Is New York still the "Mecca" of basketball?

[TheTruth11]

CHICAGO

- Derrick Rose = #1 Pick
- Anthony Davis = #1 Pick
- Jabari Parker = #1 player in HS basketball

[TheTruth11]

As for history, Chicago is actually the home of the Harlem Globetrotters. They only used the name "Harlem" because they wanted people to know that they were Black. But the team's home was Chicago.

Chicago is also home to the first ever World Basketball Championship which happened to feature in the tournament finals (for the first time ever) an All White team vs. an All Black team. That was in 1939 with the games being held at the old Chicago Stadium -- later home to the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan.

History -- Chicago has it. New York does too. But Chicago takes no back seat to anyone as far as hoops. And a strong argument can be made that Chicago dominates New York as far as modern day basketball is concerned -- not even close!! New York is largely living off of past rep whereas Chicago is steadily producing legendary ballers every day. Who is the last great New York basketball player??? Gotta think long and hard on that one.

Chicago is steadily producing.... from DRose to DWade to Iman Shumpert to Anthony Davis to Jabari Parker to Shannon Brown to Tony Allen to Will Bynum to Juwan Howard to Corey Maggette to Quinton Richardson to.... too many guys to list. I'm sure I am missing quite a few.

From the old school players to the new school Chicago stakes a claim to being the mecca. Just a small sample:
Doc Rivers - arguably the best coach in basketball.
Iasiah Thomas - probably the 2nd best PG all-time after Magic. 2 time world champion.
DWade - just got his second ring.
I believe Shump and DRose will eventually get rings too.
Just a small sample...

The list goes on and on and on....

[Orlando Magic]

Springfield, Massachusetts is the "Mecca" of basketball.