Most Talent-Rich State in NBA History?

[lmaonade]

i think philly would be better than ny

[I_Like_Dirt]

Unless I'm forgetting a state, Louisiana is without a doubt have the most talented team relative population. What a haven for NBA bigman talent. Malone, Elvin Hayes, Bob Pettit, Parish, Russell and Willis Reed. And they've got some solid guards, too, like Drexler and Dumars.

[fatlever]

are you going purely by which state the player was born or by which state each player grew up or which state they played high school ball etc...


example:
mj was born in NY but moved to NC at a young age where he grew up and played jr high and high school ball. you cant really say mj is a product of NY or can you?

same with pete maravich... his father moved around a lot as a coach but pete played jr high and high school ball in NC.

[legacyinthemakin89c]

Pennsylvania would out score everyone. Maravich, Wilt and Kobe are some of the greatest scorers of all time. And you couldn't double Kobe, or Wilt, because Rasheed and Rip will hit open shots all game.

[BrewCityBBQ]

You forgot Wisconsin's own MVP, Travis Diener

[yehyeh82]

are you going purely by which state the player was born or by which state each player grew up or which state they played high school ball etc...


example:
mj was born in NY but moved to NC at a young age where he grew up and played jr high and high school ball. you cant really say mj is a product of NY or can you?

same with pete maravich... his father moved around a lot as a coach but pete played jr high and high school ball in NC.

He's going by where they were born, because many of these players really grew up in other parts of the country. For example, Bill Russell moved to Oakland at age 8, where he basically learned most all of his basketball skills and played organized ball. That's why I would put him on the California team. The teen years seem to be most important to a basketball players success...

[cdubbz]

Team Alaska will win it all.

PG/SG/SF/PF/C - Carlos Boozer

[yehyeh82]

Team Alaska will win it all.

PG/SG/SF/PF/C - Carlos Boozer

Trajan Langdon might get some play...he spent a little time in the nba, right?

[DH34Phan]

PG: Devin Harris
SG: Terry Porter
SF: Latrell Sprewell
PF: Caron Butler
C: Chris Mihm

6th Man: Fred Brown or Travis Diener

Badger State......

[writerman]

NY and I dont think its close

Ohio

C - Nate Thurmond, HOF
PF - Jerry Lucas, HOF/Charles Oakley/Wayne Embry/Brian Grant
SF - LeBron James/Gus Johnson/Ron Harper
SG - John Havlicek, HOF/Michael Redd/Jim Jackson
PG - Norm Van Lier/Howie Komives/Eric Snow/Antonio Daniels

I'll take this Ohio group in their primes against your NY bunch...and actually I think the Pennsylvania and Louisiana groups are better too...

Thurmond, James, Johnson, and Snow all came from one medium-sized city--Akron. Per capita for great players, Akron alone has NYC beat all to hell and back...

[Gordon Bombay]

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Ohio

C - Nate Thurmond, HOF
PF - Jerry Lucas, HOF/Charles Oakley/Wayne Embry/Brian Grant
SF - LeBron James/Gus Johnson/Ron Harper
SG - John Havlicek, HOF/Michael Redd/Jim Jackson
PG - Norm Van Lier/Howie Komives/Eric Snow/Antonio Daniels

I'll take this Ohio group in their primes against your NY bunch...and actually I think the Pennsylvania and Louisiana groups are better too...

Thurmond, James, Johnson, and Snow all came from one medium-sized city--Akron. Per capita for great players, Akron alone has NYC beat all to hell and back...

thats right baby...roo town - my city

too bad thurmond and johnson's central hower school does not exist anymore (oh and technically snow is from canton...its like 20 miles away)

definitely not a bad showing for the buckeye state

[Flite]

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He's going by where they were born, because many of these players really grew up in other parts of the country. For example, Bill Russell moved to Oakland at age 8, where he basically learned most all of his basketball skills and played organized ball. That's why I would put him on the California team. The teen years seem to be most important to a basketball players success...

I went by birthplaces, because if I move guys like Michael, Carmelo and Russell to the places they grew up, there are probably coutnless others with the same story that I don't know about. That's why I just left it.

[bleu]

Wow. Illinois has really had a lot of tallent come out of it.