With the 2016-17 NBA season beginning shortly, one player has noticed a dying breed in the league: J.J. Reddick.
In an interview with The Undefeated, Reddick gives his thoughts on how white-american players in the NBA have diminished.
“This is the first year where I’m like, ‘You know what, there are not a lot of white guys in the NBA,’ ” Redick told The Undefeated. “I was looking at the free agent list of guys still out there. I saw Chris Kaman, Kirk Hinrich. Those guys have all been in the league since I’ve been in the league.
“I was messing with Doc Rivers about it. The best white guy is probably Kevin Love. It’s interesting. Someone who has way more time on their hands, it would be an interesting idea to kind of figure out what is happening.”
In a study conducted by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, the NBA was 74.3 percent black and 18.3 percent white during the 2015-16 season. The league should attempt to fix this problem if they want to continue to market themselves internationally.