Alternatively from Adamrises hypothesis, you should also be aware of how thoroughly American blacks hyper-focus on basketball. It's the absolute easiest possible sport to have in a ghetto because it's wildly cheap (really, you don't even need a net). American black kids absolutely idolize basketball players, and so do their parents, and their interest in basketball is as fervent as southerners are with football, and a level of autism that goes along with baseball fans. It's a bit wild.

As a result, these kids start playing basketball as soon as they can fucking move. Literally everyone has some knowledge or skill in basketball, so it's just simply a normal communal activity to grab a basketball if there is any amount of free time. Even though Actual Justice Warrior makes fun of "midnight basketball", they will literally do that. If the black kid gets bored, even in the dead of night, he will grab a basketball and start shooting hoops.

This makes the entire concept of the sport at a young age a wildly different dynamic. A white kid might have played basketball for the equivalent of a thousand hours at best if he was 13. For a black kid? He might already be at 10,000. Considering this is a sport black girls do not play, but black boys do play, the skill gap will be shocking.

This will also be readily apparent if you engage with black people in 2 other games: Spades & Dominoes. If you take it up for the first time, play against children, it's the only chance you have. They may let you win if they're your friends and want to encourage you. Honestly, games of Spades and Dominoes turn into full blown games of chess.