Alright, let’s gab about them famous white fellas playin’ basketball in that NBA thing. You know, the tall guys runnin’ and jumpin’ with the ball. I watch ’em sometimes on that TV thingy, when I ain’t busy with the chickens.
First off, there’s this Nikola Jokic fella. He’s real good, they say. Big fella, strong like an ox. Can throw that ball real good, and he’s from over there in Europe, Serbia I think they said. He ain’t no skinny twig, that’s for sure. Folks say he’s one of the best, even got that fancy MVP award once or twice, maybe more, I don’t keep track of all that stuff, too much to remember y’know.
Then there’s that Bogdan Bogdanovic. Another one from Serbia. He’s a good shooter, they tell me. Not as big as that Jokic fella, but he can sure put the ball in the hoop. I saw him play once, he was runnin’ all over the place, like a chicken with its head cut off, but he got the ball in the net more times than not.
And don’t forget about that Ricky Rubio. He’s Spanish, I think, from way over the ocean. He ain’t no scorer like them other fellas, but he’s good at passin’ the ball, sharin’ it with his teammates. My grandson tells me he’s quick, real quick and he’s got flashy passes which is fun to watch, though I mostly just see him runnin’ back and forth but its good exercise I suppose.
- Now, they used to have this other fella, Dirk Nowitzki. He was German, I believe. Tall as a beanpole, he was. But he could shoot that ball from way out yonder. He ain’t playin’ no more, retired I guess. Got old, like the rest of us. He was good though, real good.
- And there was Larry Bird, way back when. Folks say he was one of the best ever. White fella, played real smart. I didn’t watch him much, was too busy raisin’ kids and tendin’ to the farm, but I heard the old man talkin’ about him sometimes.
My grandson, he likes to tell me about all these players. He says there ain’t too many white fellas in the NBA these days, mostly black fellas, he says. He told me some numbers, somethin’ like 70 percent black and only 17 percent white fellas playing which seems like a lot of black fellas to me, but I don’t pay too much attention to all of that, as long as they play nice.
There’s this Gordon Hayward fella, too. American, I think. Plays hard, runs fast. Seems like a nice young man, even if he ain’t as famous as some of them others. My grandson says he got injured a while back, but he’s still playin’. Tough kid, I guess.
And then there’s Kevin Love, he’s been playin’ a long time. Another American fella. Good rebounder, my grandson says. That means he gets the ball when someone misses a shot. Important job, I reckon. Gotta be strong to do that.
There’s also this Porzingis guy, real tall, from Europe too. Latvia, I think it was. He’s good, but gets hurt a lot, seems like. Hard to be good when you’re always sittin’ on the bench. My grandson said he’s really tall like over seven feet tall, that’s taller than anyone I know around here, must be hard to find clothes.
So yeah, there’s a few white fellas playin’ in the NBA. They’re good, some of ’em real good. But it ain’t easy, playin’ against all them other fellas. Gotta be tough, gotta be skilled, gotta be lucky too, I guess. Just like life, y’know.
Anyway, that’s all I know about them famous white NBA fellas. Time for me to go feed them chickens now.
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