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Charles Barkleyhad a lot to say after ESPN analystKendrick Perkinssuggested NBA voters have a racial bias towards two-time MVP Nikola Jokić.
The radio hosts played a clip of Perkins saying, “When it comes to MVP voting, 80% of the voters are White Americans. 20% are others.”
Barkley, who called race a “touchy subject,” said that both of Jokić’s MVP awards were “well deserved” and questioned Perkins' claims that most voters are White. “Does he even know how many White voters are out there? Or did he just pull it out of his ass? And if White voters want to vote only for White guys, why has a White guy only won it like five times in the last 30 years? Wouldn’t the numbers be way worse?”
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As the NBA regular season winds down, Jokić is a favorite for the title again as he’s led the Denver Nuggets to the best record in the Western Conference. “Him, Giannis and Embiid are battling for the third one this year,” said Barkley, who suggested that “the notion that people are voting” based on ethnicity is unfounded.
source: people.com
