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Milwaukee Bucks star Patrick Beverley has come under fire for naming his top five ‘whitest black’ players in the NBA. 

The polarizing guard, 35, revealed his list during the latest episode of his ‘Pat Bev Podcast’ with co-host Adam Ferrone, after the pair previously listed their top five ‘blackest white’ NBA stars. 

Furrone refused to participate in this edition saying he was ‘in no position to’ as a white man, leaving Beverley to unveil his list. 

In order, Beverley named Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen, Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner, Philadelphia 76ers center Mo Bamba, Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams and New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum.

The controversial list quickly sparked backlash, particularly from Bamba, who took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to hit back. 

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Patrick Beverley has come under fire for naming his top five ‘whitest black’ players in the NBA

The controversial list quickly sparked backlash, particularly from 76ers center Mo Bamba

‘Alright, I got time today @patbevpod,’ Bamba posted. ‘I’m a top 5 black-white guy because I can properly articulate how I feel & how I see things? You a smart man, do your research. 

‘I’m not a gangsta to any capacity but I’m born & raised from Harlem. I made it off the block & out the trenches [sic].’

The Philadelphia center continued to fire back at Beverley, blasting him for sitting with his legs crossed. 

‘Secondly, sitting there with your legs crossed like that & asking your white co host to publicly question my blackness is one of the reasons why it’s hard to move the culture forward,’ Bamba wrote in his next post, alongside a laughing emoji. 

Beverley had explained that Bamba’s inclusion on the list was due to his preference to shoot 3-pointers rather than play inside and for his ‘finesse game.’

But Bamba wasn’t the only NBA player to take exception with Beverley’s shortlist with McCollum also hitting back. 

‘Ask [Damian Lillard] about me before you speak on my name,’ McCollum wrote in an Instagram comment on a video of the comments with Lillard a Bucks teammate of Beverley’s. 

Bamba took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to fire back at the Milwaukee Bucks guard 

Beverley explained Bamba’s inclusion on the list was due to his preference to shoot 3-pointers

Beverley explained the motivation to reveal the list came from a comment responding to the pair’s previous ‘blackest white’ players list.  

‘Let’s get right to it, people want to see,’ Beverley said. ‘We did the blackest whitest guys. I’m reading the comments, and I like to read comments. You guys should do a whitest blackest five.’ 

He later added that it doesn’t ‘have anything to do with their basketball game,’ but rather their ‘swag’. 

He also insisted that it was ‘all fun and games’ and that ‘all of them boys can hoop, all of them are in the NBA for a reason.’