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

[HustleThaDon]

catching feelings in the air.......catching feelings everywhere

 

[GettinLo]

I'm not catching feelings because im not from NY. But if you ask any player in the league were the mecca of basketball is. They will tell you NY. You think it was just pulled ouf of someones ass?

You're making way too much sense bruh

 

[OFWGKTA]

lmao but the first NBA game was tipped off in toronto so????? why are u catchin so many feelings are u mad that it's been 1 all-star from "the mecca" in 8 years?? are you mad cuz countless players from said mecca has underachieved?? ya'll NY niggaz are like the mid-life crisis dudes who walk around wit codaroid jumpsuits and a receeding hairline on some "back in my day shit" it's over like I said ya'll are bringing nothing about the current status to the table then u start reaching like crazy by sayin Marbury dominated at his time in Phoenix nigga please he aint even get outta the first round till he was a bench player in boston

Lamar Odom and Carmelo are carrying NY right now. Thats two all stars. so the last NY all star was carmelo this season.

 

[greenwood1921]

I'm not catching feelings because im not from NY. But if you ask any player in the league were the mecca of basketball is. They will tell you NY. You think it was just pulled ouf of someones ass?

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@ the bolded. Wouldn't be the first time.

 

[BlackAX410]

Lamar Odom and Carmelo are carrying NY right now. Thats two all stars. so the last NY all star was carmelo this season.

Lamar Odom a guy who should be averaging over 20 ppg easy but underachieved and accepted a smaller role, and Carmelo a guy who was raised in Baltimore and does all his charity work in the 410 not New York lmao let's seperate players who was born in New York rather then born and raised

 

[DMTxTHC]

New York is the Mecca of everything...

 

[greenwood1921]

One thing I've noticed having lived all over this country and travelling the world....

Small town niggas and BIG city niggas have the exact same mentality.

It's impossible to explain to them that the world doesn't revolve around where they live and that there's so much more outside of their immediate surroundings. Shit is like trying to convince a brick wall to move.

 

[BlackAX410]

I'm not catching feelings because im not from NY. But if you ask any player in the league were the mecca of basketball is. They will tell you NY. You think it was just pulled ouf of someones ass?

lls oh on the contrary brotha you told me to shut the fuck up because I pointed out that the "mecca" isn't puttin out a lot of star players now

 

[OFWGKTA]

lls oh on the contrary brotha you told me to shut the fuck up because I pointed out that the "mecca" isn't puttin out a lot of star players now

na. i told you to shut the fuck up because you said basketball started in toronto. i've agreed with you the mecca isnt putting out much star talent right now. that doesnt take away from history. once the mecca always the mecca.

 

[Darius]

It's the home of a certain style of basketball. Thats the implication. It's not the Mecca of basketball itself. There is nothing in basketball
That remotely compares to Mecca. It's a dumb saying

 

[BlackAX410]

na. i told you to shut the fuck up because you said basketball started in toronto. i've agreed with you the mecca isnt putting out much star talent right now. that doesnt take away from history. once the mecca always the mecca.

nah yo im on a wat have u done for me lately mindset we've acknowledge the history but it's still delusional niggaz who think NY is runnin shit in basketball now which aint happening

 

[greenwood1921]

It's the Mecca of a certain style of basketball. Thats the implication. It's not the Mecca of basketball itself. There is nothing in basketball
That remotely compares to Mecca. It's a dumb saying

Other than the fact that it's filled with and dominated by "people of color". LoL

 

[Copper]

Get it through your head. Its called the Mecca because its were it started. It was the NBA before the NBA

there was an NBA In ny in the 1940s now....u are getting more silly by the post

Ok. NY was the birthplace of hip hop. You can't argue that. But right now the south is poppin more. But that doesnt mean NY isnt still the birthplace or the mecca of hip hop.

what the hell does rap have to do with this??

bullshit??? really??? Again.. name ONE nigga from your area that's done ANYTHING in the game of basketball... and NO Atlanta doesnt count... NYC being the Mecca of Basketball is akin to Greece being the home of democracy or Birmingham being the birthplace of the Civil Right movement, or NYC being the Birthplace of hip-hop. NYC brought a style and flare to the game which up through the ABA/NBA merger was a stiff and boring. Guys like Pee Wee Witicker, the GOAT, Hammond, Doc, etc laid the seeds for the game that you see now. But I don't expect you to understand or respect history. You're just here to push a dumb fucking agenda because the the GA Coast has nothing except rednecks.

Atlantas not part of Ga now?? so not only are yall the mecca yall get to determine what states can claim what cities within thier state??
civil rights started in birmingham, democracy started in greece.....basketball did not start in NY
and my city is 65% black so u missed me with the redneck comment....

Oh and JIM BROWN was born in my county....

 

[OFWGKTA]

nah yo im on a wat have u done for me lately mindset we've acknowledge the history but it's still delusional niggaz who think NY is runnin shit in basketball now which aint happening

Ok you got that. cant argue its fact.

 

[OFWGKTA]

there was an NBA In ny in the 1940s now....u are getting more silly by the post

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you should work for fox news. cause your great at taking shit out of context. Im saying cats playing street ball were playing the nba style game that we know today. They were ahead of their time.

 

[Darius]

NY is always on some dumb shit

 

[Copper]

One thing I've noticed having lived all over this country and travelling the world....

Small town niggas and BIG city niggas have the exact same mentality.

It's impossible to explain to them that the world doesn't revolve around where they live and that there's so much more outside of their immediate surroundings. Shit is like trying to convince a brick wall to move.

c/s and just by this thread u can tell these ny niggas think everything revolves around them and they can dictate to others what they can and cant claim.....when they dont win or dominate or not even exceptional at shit that they claim to be the mecca of

 

[Copper]

you should work for fox news. cause your great at taking shit out of context. Im saying cats playing street ball were playing the nba style game that we know today. They were ahead of their time.

so street ball in ny is the reason that ny is the mecca and the reason that the nba is the way it is? lolz

 

[Darius]

MECCA is a place everyone Muslim HAS to go to. There is not one place in NY that every bball fan feels like they have to go to and experience in order to be a true fan. With baseball you got Yankee stadium( the old one) or wrigly or Fenway. In football u got Lambeau. But nah. Rucker and MSG ain't doing it

 

[twizza 77]

I will say this thou, the South and West coast produce better athletes because they can train outdoors all year around. NYC media is the most powerful, so the hype of these NYC players make them seem like they're best players of the country. I still remember Felipe Lopez was supposed to be next best thing, along with Kenny Anderson.