Why aren't there many NBA players that were from New York?
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Jesus Shuttlesworth
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The money that came into play changed the entire New York basketball youth league culture years ago. Some of the problem is just how piss poor the public school are at preparing kids for much of anything, some of it is a culture that long kept some of the best players mired in the streets, but those problems exist elsewhere too. I think the money that came into play ruined everything, because there ceased to be coaches and a combination of exploiters and power brokers came to prominence, and they have had no qualms using talented kids up without giving them anything in return. The travel team culture got out of hand too, and burned a lot of players out. New York had a number of years where top 10 nationally ranked recruits went to college and looked like they didn't even want to play basketball anymore. I remember cats like Curtis Kelly... what the fukk ever happened to dude? I know he transferred to K-State, but it was already too late.
I know some good dudes who are coaching talented city kids and their top priority is getting them to develop strong, consistent practice habits, and then actually getting them into good schools, whether that means local prep or boarding. But let me tell you something, their focus on education, coaching, and practice has not gone over well with parents (who are suspicious because it's so rare it seems like a scheme), opposing "coaches," or power brokers. The culture of NYC basketball has been rotten for a long, long time.
I also think other regions are just producing better players, and that's not so crazy, it happens. The real question for me is what the fukk is happening in the DMV that so many cats are coming out of that area looking like world beaters? And what about the Canadian renaissance? There are always a bunch of factors to talent swells and declines, it's really not that unusual for it to happen. On top of that, there are plenty of players currently in the league from the NYC area. The Chicago list doesn't really blow my mind because that's nothing new, Chicago has always produced serious talent, it's a basketball city.
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You bringing up Bill Russell? You really want to go down that road breh?
Bill Russell > any nikka u bring up from NYC
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D.C. and Baltimore have always had rich tradition.. Now with a lot of the city schools closing or residents being forced out, prep, catholic and private schools in the burbs (P.G. County for example) are cherry picking a lot of the city talent and giving them quality nutrition and coaching.. Plus the AAU programs around here are solid and they stress fundamentals more than the stereotypical And 1 Mixtape AAU squads you find in most of the country..There are so many universities in a 100 mile radius that this area is littered with ex- D1 players that become teachers and coaches...
My son is 9 and already working on getting him placed in a solid AAU program and prep school out in the county....
Then you add the fact that this is a huge military area so every year they get a fresh new crop of young transfer nikkas from other areas of the country that come from two parent homes with fathers that give a fukk...So they have the means to send them to camps and clinics...
he was born in Lousiana moved to Oakland in high school
Yeah but the All Time NYC team is
SF Larry Bird
PF Connie Hawkins
C Captain Lew Alcindor
SG Chris Mullin
PG Tiny Archibald
Bench: Bernard King, Bob Cousy, Jamal Mashburn, Kenny Anderson (for sentimental reasons), Rod Strickland, Scientific Mapp (illustrious career), Conrad McRae, Adrian Autry, Pee Wee Kirkland (legend in two games), Alimoe (RIP).
this sounds amazing
ny had a good run of baseball players in the first half of the 20th century, then roundball dudes, cricket is next? i dont know how to play but i'm with it
Yeah man, the older West Indian dudes play cricket but the Indians from when they can walk play it everywhere.
I think the last hope/best option for this in NY are the charter schools.
These schools have a lot of inner city kids, the schools are in the city itself, they preach education, are well-funded & some go all the way through high school.
With all of these formerly b-ball prominent Catholic high schools shutting down & public school athletic programs in NY being complete utter bullshyt, what else is there?
These schools have a lot of inner city kids, the schools are in the city itself, they preach education, are well-funded & some go all the way through high school.
With all of these formerly b-ball prominent Catholic high schools shutting down & public school athletic programs in NY being complete utter bullshyt, what else is there?
Yeah but the All Time NYC team is
SF Larry Bird
PF Connie Hawkins
C Captain Lew Alcindor
SG Chris Mullin
PG Tiny Archibald
Bench: Bernard King, Bob Cousy, Jamal Mashburn, Kenny Anderson (for sentimental reasons), Rod Strickland, Scientific Mapp (illustrious career), Conrad McRae, Adrian Autry, Pee Wee Kirkland (legend in two games), Alimoe (RIP).
I thought Bird was from French Lick, Indiana?
dennis roadman
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Yeah but the All Time NYC team is
SF Larry Bird
PF Connie Hawkins
C Captain Lew Alcindor
SG Chris Mullin
PG Tiny Archibald
Bench: Bernard King, Bob Cousy, Jamal Mashburn, Kenny Anderson (for sentimental reasons), Rod Strickland, Scientific Mapp (illustrious career), Conrad McRae, Adrian Autry, Pee Wee Kirkland (legend in two games), Alimoe (RIP).
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French Lick was just slang for Mott Haven Homes in the South Bronx back in the day. Sort of like LeFrak being called Iraq and shyt.
dennis roadman
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El-Bird the gawd grew up in the roughest haitian neighborhood in NY, hence the nickname hick from french lick