(11-02-2010 06:16 AM)oasispirate Wrote:  

(11-02-2010 03:53 AM)RecoveringHillbilly Wrote:  

(11-01-2010 11:35 PM)oasispirate Wrote:  PG-Pete Marovich/Chris Paul/Phil Ford/John Wall
SG-Michael Jordan/Jerry Stackhouse
SF-Dominique Wilkins/David Thompson/Walter Davis
PF-James Worthy/David West/Rodney Rogers
C-Walt Bellamy/Brad Dougherty/Bob Macadoo

All-time NBA/ABA NY born players: 284 NC: 100
All-Time NBA/ABA NY born 10K+ pts scorers: 39 NC: 14

This is a team made up of just the NYC/LI prep stars in the HOF:

PG Bob Cousey, Lenny Wilkins, Tiny Archibald, Larry Brown
SG Dr J, D.ick McGuire, Bobby Wanzer
SF Dolph Schayes
PF Connie Hawkins, Billy Cunningham
C Kareem

Again, this doesn't include the guys that go to basketball factories now in NC. If you want to include those numbers, the numbers get much much greater.

I still say the all NC team would destroy that team. The only New Yorker that would start is Kareem.

NC basketball factories are recent developments, and haven't pumped out nearly the numbers of NBA players and HOF'ers. Do you realize just how dominant guys like Hawkins and Cousey were? They re-defined their positions. You have Wall on the NC first team? Recall that Kenny Anderson WAS John Wall 20 years ago, and even HE can't be listed among the Top 5 all-time NYC PG's. And the fact that you needed to include youngin's who haven't done anything like Shavlik Randolph and Eric Maynor on your expanded list speaks volumes of how light the NC player production really is compared to NY.

Pro players from NY high schools

Pro players from NC high schools