There's a lot of individual choice involved in the NBA as well. Elite athletes will be elite athletes, but where they choose to devote their efforts early on ha

There's a lot of individual choice involved in the NBA as well. Elite athletes will be elite athletes, but where they choose to devote their efforts early on has ripple effects long afterwards. It's something of a trope that the best US soccer players are in the NFL or NBA, rather than playing futbol like their European athletic counterparts. Fun fact: professional basketball was once dominated by inner-city Jews https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/11/25/when-jews-dominated-professional-basketball/ https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/11/25/when-jews-d...