar 5, 2020, 7:09 AM
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Lots of them.
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You're full of it!!***
Mar 5, 2020, 8:08 PM
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