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According to racial equality activist Richard Lapchick, the NBA in 2023 was composed of 70.4 percent black players, 17.5 percent white players, 2.2 percent Latino players of any race, and 0.2 percent Asian players. Additionally, 9.7 percent of the players were classified as either multiracial or "other" races. [2] The league has the highest ...
By 2020, 81.1% of players in the NBA are Black (if mixed are also counted as black), 17.9% white, 12.5% mixed race (mostly half-black half-white), and 1.1% of other races. [15] [16] The league has the highest percentage of Black players of any major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. [17]
In the early 1970s, as the numbers and capital of African American players grew, Abdul-Jabbar, along with many NBA Black players, grew fed up with white Americans’ restricted expectations of ...
African Americans accounted for 75% of players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) near the end of 2008. [20] According to the latest National Consortium for Academics and Sports equality report card, 65% of National Football League players were African Americans.
The number of international players in the league rose after the formation of the Dream Team when NBA players were allowed into Olympic play starting in 1992. Global interest in basketball subsequently soared. On opening day of the 1991–92 season, NBA rosters included 23 international players from 18 countries. [6]
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Half of the NBA’s 30 teams have African-American head coaches with Ime Udoka leading the Boston Celtics to NBA Finals in first year as an NBA head coach.
The increase in foreign players in the NBA has helped players born in the United States because, with more players from multiple countries, the outreach of the NBA is global and has been key to the NBA's success. [23] This has allowed for the average NBA player's salary to increase from $246,000 in 1982 [13] and 1983 to $7.7 million in 2019 ...