Why doesn't NYC produce elite NBA talent

[ISO]

For all y'all talking about Africans in NYC, Africans ball I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them make the A in the next decade. Right now if you go past Webster or Washington Projects in the Bronx you gonna see a bunch of African kids playing ball. From playing with a few Africans, all those muthafukkas have wiry strength, athletic and all elite ball handlers.

Right now the top prospect for next years draft is a guard out of metro Dallas (Emmanuel Mudiay), kid was born in the Congo. The second prospect Jahlil Okafor a big from Chicago is related to Emeka Okafor.

 

[Malta]

I don't know what's been going on in the last decade. A lot of things have do with it for example all the big high schools have been broken down into a bunch of smaller ones, a lot of the powerhouses like Rice closed down, back then NYC had the most popping HS basketball scene in the nation. Right now Wings and Eagle Academy in the Bronx, as well as Lincoln in Brooklyn trying to hold it down. The Dyckman and Rucker Park scene is still hot. A lot of the nikkas that was coming out didn't pass the torch well, a lot of them flopped in the NBA and got into other shyt.

Like a poster said we are a guard oriented city and it is a gift and a curse, another thing is the AAU we don't have those elite AAU teams like other cities, a lot of NBA talent isn't coming out the city (really outside of Chicago) but surrounding suburbs because of the prescense of the AAU and elite catholic/prep schools. Not to mention we need open facilities and gyms, shyt over here nikkas waste time playing 21 and little 5 on 5 games on concrete. That's why our suburbs and upstate is producing ballers. Danny Green, Tobias Harris, Ben Gordon, Kyrie Irving (parents is from the Bronx ), AJ Price, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist all from Long Island/NYC suburbs in Jersey/Westchester. Hibbert was born in Queens but he came outta upstate Buffalo, Jimmer Fredette from upstate too. Those suburban areas have massive schools with weight rooms and shyt and put a big emphasis on sports.

We produced these in the last decade
Lance Stephenson
Kemba Walker
Carmelo Anthony (lived here till he was 9, got his start playing in Red Hook projects)
Taj Gibson
Joakim Noah
Sebastian Telfair (should have went to Louisville could have been elite)
Renaldo Balkman
Moe Harkless
Charlie Vilanueva
Kyle O'Quinn
Gary Forbes

Look how I have to reach . Back then we had Kareem, Dr.J, Chris Mullin, Bernard King, Bob Cousy, Dolph Shayes. Not that long ago we had Ron Artest, Elton Brand, Kenny Anderson, Jamaal Tinsley, Rafer Alston, Kenny Smith, Wally World, Anthony Mason, Rolando Blackman, Jamal Mashburn, etc.

I think the Knicks being so bad from 2000-2010 is a big reason why too.

Andre Drummond is originally from Mount Vernon as well (still reps it)

 

[ISO]

Andre Drummond is originally from Mount Vernon as well (still reps it)

Exactly breh. The burbs are producing the ballers it ain't the city no more. Hell, Moe Harkless went to play ball in Connecticut Junior year before coming to NYC to play in St.John's. We don't have that school atmosphere, and heavy emphasis on sports that the more suburban areas have. We don't have the open gyms that other places have. That coupled with the destruction of our high schools is why this is going on. That's why we slacking.

 

[I_Got_Da_Burna]

inb4 salty bamma ass nikkas come through

Edit: Too late

So now new York niggs are using the term bamma now?

 

[Malta]

Exactly breh. The burbs are producing the ballers it ain't the city no more. Hell, Moe Harkless went to play ball in Connecticut Junior year before coming to NYC to play in St.John's. We don't have that school atmosphere, and heavy emphasis on sports that the more suburban areas have. We don't have the open gyms that other places have. That coupled with the destruction of our high schools is why this is going on. That's why we slacking.

Things move in cycles, there's going to be one or two kids that force everyone else to raise their levels across 3-4 different classes, it happens in every other city and it'll happen here again.

 

[ISO]

Word, Isaiah Whitehead had a nice career at Lincoln, he's our McDonalds All-American, he going to Seton Hall which IMO is a mistake. He got offers from Indiana (pretty elite program), St.John's (on the upswing), Minnesota and Pitt.

Dude was ranked 14th in the ESPN 100, arguably the best SG in the nation hope he make the A.

 

[intruder]

http://grantland.com/features/nyc-b...on-marbury-kenny-anderson-tom-konchalski-nba/

I don't think it's a matter of New York producing less NBA level talent. It's more of other areas getting to showcase their talents too.

New York is the media giant of the world. Back in the days, someone in New York rated as a B or even C-level talents used to get much more air time than an legit A-level guys from another region. SO in turn a lot of guys who were better than SOME of the NYers never got an opportunity to showcase their talents.

Now the whole world has access to Youtube and recruiters are getting vids from high school coaches from all over the place to promote their local talents.

I'm sure NY is producing the same amount of talent as they used to. The A level guys from NY will still get theirs. It's just that their B and C level talents aren't gonna be taking food off the plates of legit A level talents from other areas anymore.

 

[OG Talk]

Andre Drummond is originally from Mount Vernon as well (still reps it)

He's West Indian too right?

 

[KingpinOG]

Why did that article say that the south produces more basketball talent???? From what I see the best players still come from the north (Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Derrick Rose, Anthony Davis, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Kyrie Irving, etc)

 

[360dagod]

For all y'all talking about Africans in NYC, Africans ball I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them make the A in the next decade. Right now if you go past Webster or Washington Projects in the Bronx you gonna see a bunch of African kids playing ball. From playing with a few Africans, all those muthafukkas have wiry strength, athletic and all elite ball handlers.

Right now the top prospect for next years draft is a guard out of metro Dallas (Emmanuel Mudiay), kid was born in the Congo. The second prospect Jahlil Okafor a big from Chicago is related to Emeka Okafor.

They've literally set up shop there...

And Highbridge as well...

 

[tremonthustler1]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[mastermind]

....them nikkas be eating some wild shyt

yam is "some wild shyt" now?

 

[360dagod]

yam is "some wild shyt" now?

like yams is the only thing they eat

 

[Malta]

He's West Indian too right?

Yeah, Jamaican I think, a lot of Mount Vernon is Jamaican (Ben Gordon is Jamaican / from Mount Vernon)

 

[UpAndComing]

Africans have flooded NY breh...

You can tell they there when you smell a smell that you've never smelled before in your smell of smells..

And they integrate so they will be ballin

Hopefully the flood of Africans in NY can overtake the hipster invasion