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

[white715]

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

Dr. J
Nate Archibald
Bob Cousy
Billy Cunningham

are just good players? FOH nigga they all on the 50 greatest players list

plus that not only what makes it the Mecca like I said you got the Globetrotters the local street ball legends they dozens of other good players that made it to the NBA and the culture in NY itself. Basketball in NY is like Football in the south. NY and Indiana is like the Texas and Florida of basketball. Don't ruin the CS with yall hate for NY like yall did the reason.

And learn ya history fam.

 

[greenwood1921]

Dr. J
Nate Archibald
Bob Cousy
Billy Cunningham

are just good players? FOH nigga they all on the 50 greatest players list

plus that not only what makes it the Mecca like I said you got the Globetrotters the local street ball legends they dozens of other good players that made it to the NBA and the culture in NY itself. Basketball in NY is like Football in the south. NY and Indiana is like the Texas and Florida of basketball. Don't ruin the CS with yall hate for NY like yall did the reason.

And learn ya history fam.

Hell naw @ the bolded and underlined.

Half the NFL is populated by players from Texas and Florida, bruh, and most of the good ones. lol. New Yorkers might "prefer" basketball over football, but in the south it ain't a "preference" it's just fucking tradition -- religion even.

And I know a couple cats from Buffalo and quite a few cats from NY -- and to be honest -- Buffalo niggas should never take up for NYC niggas, 'cause NYC niggas shit on upstate and non-NYC New York niggas almost as much as they shit on southerners and midwesterners. lol.

 

[Copper]

Dr. J

Nate Archibald

Bob Cousy

Billy Cunningham

are just good players? FOH nigga they all on the 50 greatest players list

plus that not only what makes it the Mecca like I said you got the Globetrotters the local street ball legends they dozens of other good players that made it to the NBA and the culture in NY itself. Basketball in NY is like Football in the south. NY and Indiana is like the Texas and Florida of basketball. Don't ruin the CS with yall hate for NY like yall did the reason.

And learn ya history fam.

lol @ learn history.....a over compensating new yorker catching feelings......those dudes are good but aint none top 10....and none of them dominated the league.....florida holds football high down there highschool college and pro but they dont claim to be the football mecca...yall are self absorbed egotistical underacheivers.....and lol @ "we got the globetrotters" and yall can keep 'em

 

[d.green]

And I know a couple cats from Buffalo and quite a few cats from NY -- and to be honest -- Buffalo niggas should never take up for NYC niggas, 'cause NYC niggas shit on upstate and non-NYC New York niggas almost as much as they shit on southerners and midwesterners. lol.

I know.... NYC nickas always dissing Syracuse and Buffalo.
LOL

 

[greenwood1921]

lol @ learn history.....a over compensating new yorker catching feelings......those dudes are good but aint none top 10....and none of them dominated the league.....florida holds football high down there highschool college and pro but they dont claim to be the football mecca...yall are self absorbed egotistical underacheivers.....and lol @ "we got the globetrotters" and yall can keep 'em

Word. And honestly, as much as I'd hate to say it being born in Oklahoma -- Florida has 100x more reason to call itself the mecca of football than NYC has to call itself the mecca of B-ball.

- Half the GOAT players in league today are from there. (and it's not even that big like Texas and California.)

- The home of the only undefeated NFL team in history ('72 Dolphins.)

- Iconic College programs (FSU, Florida, Miami.)

- Nationally ranked high school teams galore.

- Numerous Super Bowls played there in THREE different cities (Jax, Tampa, Miami - which has hosted the most Super Bowls.)

etc, etc. But cats from Florida don't act like they invented the game of football.

 

[dat_bk_nicca]

jordan is from brooklyn

 

[greenwood1921]

I know.... NYC nickas always dissing Syracuse and Buffalo.
LOL

Shit, one of my best friends is from MOUNT VERNON and another one is from Queens, and they stay goin' at it. lol.

 

[OFWGKTA]

i chop this up to, NY is the best when it comes to basketball. and people love to hate the best.

 

[greenwood1921]

jordan is from brooklyn

So Spike Lee is from Atlanta?

 

[OFWGKTA]

jordan is from brooklyn

But he spent most of his life in N.C before he went to Chicago

 

[G Mack]

basketball talent and competitive wise is so spread out now a days....its hard to call NY the mecca anymore, but i don't think its any question there the mecca of street ball.

 

[Copper]

jordan is from brooklyn

if his parents wouldnt have told him that he wouldnt know...

 

[OFWGKTA]

basketball talent and competitive wise is so spread out now a days....its hard to call NY the mecca anymore, but i don't think its any question there the mecca of street ball.

now adays you right. but in the 60s-70 NY ran that shit.

 

[greenwood1921]

basketball talent and competitive wise is so spread out now a days....its hard to call NY the mecca anymore, but i don't think its any question there the mecca of street ball.

^^^^^ That.

Plus, nobody gives as much of a fuck about streetball as New Yorkers do. Anywhere else -- nobody gives a fuck about you unless you did damage in ORGANIZED ball. Yet NY niggas would put "Skip to my lou" ahead of Isaiah Thomas, lol.

 

[OFWGKTA]

^^^^^ That.

Plus, nobody gives as much of a fuck about streetball as New Yorkers do. Anywhere else -- nobody gives a fuck about you unless you did damage in ORGANIZED ball. Yet NY niggas would put "Skip to my lou" ahead of Isaiah Thomas, lol.

Na. nobody with basketball knowledge would do that.

 

[Copper]

streetball makes u the mecca of basketball?? GTFOH

the domincan republic should (and have more of a right to) call themselves the mecca of baseball....

 

[greenwood1921]

streetball makes u the mecca of basketball?? GTFOH
the domincan republic should (and have more of a right to) call themselves the mecca of baseball....

Rflmao @ the trillness of that post ^^^^^

 

[OFWGKTA]

streetball makes u the mecca of basketball?? GTFOH

the domincan republic should (and have more of a right to) call themselves the mecca of baseball....

Na homie. Thats were it became popular. Thats were niggas were first dunking. doing no look passes, having crazy handles. They were dunking before the players in the NBA were. They were breaking ankles when cats in the NBA were barley dribbling. They modernized the game.

 

[white715]

Hell naw @ the bolded and underlined.

Half the NFL is populated by players from Texas and Florida, bruh, and most of the good ones. lol. New Yorkers might "prefer" basketball over football, but in the south it ain't a "preference" it's just fucking tradition -- religion even.

And I know a couple cats from Buffalo and quite a few cats from NY -- and to be honest -- Buffalo niggas should never take up for NYC niggas, 'cause NYC niggas shit on upstate and non-NYC New York niggas almost as much as they shit on southerners and midwesterners. lol.

Yea u right Niggas from NYC is some hating ass niggas and if it wasn't for Upstate NY would be a bankrupt piece of shit but thats for another thread but I'll give credit where its due

 

[freshb651]

NY basically birthed other B-ball players swagger,all that shit you see Derrick Rose and John Wall doing Rafer Alston was doing @ age 15 to grown men.

Dr.J reinvented dunking(I dare you to argue that,even Jordan has said this)

Rafer"skip to my lou"Alston along with Pistol Pete and Bob Cousy changed ballhandling forever

Kareem changed the center position was unguardable,and won @ every level

here's some more NY birthed ballers

Kenny Anderson

Stephon Marbury

Tiny Archibald

Carmelo Anthony

Ron Artest

Brent Barry

Elton Brand

Larry Brown(the coach)

Rick Carlisle(the coach)

Bob Cousy

Billy Cunningham

Jonny Flynn

Taj Gibson

Brendan Haywood

Roy Hibbert

Bernard King

Bob Lanier

Earl Manigault

Mitch Kupchak

Jamal Mashburn

Joakim Noah

Lamar Odom

Sam Perkins

Pat Riley

God Shammgod(creator of the Shammgod move you see players still doing today)

Rod Strickland

Sebastian Telfair

Lenny Wilkins