Which State is the Spiritual Home of Basketball?

Started by Admiral Yi, March 21, 2014, 05:41:49 PM

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North Carolina
1 (3.3%)
Indiana
18 (60%)
Kentucky
0 (0%)
Kansas
1 (3.3%)
Other
6 (20%)
North Jaron
4 (13.3%)

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Grey Fox

#15
March 21, 2014, 07:42:29 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 21, 2014, 07:35:44 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 21, 2014, 07:30:13 PM
Canada!

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Eddie Teach

#16
March 21, 2014, 07:44:58 PM
A school teacher in Massachusetts where he invented the sport :contract:
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Grey Fox

#17
March 21, 2014, 08:31:14 PM
Yes, that is why Canada is the spiritual home of Basketball.
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The Brain

#18
March 22, 2014, 04:05:34 AM
Oh my God who the hell cares?
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March 22, 2014, 05:08:27 PM
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MadBurgerMaker

#20
March 22, 2014, 07:48:21 PM
Indiana. What a horrible place.

Valmy

#21
March 22, 2014, 10:07:32 PM
Naismith coached Kansas so I guess that is the best choice out of the ones listed.
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Valmy

#22
March 22, 2014, 10:09:34 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 21, 2014, 06:36:27 PM
Not a state, but I say New York City.

The Indiana / Kentucky / Kansas spiritual homeland concept is the heart of the Hoosiers movie--small town white America in love with hoops at the grassroots level. The culture of the sport has shifted to be much more urban. I think the current spiritual homeland are the urban playgrounds, and streetball is no more famous than in NYC.

No black people live in small towns?  The Mississippi Valley will be bummed.  But anyway since when have any top prospects from New York or any teams from New York done crap?
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alfred russel

#23
March 23, 2014, 12:44:14 AM
Quote from: Valmy on March 22, 2014, 10:09:34 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 21, 2014, 06:36:27 PM
Not a state, but I say New York City.

The Indiana / Kentucky / Kansas spiritual homeland concept is the heart of the Hoosiers movie--small town white America in love with hoops at the grassroots level. The culture of the sport has shifted to be much more urban. I think the current spiritual homeland are the urban playgrounds, and streetball is no more famous than in NYC.

No black people live in small towns?  The Mississippi Valley will be bummed.  But anyway since when have any top prospects from New York or any teams from New York done crap?

Huh? No one has been talking about the Mississippi Valley--I was talking about Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas, which are not known for diversity.

The success of New York teams and prospects is a non sequitur--this is about the spiritual home of basketball.
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Monoriu

#24
March 23, 2014, 03:25:10 AM
The United States, of course.

grumbler

#25
March 23, 2014, 06:06:42 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 23, 2014, 12:44:14 AM
Huh? No one has been talking about the Mississippi Valley--I was talking about Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas, which are not known for diversity.

The success of New York teams and prospects is a non sequitur--this is about the spiritual home of basketball.

New York City basketball looks to me like an afterthought, even in New York.  The state's "Mr. Basketball" is as likely to come from outside the city as in it, and few of the state's Mr Basketball designees have been highly recruited or highly drafted.  If the spiritual home of basketball has moved to a city, that city would be LA.  And I'd say Chicago also tops NYC on the list of basketball cities.
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alfred russel

#26
March 23, 2014, 09:35:59 AM
Quote from: grumbler on March 23, 2014, 06:06:42 AM
New York City basketball looks to me like an afterthought, even in New York.  The state's "Mr. Basketball" is as likely to come from outside the city as in it, and few of the state's Mr Basketball designees have been highly recruited or highly drafted.  If the spiritual home of basketball has moved to a city, that city would be LA.  And I'd say Chicago also tops NYC on the list of basketball cities.

I don't know why the production of talent is important...but if you want to consider, when you take population into account, NYC is kind of a wasteland in terms of athlete production. The city does better with basketball than baseball and football.

My major point was that I think the spiritual homeland is now an urban basketball court rather than a rural gym. I'm talking about the streetball scene. If you want to argue LA over NYC, you won't get an argument from me. I'm not talking about the best basketball city--that is a different discussion.
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