Jordan: “I had white friends that wouldn’t get picked up because they (scouts) didn’t feel they could play as good as the black guys could play. That’s not fair, but that happens.”
Jordan: “I had white friends that wouldn’t get picked up because they (scouts) didn’t feel they could play as good as the black guys could play. That’s not fair, but that happens.”
maybe this explains some of his awful draft picks lol
Sawitlivesry
Any 2k player who makes their myplayer white knows this pain when they go into the rec
Sylphid_FC
Is this why he loves big white men
ExtremeStructure618
Weāve seen his draft picksā¦.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhkh
This is why I’m not in the NBA
rowdydawg14
Jordan talking about the realities of 80s and 90s life lol.
Xodia444
The reason u aināt make your high school or college team wasnāt cause youāre white lol.
Islandkid679
Funny, we may have seen a variation of this in the MVP race….
FloralReminder
Cuz recruiters would hang around accounting firms back in those days.
makelitterofliterati
Any white boy who ever tried to get picked up on a hood basketball court can tell you that.
You usually guard the girl, the other white boy on the other squad or clearly the sorriest black dude on the other squad.
JWal0
soyou’retellingmethere’sachance.gif
id3535
I choose to believe this is the only reason Iām not a professional basketball player.
neuroticsmurf
Jeremy Lin would have been drafted — probably in the middle of the 1st round — if he was a different race:
>āHe lit up our model,ā said Morey. āOur model said take him with, like, the 15th pick in the draft.ā The objective measurement of Jeremy Lin didnāt square with what the experts saw when they watched him play; a not terribly athletic Asian kid. Morey hadnāt completely trusted his model ā and so had chickened out and not drafted Lin. A year after the Houston Rockets failed to draft Jeremy Lin, they began to measure the speed of a playerās first two steps: Jeremy Lin had the quickest first move of any player measured. He was explosive and was able to change direction far more quickly than most NBA players. āHeās incredibly athletic,ā said Morey. āBut the reality is that every **** person, including me, thought he was unathletic. And I canāt think of any reason for it other than he was Asian.ā
Try playing a skill position or corner as a white kid in the south lol.
POwerfuldeuce
So that’s why he always picks white tall guys during the Draft
jeeringllamas
If you can hoop you get what you deserve. Injury and acting stupid off the court are the only way 99% of players miss out on an opportunity. Not saying this video is completely bogus but yeah
ButtVader
Yep, Steph Curry didn’t get drafted higher because they didn’t feel he could play as good as the black guys
tuckberfin
I mean, I feel like its safe to assume the scouts in the 80’s and 90’s were primarily white.
Frozen_Shades
MJ regularly lost games to Larry Legend. He know what it took play basketball.
LyonsKing12
Off-season r/nba posting be all over the place
AI_Bot_69
110%. Played high level AAU ball against guys that got drafted, and FOR SURE white guys got no whistle. Lk, zero. Literally had to get mugged to get a call.
collapse1122
this explains some of his draft choices
Transnistria_is_real
Iām a decent – above average street ball player. Can score on all 3 levels and played D-1 football. Im best at screens, defense and shooting the 3. I play pretty regularly at LA fitness in Miami. Iām a European Guy and always wear my Luka jerseyā¦ rarely do I get picked up. And most of the time just have to wait for my downs. It actually gets pretty disrespectful where people will openly skip over me for a guy that just walked in the gym, and thereās been a few times I had to stand up to people for my downs.
The worst part is when itās my turn, half the gym wonāt want to play with me. Despite me being one of the most athletic and talented in the gym.
Thankfully Iāve developed some friendships with some of the regularsā¦ but ya it can be tough being the only white guy at La fitness
Psychological_News88
Happens every day across America at your local park pick up game .. white boy picked last and when he lights it up he is the park favorite itās a double edge sword . Lol
Earlier-Today
Of course it happens. It was already happening in the 80’s, and it’s how Red Auerbach was able to build that Bird’s Celtics team. Heck, Bird, the overwhelmingly best player of his draft, went 6th. Kevin McHale, drafted a year later, went third to the Celtics and is the only guy from his draft class in the hall of fame.
White guys were heavily undervalued at the time, except by Red – doing the exact same thing he did with black players in the 60’s.
MalikCunninghamMVP
This happens all the time in pick up. The most un athletic goofy ass black dude will get picked before a white/Hispanic/Asian player.
Exciting_Compote_547
Itās funny how all these white guys recognize and relate to this bias, but donāt believe it exists in the corporate workplace.
Downvotes commence lol
politicians_are_evil
I wish Adam Morrison panned out.
ebon94
This thread might finally get white people to believe in racism
CliveFlowen
Lol Jordan is captain save a white
rejjie_carter
This post is gonna do numbers here lmfao
Plastic-Dot-9278
The real reason why every white male in America worships Jordan
FlimsyCheeks
Dawg your friend just wasnt good n sounds like he blamed it on racist stereotypes
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Jordan, famously good at evaluating talent
Sorry MJ, Reddit knows more than you on this one.
maybe this explains some of his awful draft picks lol
Any 2k player who makes their myplayer white knows this pain when they go into the rec
Is this why he loves big white men
Weāve seen his draft picksā¦.
This is why I’m not in the NBA
Jordan talking about the realities of 80s and 90s life lol.
The reason u aināt make your high school or college team wasnāt cause youāre white lol.
Funny, we may have seen a variation of this in the MVP race….
Cuz recruiters would hang around accounting firms back in those days.
Any white boy who ever tried to get picked up on a hood basketball court can tell you that.
You usually guard the girl, the other white boy on the other squad or clearly the sorriest black dude on the other squad.
soyou’retellingmethere’sachance.gif
I choose to believe this is the only reason Iām not a professional basketball player.
Jeremy Lin would have been drafted — probably in the middle of the 1st round — if he was a different race:
>āHe lit up our model,ā said Morey. āOur model said take him with, like, the 15th pick in the draft.ā The objective measurement of Jeremy Lin didnāt square with what the experts saw when they watched him play; a not terribly athletic Asian kid. Morey hadnāt completely trusted his model ā and so had chickened out and not drafted Lin. A year after the Houston Rockets failed to draft Jeremy Lin, they began to measure the speed of a playerās first two steps: Jeremy Lin had the quickest first move of any player measured. He was explosive and was able to change direction far more quickly than most NBA players. āHeās incredibly athletic,ā said Morey. āBut the reality is that every **** person, including me, thought he was unathletic. And I canāt think of any reason for it other than he was Asian.ā
https://datwinning.com/2017/03/17/daryl-morey-confirms-what-we-already-knew-jeremy-lin-not-drafted-because-asian/
Try playing a skill position or corner as a white kid in the south lol.
So that’s why he always picks white tall guys during the Draft
If you can hoop you get what you deserve. Injury and acting stupid off the court are the only way 99% of players miss out on an opportunity. Not saying this video is completely bogus but yeah
Yep, Steph Curry didn’t get drafted higher because they didn’t feel he could play as good as the black guys
I mean, I feel like its safe to assume the scouts in the 80’s and 90’s were primarily white.
MJ regularly lost games to Larry Legend. He know what it took play basketball.
Off-season r/nba posting be all over the place
110%. Played high level AAU ball against guys that got drafted, and FOR SURE white guys got no whistle. Lk, zero. Literally had to get mugged to get a call.
this explains some of his draft choices
Iām a decent – above average street ball player. Can score on all 3 levels and played D-1 football. Im best at screens, defense and shooting the 3. I play pretty regularly at LA fitness in Miami. Iām a European Guy and always wear my Luka jerseyā¦ rarely do I get picked up. And most of the time just have to wait for my downs. It actually gets pretty disrespectful where people will openly skip over me for a guy that just walked in the gym, and thereās been a few times I had to stand up to people for my downs.
The worst part is when itās my turn, half the gym wonāt want to play with me. Despite me being one of the most athletic and talented in the gym.
Thankfully Iāve developed some friendships with some of the regularsā¦ but ya it can be tough being the only white guy at La fitness
Happens every day across America at your local park pick up game .. white boy picked last and when he lights it up he is the park favorite itās a double edge sword . Lol
Of course it happens. It was already happening in the 80’s, and it’s how Red Auerbach was able to build that Bird’s Celtics team. Heck, Bird, the overwhelmingly best player of his draft, went 6th. Kevin McHale, drafted a year later, went third to the Celtics and is the only guy from his draft class in the hall of fame.
White guys were heavily undervalued at the time, except by Red – doing the exact same thing he did with black players in the 60’s.
This happens all the time in pick up. The most un athletic goofy ass black dude will get picked before a white/Hispanic/Asian player.
Itās funny how all these white guys recognize and relate to this bias, but donāt believe it exists in the corporate workplace.
Downvotes commence lol
I wish Adam Morrison panned out.
This thread might finally get white people to believe in racism
Lol Jordan is captain save a white
This post is gonna do numbers here lmfao
The real reason why every white male in America worships Jordan
Dawg your friend just wasnt good n sounds like he blamed it on racist stereotypes