Is New York still the "Mecca" of basketball?

[gts]

I'm hoping this isn't an agenda.

NYC is the Mecca of basketball. Period.

The famous parks where legend honed their skills, like Rucker, and the West 4th Cage has no comparison in familiarity to any other in the world.

Plus we have some of the most famous High School known for basketball as well.

It's just what you see when you go to any park in NYC is a basketball hoop.

MSG own claims the Most Famous status because the city itself is the Mecca.

nope all serious, i just was bored today and thought it would be fun to take the usual ISH conversation in a different direction...lol
i got no dog in this fight so i'm just poking it along

back on topic
so you say it's the whole city, the blogger from some knicks site says it just MSG... (see page 1 i posted a blurb from the blog)

[macpierce]

It is not a title given out due to success of the city. It has to do with the history.

Does LA have more success than NY in both pro and college teams? Yes.
Does LA have more history than NY overall in basketball? No.

go knicks!

[gts]

go knicks!

read his post again..

he's talking about in total, if it's just college or pro then LA yes but he's talking about basketball history in the city of NY..

from high school to the pros to the street ball scene, park ball etc etc etc NY has a rich history of basketball much greater than LA's.. it's right there with pastrami and matzoballs

edit: you changed you post!! lol

[knickscity]

nope all serious, i just was bored today and thought it would be fun to take the usual ISH conversation in a different direction...lol
i got no dog in this fight so i'm just poking it along

back on topic
so you say it's the whole city, the blogger from some knicks site says it just MSG... (see page 1 i posted a blurb from the blog)

It's the whole city. City meaning "NYC", not the whole state to be more specific.

MSG may be one of the most famous venues in the world, which is why it's called most famous arena.

The Knicks have very little in comparison to the basketball history of NYC.

The blogger is wrong plain and simple, but it's HIS opinion, so he is right in his own mind.

[zizozain]

* Is New York the basketball mecca because of the number of championships they have won? No that can not be it, they only have two, 1970 and 1973. The Boston Celtics have seventeen, the Los Angeles Lakers have eleven. The Chicago Bulls have six. (an old artcl.)

* Is it the number of Hall Of Fame players? Well they have twelve Hall Of Fame players. The Boston Celtics have twenty three. The Los Angeles Lakers have fifteen.

* Is New York the birth place of basketball? No that is Springfield Massachusetts.

* Maybe they have the all time best player? No they never had Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson. They are not even in the argument there.

* What we really have here is false advertising, this is akin to a fast food place claiming to have the best coffee in town

http://hubpages.com/hub/New-York-The...ball-Meca-What

[Noble6]

yeah

[knickscity]

* Is New York the basketball mecca because of the number of championships they have won? No that can not be it, they only have two, 1970 and 1973. The Boston Celtics have seventeen, the Los Angeles Lakers have eleven. The Chicago Bulls have six. (an old artcl.)

* Is it the number of Hall Of Fame players? Well they have twelve Hall Of Fame players. The Boston Celtics have twenty three. The Los Angeles Lakers have fifteen.

* Is New York the birth place of basketball? No that is Springfield Massachusetts.

* Maybe they have the all time best player? No they never had Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson. They are not even in the argument there.

* What we really have here is false advertising, this is akin to a fast food place claiming to have the best coffee in town

http://hubpages.com/hub/New-York-The...ball-Meca-What

You have no clue what your talking about.

The Mecca has little to do with pro ball, it's the street scene that makes it the Mecca.

The other venues like MSG ride off that.

Even the NBA players recognize NYC at the Mecca.

But don't act like nobody has come out of NYC.

[zizozain]

You have no clue what your talking about.

The Mecca has little to do with pro ball, it's the street scene that makes it the Mecca.

The other venues like MSG ride off that.

Even the NBA players recognize NYC at the Mecca.

But don't act like nobody has come out of NYC.

and let's ignore
Hall Of Fame players
pro ball
NCAA
high schools basketball
all time best player
markets
championships

[Mr. Jabbar]

The term mecca used for new york doesn't ferer to the knicks, MSG, college or any of those leagues...Its about STREET BBALL. And that ain't changing anytime soon...

[Go Getter]

Chicago isn't quite at the level of street ball scene of NYC.

I would put Philly over Chi as well.

Based off of?

Because I have played extensively in Chicago and have played against many Philly/NY cats.

Them and1 cats used to come Chicago and get ran every year lol j/k

[JohnnySic]

Indiana is basketball country.

[BarberSchool]

Based off of?

Because I have played extensively in Chicago and have played against many Philly/NY cats.

Based off the fact that dude likes Philly more culturally/some other reason, I'm guessing.....cause it certainly couldn't have been the basketball. Philly is still leaping over horse manure dunking on milkcrates.

[smartboy19]

#Late

But I don't see how new york can consistently claim the title of basketball mecca... The basketball culture in chicago is just as strong and the city consistently puts out talent..top notch talent...new york is honestly doing nothing too special... ijs

[NumberSix]

Town in Saudi Arabia. It is probably holliest place for all of the Muslims around the world, and a place where every year is performing the most important pilgrimage in islam. For some people most beautiful place in the world.

It's not. "Mecca" is the gathering place of Muslims. Not the holiest site, just the place of gathering.

So, if NYC/MSG is the Mecca of basketball, all that means is that is the place of gathering for basketball.

[JellyBean]

To me, it is a toss up between New York and Chicago, based on experience.