How the hell is New York the mecca of basketball????
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NY aint ?
Detroit and Chicago been holding that down
? even Cali and Texas > NY -
DarkestKnyght wrote: »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.
Best post that is ny pro mecca -
greenwood1921 wrote: »copperkid27 wrote: »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.
Miami (THE U) should never be listed after FSU & Florida. -
New York is the media capital of the usa. So anything done there will be blown out of proportion.
There is no factual way anybody can claim that no look passes, fancy dribbling and dunking and all that was first done in NY. The media hype around NY basketball made those claims.
There is no way to know that all that ? wasn't done someplace else before it was done there. -
Nyc is the capital of cardboard pizza
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FOH talkin' about facts. That article is BS.
All I can say about NYC being " The Mecca of Basketball" still is...
D. Wade -5th overall draft pick
D.Rose -1st overall draft pick
Anthony Davis- 1st overall draft pick
Jabari Parker- 2nd overall draft pick
Jahlil Okafor- future 1st overall draft pick
Amazing. -
THIRDSUPREME wrote: »
FOH talkin' about facts. That article is BS.
All I can say about NYC being " The Mecca of Basketball" still is...
D. Wade -5th overall draft pick
D.Rose -1st overall draft pick
Anthony Davis- 1st overall draft pick
Jabari Parker- 2nd overall draft pick
Jahlil Okafor- future 1st overall draft pick
Amazing.
There's more Chicago Born players on the way to the League
Frank Kaminsky born in Chicago
PG Jalen Brunson Stevenson HS Senior, son of former NBA player Rick Brunson, he's going to Villanova next year. He's nice -
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All these ? went to the same school right?
Name 4 ? out of New York under 25 better than any of these ? . -
Lol @ frank kaminsky
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greenwood1921 wrote: »It's the mecca of that "And 1/streetball" ? . But dat about it.
And they make MSG out to be some "holy ground" for the NBA, but it's most known for all the epic ? players ON THE OTHER TEAM did there. lol.
That's that strong ether right there.
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BuckTown718 wrote: »Only chicago baller i like is anthony davis
And not a ? was given that day -
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BuckTown718 wrote: »its....JOHN B wrote: »BuckTown718 wrote: »Only chicago baller i like is anthony davis
And not a ? was given that day
What the ? does your wack ass city Boston produce? Nothing. So shut da ? up you bisexual ? ? breath hermaphrodite
Just the most historic franchise in NBA history that saved the league multiple times, and probably the greatest Knick of all time Patrick Ewing that's all
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Lol looking back. He went #2THIRDSUPREME wrote: »GalouDaBklynKing wrote: »Chi-Town Bully wrote: »GalouDaBklynKing wrote: »Chi-Town Bully wrote: »Knicks aint been ? in over a decade and aint won ? in 40 years
And you's suppose to be a bully
? , take that bully out your screename and change it to ? , because that's what I smell.
? quit crying and name calling because NY aint ? . ? look like he in his mid 40's still doing those kiddie disses
Chi-Town ? , this old ? will knock your young ass the ? out. You and the rest of you espn ass ? ain't built to play streetball. Come play ball in Brooklyn so I can tuffin you up, we the real bullies or stick to watching sports on TV and wish about the things you want to do on the court.
Y'all some wishing through Derrick Rose and Lebron James fantasy ass ? . NYC Streetball is reality, y'all not ready
NY streetball LOl!!!
Since 08 we have had 2 #1 picks.
D.Rose and Anthony Davis.
In 2014 it WILL be Jabari Parker.
So you hold onto that streetball claim buddy... you can have that.
Oh...#23...#72-10. Deal with it.
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RIP Greenwood
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I Self Lord & Master wrote: »Nyc is the capital of cardboard pizza
name a place in the US that has better pizza than NYC. i'll wait. -
New York, new York
Big city of dreams/
But everything in new York/
Ain't always what it seems/ -
I Self Lord & Master wrote: »Nyc is the capital of cardboard pizza
name a place in the US that has better pizza than NYC. i'll wait.
Little ceasers -
Chicago has way better pizza then new york
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Reading this thread is funny.
Ppl say ? like "mj was born in BK but he moved at 3 months old so it dont count"
Then say "how is ny the mecca when the knicks suck"
Not all their players are from NY so how can u judge NY ball by a group of ? thats from other cities?
Not including melo of course -
The geographic location of a player's birthplace usually dont mean ? . Serious ballers leave home to play at big name universities.
Those experiences with coaches/mentors and that individuals drive to compete is what hones skill not the coordinates of their neighborhood on the map.
What I will say is altho I never been to ny they seemed to have a strong basketball CULTURE thru out the city back in the day and nba players would make it a point to play pick up at legendary playgrounds. That says something about their culture which if u love basketball u should respect.
all this other ? is high school ? talk.
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