How the hell is New York the mecca of basketball????

[rage]

There not talking about the knicks in present day.

When they say NY is the mecca of basketball they mean thats were it started. Thats were the best street ballers started. Thats were they hold tornys every year. They play AAU games at the rucker.

Also NY is a big basketball state. The knicks are more loved then the giants and jets.

It did not fucking start there...this is a big misconception. A Canadian invented it, the first ever organized game was played at the Y in Springfield Mass, the first ever professional game was played in Toronto. Who gives a fuck about streetballers? If NY wants to be the mecca of AND1 fine...so be it. But real professional basketball never started in NY, nor did the Knicks ever win anymore than 2 chips. Boston, LA, Chicago, Philadelphia all have much more of an impact than NY.

 

[thatni99ajahmal]

nowhere in any of your posts do you say anything about born and raised. Stop trying to change shit up after the fact.

So what if MJ was born in Brooklyn he didnt learn to ball playing in NY so that shit holds no ground

 

[MillzOG]

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[OFWGKTA]

It did not fucking start there...this is a big misconception. A Canadian invented it, the first ever organized game was played at the Y in Springfield Mass, the first ever professional game was played in Toronto. Who gives a fuck about streetballers? If NY wants to be the mecca of AND1 fine...so be it. But real professional basketball never started in NY, nor did the Knicks ever win anymore than 2 chips. Boston, LA, Chicago, Philadelphia all have much more of an impact than NY.

na. ask any player in the league were they like to play at the most. Its MSG. why you think kobe, lebron, wade, and melo always go off when they play there.

 

[Copper]

hater thread

GOAT gif.......

 

[R.D.]

i dont even know anymore

The best ballers come from the DC/Maryland area

 

[dc's teflondon]

the Knicks never win shit, New york doesnt have a dominant college team....and I cant think of a player that was born and raised in new york that is considered the best or top 5 of all-time....yet all I hear from new yorkers is that they hail from the mecca of basketball and about the rucker or madison square garden....and all the hyped up ball players that come outta NY never live up to thier potential....niggas should stick to dancing and harlem shaking with basketballs under thier shirts and leave competition to the rest..

jordan, oscar and bill russell are from the south

kobe and wilt from philly

bron, wade, bird magic are from the midwest

kareem from ny

 

[greenwood1921]

kareem from ny

Damn near every state can claim at least one GOAT athlete. Mickey Mantle is from Oklahoma, don't hear nobody calling Oklahoma the "mecca" of baseball.

Bottom line is the whole "mecca" shit was manufactured by the media and then gobbled up by native New Yorkers. But there's NOTHING that supports that shit.

 

[Focal Point]

Holy Ground for balling... NYC, The Rucker... but Indiana, Philly, Chi, and NJ got some shit with them

 

[Copper]

kareem from ny

so 1 great make u the mecca??

 

[dc's teflondon]

so 1 great make u the mecca??

i was just pointing out they got at least 1 great player

 

[rage]

na. ask any player in the league were they like to play at the most. Its MSG. why you think kobe, lebron, wade, and melo always go off when they play there.

WTF? Nigga, Bron, Wade and Kobe all had the opportunity to go the Knicks....all of them niggas pulled a Tupac on NY.....the only reason they go off when they play there is because the Knicks suck and its easy for them to torch them niggas.

 

[Copper]

i was just pointing out they got at least 1 great player

which still pretty much proves my point......

 

[OFWGKTA]

WTF? Nigga, Bron, Wade and Kobe all had the opportunity to go the Knicks....all of them niggas pulled a Tupac on NY.....the only reason they go off when they play there is because the Knicks suck and its easy for them to torch them niggas.

Kobe had 61 points, the most ever in that arena.

Then the day after Lebron had a triple double.

When a team is bad you slack off. but niggas bring their A games at all times when they play there.

 

[white715]

HOF or future HOFers

Kareem
Bob Cousy
Billy Cunningham
Nate Archibald
Red Auerbach
Dr. J
Bernard King
Larry Brown
Sam Perkins
Lenny Wilkins
Chris Mullen
Dolph Schayes
Connie Hawkins
Mark Jackson

All from NY not to mention the Harlem Globetrotters and all the streetball legends. But with that said Indiana probably has as much right to be called the Mecca.

 

[D.D.S.]

[video=youtube;yXA8z8fowf8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXA8z8fowf8[/video]

straight ether rite chea.

 

[greenwood1921]

[video=youtube;yXA8z8fowf8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXA8z8fowf8[/video]

straight ether rite chea.

Dude ether'd himself and New York simultaneously, lol. ON PURPOSE.

EDIT:

This. Dude. Just. Murdered. New. York.

Just imagine him and Lebatard in the same studio. lol

 

[Copper]

outside of kareem thats a whos who list of pretty good to good players....doesnt qualify u to call that region the mecca though

 

[Copper]

bill burr went in on em.....lmao.....i always thought dude was underrated

 

[Monizzle]

as far as teams they suck but as far as games they always have the biggest events in basketball in any other region

College:

Big East Tourney (best confrence tourney in college basketball according to attendance, TV ratings and talent)

Showcase games: Last year uconn vs kentucky this year duke vs st johns etc every year a big named team plays an eastern team in a neutral site)

NBA:

Best stadium to watch an NBA game from (i have been at the top of the garden and the view is still pretty legit)

They also sell out weather the team is 0-82 or 82-0..no fair weather fans

The crowd actually knows basketball unlike LA which is a bunch of celebrities falling asleep courtside or on twitter the whole damn game

Street Ball:

Rucker park games all sumer

the teams suck but they still have the most basketball events compaired to any other city

Best playground legends come from NYC (not all but they have allot more than any other city)