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Which state produces the most NBA players?
« on: August 03, 2013, 08:58:25 PM »

Offline lightspeed5

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 It would be an interesting study to see the relationship between environment and basketball development... i wonder if living in a poor neighborhood and having nothing other than basketball to do would be a reason for elite development as well.
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I'm going to make a crazzzy guess that the order is something like

CA
NY
TX
FL
IL
NC
IN
KY
OH
PA
CT
NJ
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this is skewed because it is per 100k residents

- New Hampshire comes in at No. 4. Their one and only NBA product: Matt “Red Mamba” Bonner.

- Vermont is the only state to never produce an NBA player.

- North Carolina’s homegrown talent is lacking despite its huge college hoops fan base.

- California has the most NBA players overall (336), but per capita it’s average.

- Wyoming took a break from bull-riding long enough to manufacture six NBA players.

- Hawaii gets bragging rights over Alaska by two players to one.
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Quote from: lightspeed5 on August 03, 2013, 08:58:25 PM
It would be an interesting study to see the relationship between environment and basketball development... i wonder if living in a poor neighborhood and having nothing other than basketball to do would be a reason for elite development as well.
To be fair sometimes "poor" is different than we think. Sometimes we think of poor as inner city (Washington DC. I wouldn't have thought of that). But in many cases poor is Larry Bird out in the middle of a corn field.  Poor might be the middle of the woods in Montana (Phil Jackson) or something.
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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2013, 09:31:24 AM »

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My state, Rhode Island, with a hair over a million people, one-third of a percent of the US population, had 2 picks, 3.3% of the 2103 NBA draft, second round picks Ricardo Ledo, who should make the Mavs, and Erik Murphy, who might make the Bulls, and if not, should make the league, even if he has to go overseas. (Murphy was born in France when his dad, former BC and NBA big Jay Murphy was playing overseas, but was raised in South Kingstown, RI.)

Also, RI prep school St. Andrews' Michael Carter-Williams was a lotto pick. 
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