(11-01-2010 11:35 PM)oasispirate Wrote: I'll take the alltime North Carolina prep basketball team and drag NYC and Chicago combined. Hell throw in the rest of NY and IL as well.
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
Other notables...blah...
I could go on and on.
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
A few other NYC stars, excuding even those players born post 1980:
Bernard King, Chris Mullin, Mark Jackson, Kevin Loughery, Vinny Johnson, Lamar Odom, Jamal Mashburn, Ron Artest, Kenny Smith, Rod Strickland
You sure you are willing to throw in Upstate NY's pre-1980 born notebale products as well?:
Bob Lanier (HOF), Al Cervi (HOF), Pat Riley, Cliff Robinson, George Cater, Sam Parkins, Rick Carlisle, Elton Brand, Christian Laettner, Danny Schayes, John Wallace, Walter Dukes