Game of the Summer: Goodman league vs. Melo League 8-30-11

[fantastic4our]

Originally Posted by throwback1718

jamal crawford might roast some ankles

he already goes ham during NBA games 

 Craw gonna try to take dudes hearts out there

 

[ai39theanswer]

 

[beware the underdog]

Bron Bron and Gary Neal WIT IT putting on a show for the people.

 

[Bert.]

damn, i wanna see one of these games in person.

 

[SORIANOTRON]

Originally Posted by Seymore CAKE

Originally Posted by sorianotron


kobe in the philly game? 

Kobe is a man without a country, he gets no love in either LA or Philly 

LA?? Dont let Brandon fool you mannnn.... Kobe, Shaq and 2pac like the only foos rocking a PLATINUM hood pass in LA
You right tho, philly cold 

 

[DCAllAfrican]

[h3]The NBA's Best Pipelines[/h3]
By: Jonathan Tjarks

Sep 06, 2011 1:00 AM EDT

Basketball in America is primarily an urban sport, as most current NBA players grew up in a major metropolitan area. The majority were identified by the time they reach middle school, playing against each other and growing up in the same AAU basketball circles. 

As a result, home-town pride is extremely high amongst NBA players, especially among those of the same age cohort. In a summer dominated by the incredibly slow pace of negotiations in the lockout, the most buzzed-about basketball moments have come in exhibition games between players from different cities -- the Goodman (Washington DC) vs. Drew (Los Angeles) League showdown, the one-on-one matchup between Kevin Durant (playing for Goodman) and LeBron James (playing on the Carmelo Anthony-led Team Baltimore squad).

So, in a similar vein to our look at which college would win an alumni tournament of current players, here’s a look at which city produces the best NBA players. The transient childhoods of players like Amar'e Stoudemire (six different high schools) and Kobe Bryant (who grew up in Italy and then played in high school near Philadelphia) makes it hard to divide up teams, so only players who spent the majority of their childhood in a major city were counted.

1. Los Angeles: SF Paul Pierce, C Tyson Chandler, PG Russell Westbrook, SG James Harden, PG Jrue Holiday, PG Darren Collison, PG Brandon Jennings, SG Arron Afflalo, SF Trevor Ariza, PG Andre Miller, PF Amir Johnson

In terms of the depth and quality of NBA talent produced, the vast Los Angeles metropolitan area stands head and shoulders above the rest of the country. It attracts players from all over the state and turns them into stars: Los Angeles has big men (Chandler, Johnson), wings (Pierce, Ariza) and a host of point guards that turned UCLA into “PG U

 

[ex carrabba fan]

Pretty cray how D. Williams and Bosh weren't the biggest stars on their HS teams. Any other All-Star players who weren't the best on their HS squads?