Why are there more black men in the nba that any other race.?

Answer 1

Because basketball is a city game.

Whoever is the dominant ethnic/racial group in the inner cities of the U.S. will also be the dominant players in basketball.

In the 1920s and 1930s, when the majority population of inner cities was Jewish, Jewish players dominanted basketball. It was literally said at that time that every Jewish kid was born with a basketball in his hand.

In the 1940s and 1950s, Jewish people moved out of the inner cities as they made economic advances. Blacks from the south took their place...wasn't long before basketball was dominated by blacks.

Answer 2

I don't mean to sound stereotypical, but people of African descent typically are more athletic. You see it in pretty much all the sports where thre is strenous physical activity; basketball, football, track, etc.

I read somewhere that they have a higher concentration of fast muscle twitch fibers which contributes to a higher vertical jump than other people. That might explain their prevalence in basketball.

And I don't think that it was because of "selective breeding" or "slave owners training them". Look at native Africans and they still are athletic. Even black people in the U.K. are athletic and play ball over there too.

I don't think that most black people are tall, it's just that basketball is a sport that calls for tall people. There are also tall white people. If the NBA was predominantly white, and you asked the same question, it would be stupid to say "Because white people are tall"

Answer 3

In the 1700's white people took black people in as slaves and the white people paired up strong black women and men and forced them to make children so there baby was strong and the white people killed most of the weak black people so only the strong blacks survived and till this day black people in the U.S are strong er than white people.

Plus they can jump 3 feet in the air :-)

Answer 4

Ask the owners of the teams. Black men can't help that they are being sought after for b-ball. It's not like they said, if you don't pick me...I'll sue! The decision to put someone on the team is from the front office of that team.

Answer 5

Because on average, African Americans are better athletes than any other race. They run faster and they have higher levels of endurance. Their red blood cells are also more efficient in delivering oxygen and removing carbon dioxide to and from your muscles and organs. You can make the same argument for soccer, and football.

Answer 6

Hey basketball is the poor man's sport.....before it used to be baseball but u know itz easier to start a game of baskebtall then it is baseball when ur broke....besides baskebtall u can play alone....even though thiers alot more poor white ppl than poor black ppl.......and u know it jsut looks better when ur better at bakestball then u are baseballl...its jsut tradition....black ppl like baksetball more. because thiers more hisotry of black ppl playin basketball than baseball....remmeber thier have been globe trotters and black teams way before black ppl were even allowed to play baseball.

Answer 7

black men play it in the streets, growing up, just like brazilians in soccer. they work out, get muscle, and their aggresiveness makes theem the best, 0ver 80% of NBA is black

Answer 8

Basketball is a poor man's game...all u need is something n the form of a ball, and a net, and u r good to go, and coming from the projects thats all we have to keep us out of trouble and doing something constructive........so is football

Answer 9

Because ya'll got an extra bone in your leg to make you faster and jump higher and basketball is the only free thing to do in the ghetto

Answer 10

Its a black sport