Is ‘white supremacy’ to blame for Jimmer Fredette mania?

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Jimmer FredetteKhalid Green, who spent the past decade as a Nets scout, made waves when he charged that racial bias akin to “white supremacy” plays a role in evaluating players. The Brooklyn native said there is still a search for the Great White Hope that blinds many scouts, and contributed to Jimmer Fredette being selected in the 2011 lottery despite glaring deficiencies in his game.

“I never got caught up in that hype. Hype, he was slow, and they were pushing [Fredette] too hard,” Green said on the “Bill Rhoden On Sports” podcast. “I actually had a conversation. One of the scouts at the time was like, ‘Well, if he was a black guy you’d really like him.’ This was in a meeting…