Is New York City still the mecca of basketball?

[pete clemenza]

Thats out there like you said.

Nyc = West 4th, rucker, dyckman. These are world famous courts.

Theres a basketball court in just about every neighborhood in a few block radius. NYC people we take basketball serious. Look how that and 1 shyt took off across the country at its height.

Which is the bigger street court destination, Venice Beach or Rucker Park? Is that even a competition?

Which is the bigger arena destination, Staples or The Garden? We know the Lakers shyt on the Knicks but...realistically speaking, team quality aside...who wins?

I respect The Rucker and Madison Square Garden but at the same time you can't front on The Forum, Staples, or Pauly Pavilion imo. I'm trying to call a fair shot here. I'll give it up fair and square.. I've been to NYC four times, I've been to Yankee Stadium(the old one). Nothing is fukkin with NYC pizza, I'd rather hang in Manhattan than Hollywood, and so forth. I'll 'give it up' to a city fair and square. I'm not even originally from LA, I was born and raised in Fresno.. so I'm not just riding for a city just because.

But strictly from a fans point of view from the NBA, NCAA, to high school, to traveling AAU teams... LA is amazing place to be if you're a basketball fan straight up and down. I can't front on that no matter much people push the Rucker or MSG on me. Pound for pound, and not just new shyt either like Staples- Pauly Pavilion and The Great Western Forum are just as historical.. LA is a basketball mecca. I just can't budge on that. I actually go 10-12 Clipper games and maybe 2 Laker games a season.


pro-Lakers, Clippers


D-1 Colleges- UCLA, USC, Pepperdine, Long Beach State, Fullerton State, UC Irvine, LMU, Cal State Northridge, UC Riverside


plus high schools

 

[Malta]

Yes, the dragon ball z thread i made today relates to NY

Vegeta is originally from the Bronx.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Same can be said for LA, yet they're still producing ballers

No...it can't be said.

Gentrification is at its peak in NYC...more so than any part of the country outside of Washington DC.

LOL @ this corny ass pride you stay digging for.

Aren't you that corny ass niqqa who posted that you and a crew of friends visited here wearing San Diego Padres gear and no one stepped to yall or was that some other Cali poster on some corny niqqa shyt?

 

[BrothaZay]

No...it can't be said.

Gentrification is at its peak in NYC...more so than any part of the country outside of Washington DC.

LOL @ this corny ass pride you stay digging for.

Aren't you that corny ass niqqa who posted that you and a crew of friends visited here wearing San Diego Padres gear and no one stepped to yall or was that some other Cali poster on some corny niqqa shyt?

you got me confused nikka.

And @ you really thinking NYC has lost more black people than Los Angeles, stop it breh

 

[ROFL_GUY]

KOBE
D12
GRIFFIN
NASH
CP3
GASOL


All play home games in LA in the same arena the MECCA of BASKETBALL

STAPLES CENTER

 

[ROFL_GUY]

we have the best player in the nba @ evry position between lakers and

- small forward

 

[Malta]

we have the best player in the nba @ evry position between lakers and

- small forward

Best Power Forward, word?

 

[locoloco87]

i remember when my high school played an nyc team, the ny team was garbage

 

[locoloco87]

and why is this thread on the wrong section

 

[Scustin Trillberlake]

Lithuania produces better basketball players than New York

 

[Malta]

i remember when my high school played an nyc team, the ny team was garbage

NYC teams from the public league are usually trash if they're not from Brooklyn, the best public school program in the state is Mount Vernon which is outside the city.

The Catholic league in NYC is where the USAToday top 25 teams usually reside.

 

[NYC Rebel]

i remember when my high school played an nyc team, the ny team was garbage

"an Nyc team"



That shyt sounds phony as hell.

Do a google search now and find an "nyc team" you played.

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

we have the best player in the nba @ evry position between lakers and

- small forward

best center yes


pg nope
2g nope
sf
pf not even

 

[BillBanneker]

It seems like Los Angeles and Chicago both took that crown.

NYC had a nice run tho and had some legendary ass courts in its prime

In terms of producing high level talent (nba), yeah I agree with you. NYC has been on a slide.

 

[big bun]

No...it can't be said.

Gentrification is at its peak in NYC...more so than any part of the country outside of Washington DC.

LOL @ this corny ass pride you stay digging for.

Aren't you that corny ass niqqa who posted that you and a crew of friends visited here wearing San Diego Padres gear and no one stepped to yall or was that some other Cali poster on some corny niqqa shyt?

It can be said...

Black folks been leaving L.A. (and Cali overall) for years now.