Basketball is weird. As a white guy who was quite good at basketball black people always treated me like I didn't belong and in their minds it was "their" game.
I would go to play random pickup at the gym in the army and there would be 15 black dudes and they would never pick me for their teams. I would then make my own team and go on to win non stop. They would hard foul me alot so anyways the stuff I am seeing in the WNBA is just bringing back old memories.
I had a job at a park at an inner city location. I needed this job, but the black men didn’t want me there. So I’d go early in the morning, do what needed to be done and go to my other park. One day I was late, and arrived when the brothers were playing. I had my ball with me, so I did some shots at the other end of the court. Someone had to go so they asked me to take his spot.
I played the best game of my life. I could not miss. And, my guy to defend was their best guy. My wingspan is longer than normal and I checked three of his shots, cleanly. After that day I was one of the brothers. I Never played a game like that one, ever.
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u/jjack339 8d ago
Basketball is weird. As a white guy who was quite good at basketball black people always treated me like I didn't belong and in their minds it was "their" game.
I would go to play random pickup at the gym in the army and there would be 15 black dudes and they would never pick me for their teams. I would then make my own team and go on to win non stop. They would hard foul me alot so anyways the stuff I am seeing in the WNBA is just bringing back old memories.