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

[nujerz84]

Alot of NBA Players played in the Playgrounds in NYC and the best teams highschool teams in NYC and NJ are always better than any other team from the rest of the country..

 

[dc's teflondon]

Alot of NBA Players played in the Playgrounds in NYC and the best teams highschool teams in NYC and NJ are always better than any other team from the rest of the country..

no they are not...the dmv got that on lock right now

 

[bigrizz]

MJ and Kareem were born in New York.......close thread lol

Heres a link to all the NBA players from NY:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=US&state=NY

 

[ysl313]

MJ and Kareem were born in New York.......close thread lol

Heres a link to all the NBA players from NY:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=US&state=NY

jordan was born but wasnt raised there. invalid on that nucca

 

[Figo]

i dont even know anymore

The best ballers come from the DC/Maryland area

who are these ballers from maryland/dc? durant, carmelo anthony, AI from va, who else?

 

[oldhead77]

who are these ballers from maryland/dc? durant, carmelo anthony, AI from va, who else?

Present

Delonte West

Jeff Green

Kevin Durant

Dante Cunningham

Greivis Vasquez

Roy Hibbert

Past

Sherman Douglas

Lawrence Moten

Mike Sweetney

Walt Williams

Reggie Lewis (R.I.P)

Len Bias (R.I.P)

Mugsy Bogues

Reggie Williams

David Wingate

Sam Cassell

Charles Smith (PG for Celtics that unfortunately got the vehicular manslaughter charge)

Danny Ferry

Johnny Dawkins

Adrian Dantley

Adrian Branch

Wayback Past

Dave Bing (Hall Of Famer)

Elgin Baylor (Hall Of Famer)

this is just for starters so if I've left someone out fill in the blank

the DMV is basketball country and has been that way for decades....only in the last 10-15 years has the DMV been gradually producing Football talent on a more consistent basis

 

[DarkestKnyght]

They call NY the mecca of basketball not because of who came out of there. Its the mecca because MSG was one of the first places back in the day where they had televised games. It brought the game a more to the forefront of american sports. It was a place where you could showcase your talent to the world and it be televised and written about in newspapers. You could not do that anywhere else. This is why players had there best games in NYC because they knew if they did the whole country would hear about it. Also, the NBA draft has always been held there.

 

[caddo man]

Like Football is king in Florida and Texas, Basketball is king in Chicago and New York. Philly, LA, and DMV gets a nod also but Over many years New York was king.

 

[Jdilla26]

Thats b/c NY is the "Self-proclaimed" mecca of basketball you can ask any New Yorker their the best at everthing. They have alot of tournaments for the youth out there but You should when you have 10 million ppl in one city. And these basketball prodigys they had never lived up. Anywhere from Telfair, Lenny Cooke(who supposedly was betta than Bron), Omar Cook, Kenny Anderson(great in college but bottomed out in the NBA).

NEW RULE: if your nba team hasn’t won a championship in 37 years, your city hasn’t had an ncaa division one champion in 60 years, and if seattle f*cking washington is currently producing more relevant nba players than you are, you can no longer refer to yourself as “the mecca of basketball”

 

[greenwood1921]

Thats b/c NY is the "Self-proclaimed" mecca of basketball you can ask any New Yorker their the best at everthing. They have alot of tournaments for the youth out there but You should when you have 10 million ppl in one city. And these basketball prodigys they had never lived up. Anywhere from Telfair, Lenny Cooke, Omar Cook, Kenny Anderson(great in college but bottomed out in the NBA).
NEW RULE: if your nba team hasn’t won a championship in 37 years, your city hasn’t had an ncaa division one champion in 60 years, and if seattle f*cking washington is currently producing more relevant nba players than you are, you can no longer refer to yourself as “the mecca of basketball”

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[greenwood1921]

Kareem Abdul Jabbar or Lou Al Cindor is from NY as well.. U heard of him.. He is the all time leading scorer of the NBA and has multiple championships..

Okay. So Crawford, Mississippi is the "Mecca" of football right?

Or St. Simons, Georgia? (birthplace of Jim Brown -- arguably the greatest athlete of all time.)

Yeah, that sounds about right.

 

[Copper]

Or St. Simons, Georgia? (birthplace of Jim Brown -- arguably the greatest athlete of all time.)

Yeah, that sounds about right.

thats where Im from

Just read the whole thread.. At the end of the day.. I know people are tired of New Yorker arrogance and our pompous attitude.. But u know what.. Fuck yall.. We have the label whether truly deserved or not.. We have it.. Dont like it.. Do something about it instead of bitchin on a Message Board.. No matter what NY sets the precedent for a lot of things.. Music, Fashion, Sports etc..

New York is the greatest city on the planet.. Accept it and Move on.. Simple..

LA >>>>NY

 

[Copper]

LoL.. Thats laughable...

so are the knicks, stephon marbury and manhattan's college basketball program

 

[G Mack]

lmao im not even from NY.....but some of yall are showing your clear biasness against NY period.....its understandable though

 

[R.D.]

Present
Delonte West
Jeff Green
Kevin Durant
Dante Cunningham
Greivis Vasquez
Roy Hibbert
Sam Young
Ty Lawson
Mike Beasley
Rudy Gay

Past
Sherman Douglas
Lawrence Moten
Mike Sweetney
Walt Williams
Reggie Lewis (R.I.P)
Len Bias (R.I.P)
Mugsy Bogues
Reggie Williams
David Wingate
Sam Cassell
Charles Smith (PG for Celtics that unfortunately got the vehicular manslaughter charge)
Danny Ferry
Johnny Dawkins
Adrian Dantley
Adrian Branch

Wayback Past
Dave Bing (Hall Of Famer)
Elgin Baylor (Hall Of Famer)

this is just for starters so if I've left someone out fill in the blank

the DMV is basketball country and has been that way for decades....only in the last 10-15 years has the DMV been gradually producing Football talent on a more consistent basis

theres more i cant think of off the top

 

[Copper]

Mecca |ˈmekə|

• [as n. ] ( a Mecca) a place that attracts people of a particular group or with a particular interest : Holland is a Mecca for jazz enthusiasts.

I'm waiting for one of you haters to debate this....

ol hating ass smart dumb niggas...

so Ny is a basketball mecca b/c it attracts people with that interest??....so does indiana, LA, chicago, North carolina...none of them claim to be the mecca

 

[Copper]

Say what u want about my Knicks.. But my Knicks are in Prime position to win rings in the coming years.. Stephon Marbury was a top 5 PG in his Prime.. An Manhattan College BBALL is irrelevent.. Talk about St. John.. Or even UCONN.. Which is in the tri state area.. Yeah u know the team that has Kemba Walker and just won the National Title. And usually puts an ass whoopin on Duke, UNC, and any other team u can think off.. smh.. But you dont hear me though...

Conneticuit is in New York now?? yall niggas are so powerful yall can claim other states and cities now?? and st johns is also garbage an irrelevant

 

[Copper]

I queston NY being the mecca and yall call it hate?? why?? if u were superior at ball it wouldnt be hard to prove it...Boston garden and the western forum and venice beach in CA were also just as revered as msg and rucker....

 

[greenwood1921]

lol...
thats the thing b...
its not about superiority...
and no Boston Garden and the Western forum were not and are not revered in the same way that MSG is...
I repeat the title does not suggest superiority... damn...
NY is the Fashion capital , that doesn't mean that all of the best fashion comes from there...
same with it being the Financial capital...
the answer to the thread question has been answered...
any more talk about NY being inferior in terms of its basketball talent is just hate...

^^^^ Best Pro-NY-Mecca post in this thread.

But the problem is that most of the other "pro-NY-mecca" posters in here ARE CONFUSING "Mecca" with superiority. Notice the childish "we just the best so that's it" type responses, lol.

HOWEVER, I still disagree with the belief that NY is basketball holy-ground. Street ball holy ground? Yeah. REAL basketball -- Fuck no. There are about 10 college courts all over the country and a few other NBA courts/cities that have just as much or more "holiness" than NYC.

 

[Copper]

lol...

thats the thing b...

its not about superiority...

and no Boston Garden and the Western forum were not and are not revered in the same way that MSG is...

I repeat the title does not suggest superiority... damn...

NY is the Fashion capital , that doesn't mean that all of the best fashion comes from there...

same with it being the Financial capital...

the answer to the thread question has been answered...

any more talk about NY being inferior in terms of its basketball talent is just hate...

OK I see what u saying but boston garden was revered just as much as msg was before it was ripped down...maybe not to newyorkers...but the earth doesnt revovle around yall....and alot of ny'ers take mecca as meaning that they are superior to anyone else which is false. and alot to other places are looked at as basketball states/cities just as NY is ex; Indiana and North Carolina