After segregation was lifted in the National Basketball Association and African Americans were allowed to showcase their skills at the highest level, the sport’s demographic paradigm began to shift radically. At one point in the late 1970s, it became almost exclusively black, which turned off the mostly white customer base at arenas.
The trend has been going in reverse in recent years, especially with the aid of foreign superstars who have come to the NBA. Below are the best white NBA players of all time.
