I was with you until you asked about Boston's black population. The mere fact of being black does not make you a great or even good basketball player. FYI Boston proper has had a strong black community for decades. Today the Black population is over 25% of the entire city, far outpacing the national average.
But to your original point, which was a good one, im not so sure what has caused the uptick. Ive noticed the same thing. Certainly an interesting question. Of course this class could simply be an outlier.
I never said there wasn't a sizable preexisting black community in Boston. Nor did I suggest being black somehow guarantees that you will be a good NBA player or athlete.
I was merely making a corny joke that a black population INCREASE ("increase" does NOT mean none existed before) in the 90s is a possible explanation for the INCREASE in NBA-level basketball talent in Boston the last two years.
Since the NBA is primarily composed of Black Americans I'm not sure where the controversy is. I think you just misunderstood what I said.
And yeah, I forgot about Michael Carter-Williams. The 76ers stole our team! Don't they also have the Hornets' pick? They could potentially draft Vonleh AND Selden and have a 4/5 Boston-bred starting rotation!
1: MCW
2: Selden
3: Non-Boston guy
4: Vonleh
5: Noel
People get a tad bit touchy when you bring up race, but you weren't doing it in any kind of derogatory way. If you take the racial make up of the United States and the racial make up of the NBA, there is an enormous disparity.
For some reason, other countries are able to produce top level players of all races, but not the U.S. I enjoy watching the best basketball players in the world and a good number of those are in the NBA - that is awesome.
Overall, it is great to see more prospects coming out of the Boston metro area.
Topic: When did Boston (the area) become a hotbed for NBA prospects? (Read 5997 times)