Every Assault In The NBA Over The Past Year Has Occurred Toward White Players
Three times over the past year, an NBA player has assaulted another player during or before a game.
This week, Pistons' forward Isaiah Stewart punched Suns' forward Drew Eubanks during a confrontation before the teams' matchup Wednesday night.
Earlier this season, Draymond Green struck Jusuf Nurkic in the face.
Green stomped on the chest of Kings' guard Domantas Sabonis during a game last April:
In each, the NBA saw a black player assault a white player. Perhaps that's why the trend isn't receiving much attention.
White players account for just 16.8 percent of the NBA, yet accounted for 100 percent of the last three players assaulted in the NBA. How could that be?
What's happening here is that players are reacting overly emotionally in the heat of the moment. They are resorting to violence because of prior, charged-up animus.
Former players Kendrick Perkins and Gilbert Arenas mentioned last year that there are black players who think white players are not skilled enough to compete on the court with black players, and thus rely upon systemic advantages to compete.
"Most black [people] (and a lot of white guys) think white guys can’t hoop & need special treatment in order to be viewed on the same level," explained former college basketball player and Fox Sports Radio host Doug Gottlieb.
Specifically, Arenas said this is "our league" – as in a black league – and more-than-half-jokingly encouraged further violence toward white players.
Take a listen:
Arenas got his wish: a black player assaulted another white player this week.
The nasty view some players share about white competitors was notable in 2020 when players and media members supported Montrezl Harrell when he called Luka Doncic a "bitch ass white boy" to his face.
See, the media and social media repeatedly tell black players that their white counterparts are privileged. Black players are led to believe that white players are their enemies.
The press has uttered the phrase "The Great White Hope" several times over the past year regarding Jokic, Luka, and Caitlin Clark – subsequently telling black players that the majority white nation is rooting for them to fail because they are black.
That is, of course, a lie.
But when you hear a lie enough, you start to believe the lie – even if the facts don't support the claim. Evidently, there are black players in the NBA who now believe that lie.
NFL players feel the same way.
Tyreek Hill, A.J. Brown, and Richard Sherman each this week suggested that a black player would've been "kicked out of the NFL" had they reacted the way Travis Kelce did toward Andy Reid on the Super Bowl sideline.
That is also not true. Just look at Hill's history of domestic violence and the lack of consequences he has faced.
A dust-up on the court.
There's a natural feeling of abhorrence of those you believe are more privileged and fortunate than you. So, it's hardly stunning to see some black players lose their cool in a heated moment with a white competitor.
The trend is a combination of a more divisive culture and the rise of white superstars in basketball. Not since Larry Bird in the 1980s has a white player challenged for the title of the best basketball player in the world. Today, Jokic and Luka are arguably the two best players in the world.
Likewise, Caitlin Clark is the best women's basketball player in the nation. She is a phenomenon.
In fact, Dan Dakich and Jason Whitlock forewarn Clark could receive the same level of indignation – and perhaps violence – as white NBA players when she enters the WNBA next season.
"She's going to face a level of racism from black players, and she's going to face a level of hostility from lesbian players because she's not on team LGBTQ. She's a Catholic [and] she's got some boyfriend," which means she's going to walk into an extremely hostile environment," said Whitlock.
Recall how Angel Reese gestured aggressively in Clark's face last season upon winning the championship.
And how former WNBA player Sheryl Swoopes cited a series of lies last week to diminish Clark's legacy, lies on which Swoopes doubled down.
The resentment of white players is real. It's obvious.
These are the consequences of racial division and letting blatant anti-white racism go unchecked, as the sports media so often does.
If the over/under on another white player being assaulted in the NBA this season is 0.5 – take the over.
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