List of cities producing the most NBA players

The following is a list of American cities producing the most NBA players as determined by high school attendance:
New York City, NY (170 players)
* Zaid Abdul-Aziz
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
* Don Ackerman
* Stacey Arceneaux
* Tiny Archibald
* Ron Artest
* Johnny Bach
* Andre Barrett
* Ed Bartels
* Ron Behagen
* Walter Berry
* Lionel Billingy
* Rolando Blackman
* Bill Bolger
* Dennis Boyd
* Harry Boykoff
* Steve Bracey
* Pete Brennan
* Dave Britton
* Ernest Brown
* Roger Brown
* George Bruns
* Walt Budko
* Steve Burtt
* Tommy Byrnes
* Ken Charles
* Lorenzo Charles
* Ed Conlin
* Chuck Connors
* Ray Corley
* Freddie Crawford
* Billy Cunningham
* Lloyd Daniels
* Mel Davis
* Mike Davis
* Red Davis
* Sonny Dove
* Dick Duckett
* Mike Dunleavy, Sr.
* Franklin Edwards
* Mario Elie
* LeRoy Ellis
* Len Elmore
* Bo Erias
* Johnny Ezersky
* Ray Felix
* Warren Fenley
* Al Ferrari
* Jerry Fleishman
* Luis Flores
* World B. Free
* Jack Garfinkel
* Leo Gottlieb
* Calvin Graham
* Stewart Granger
* Luther Green
* Si Green
* Sidney Green
* Richie Guerin
* Happy Hairston
* Jerry Harkness
* Billy Hassett
* Connie Hawkins
* Brian Heaney
* Tom Henderson
* Sonny Hertzberg
* Armond Hill
* Julius Hodge
* Red Holzman
* Geoff Huston
* Greg Jackson
* Mark Jackson
* Tony Jackson
* Cheese Johnson
* Eric Johnson
* George Johnson
* Neil Johnson
* Vinnie Johnson
* Charles Jones
* George Kaftan
* Ralph Kaplowitz
* Tommy Kearns
* Albert King
* Bernard King
* Dan Kraus
* York Larese
* Rudy LaRusso
* Butch Lee
* Andrew Levane
* Barry Liebowitz
* Felipe López
* Kevin Loughery
* Norm Mager
* Lionel Malamed
* Frank Mangiapane
* Stephon Marbury
* Jamal Mashburn
* Brendan McCann
* Alfred McGuire
* Dick McGuire
* Jack McMahon
* Jim McMillian
* Larry McNeill
* Dean Meminger
* Nat Militzok
* Jack Molinas
* John Morton
* Chris Mullin
* Boris Nachamkin
* Ruben Nembhard
* Dave Newmark
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* Dermie O'Connell
* Buddy O'Grady
* Tom Owens
* Smush Parker
* Jerry Paulson
* Jake Pelkington
* Ed Pinckney
* Olden Polynice
* Tony Price
* Cal Ramsey
* Allan Ray
* Billy Reid
* Chick Reiser
* Terrence Rencher
* Norm Richardson
* Marv Roberts
* John Roche
* John Salley
* Tom Sanders
* Kenny Satterfield
* Dolph Schayes
* Ossie Schectman
* Shawnelle Scott
* Carey Scurry
* Malik Sealy
* Ed Searcy
* Phil Sellers
* Nick Shaback
* God Shammgod
* Steve Sheppard
* Walter Simon
* Zeke Sinicola
* Bill Smith
* Ricky Sobers
* Kebu Stewart
* Sam Stith
* Tom Stith
* Chris Taft
* Sid Tanenbaum
* Oliver Taylor
* Sebastian Telfair
* Jamel Thomas
* George Thompson
* Jamaal Tinsley
* Irv Torgoff
* Gary Voce
* Isaac Walthour
* Gerry Ward
* Pearl Washington
* Bobby Wanzer
* Lenny Wilkens
* Kevin Williams
* Tony Windis
* Willie Worsley
* Sam Worthen
* Charlie Yelverton
* Max Zaslofsky
* Zeke Zawoluk
Chicago, IL (101 players)
* Mark Aguirre
* Tony Allen
* Eric Anderson
* J. J. Anderson
* Nick Anderson
* Ron Anderson
* Irv Bemoras
* Cory Blackwell
* Walter Bond
* Andre Brown
* Randy Brown
* Roger Brown
* Tony Brown
* Jim Browne
* Em Bryant
* Joe Buckhalter
* Will Bynum
* Howie Carl
* Maurice Cheeks
* Nathaniel Clifton
* Russell Cross
* Terry Cummings
* Nate Driggers
* Pat Dunn
* Gene Dyker
* Ed Earle
* Bo Ellis
* Ron Feiereisel
* Jake Fendley
* Kevin Garnett
* Kiwane Garris
* Bato Govedarica
* Joe Graboski
* Rickey Green
* Thomas Hamilton
* Julian Hammond
* Tim Hardaway
* Mike Harper
* Hersey Hawkins
* Tom Hawkins
* Luther Head
* Phil Hicks
* Randy Holcomb
* Juwan Howard
* Alfredrick Hughes
* Eddie Hughes
* Byron Irvin
* Eddie Johnson
* Linton Johnson
* Mickey Johnson
* Whitey Kachan
* Wilbert Kautz
* Red Kerr
* Jack Kerris
* Sean Lampley
* Priest Lauderdale
* Ronnie Lester
* Marcus Liberty
* Lonnie Lynn
* Renaldo Major
* LaRue Martin
* Marlon Maxey
* Mel McCants
* Shellie McMillon
* Paul McPherson
* George Mikan
* Nazr Mohammed
* Andre Moore
* Carl Nicks
* Richie Niemiera
* Ken Norman
* Mike Novak
* Wally Osterkorn
* Errol Palmer
* Jannero Pargo
* Sonny Parker
* Stan Patrick
* Kevin Porter
* Marlbert Pradd
* Don Rehfeldt
* Quentin Richardson
* Bill Robinzine
* Derek Rose
* Mickey Rottner
* Cazzie Russell
* Bobby Simmons
* James Singleton
* Leon Smith
* Jack Stephens
* Gene Stump
* Norm Swanson
* Dick Triptow
* Kelvin Upshaw
* Andre Wakefield
* Antoine Walker
* Darrell Walker
* Lloyd Walton
* Ralph Wells
* Donald Whiteside
* Mike Williams
* George Wilson
* Voise Winters
Philadelphia, PA (75 players)
*Mahdi Abdul-Rahman
*Cliff Anderson
*Michael Anderson
*Paul Arizin
*Jimmie Baker
*Gene Banks
*Mike Bantom
*Jerry Baskerville
*Johnny Baum
*Ernie Beck
*Nate Blackwell
*Nelson Bobb
*Tyrone Britt
*Clarence Brookins
*Michael Brooks
*Stan Brown
*Joe Bryant
*Kobe Bryant
*Rasual Butler
*Larry Cannon
*Frank Card
*Wilt Chamberlain
*Mardy Collins
*Dallas Comegys
*Steve Courtin
*Chubby Cox
*Emanual Davis
*Larry Foust
*Mike Gale
*Tom Gola
*Steve Goodrich
*Paul Graham
*Aaron Gray
*Lynn Greer
*Norm Grekin
*Eddie Griffin
*Al Guokas
*Matt Guokas
*Wayne Hightower
*Mo Howard
*Tom Ingelsby
*Marc Jackson
*Ollie Johnson
*Wali Jones
*Pickles Kennedy
*Lari Ketner
*Bo Kimble
*Herm Klotz
*Rich Laurel
*Jason Lawson
*Hal Lear
*Ralph Lewis
*Lewis Lloyd
*Kyle Lowry
*Andre McCarter
*Aaron McKie
*Earl Monroe
*Jackie Moore
*Ronald Murray
*Francis O'Hanlon
*Doug Overton
*Pooh Richardson
*John Richter
*Guy Rodgers
*Malik Rose
*John Salmons
*Ray Scott
*Lionel Simmons
*Steven Smith
*Larry Stewart
*Rasheed Wallace
*Jim Washington
*Trooper Washington
*Alvin Williams
*Randy Woods
Los Angeles, CA (59 players)
* Hassan Adams
* Trevor Ariza
* Ken Austin
* Toby Bailey
* Lewis Brown
* Stanley Brundy
* Joe Caldwell
* Darwin Cook
* Austin Croshere
* Kenny Fields
* Tremaine Fowlkes
* Larry Friend
* Marlon Garnett
* Normie Glick
* Dave Greenwood
* Roy Hamilton
* Alex Hannum
* Rollen Hans
* Art Harris
* Lucious Harris
* Jerome Henderson
* Sean Higgins
* Amir Johnson
* Marques Johnson
* Adonis Jordan
* Jason Kapono
* Edgar Lacy
* Glenn McDonald
* Patrick McFarland
* Bill McGill
* Andre Miller
* Chris Mills
* Louie Nelson
* Mike Niles
* Kevin Ollie
* Jim Owens
* Dwayne Polee
* Gabe Pruitt
* Ron Riley
* Samuel Robinson
* Curtis Rowe
* Woody Sauldsberry
* Paul Scranton
* Jim Seminoff
* Bob Sims
* Craig Smith
* Robert Smith
* Andre Spencer
* Dane Suttle
* Stephen Thompson
* Mark Wade
* Sidney Wicks
* James Wilkes
* Freeman Williams
* John Williams
* Sam Williams
* Scott Williams
* Brad Wright
* Tony Zeno
Detroit, MI (58 players)
* Maurice Ager
* Victor Alexander
* George Brown
* Bill Buntin
* Willie Burton
* Derrick Coleman
* Earl Cureton
* Mel Daniels
* Ollie Darden
* Johnny Davis
* Dave DeBusschere
* Blaine Denning
* Derrick Dial
* Charles Edge
* Howard Eisley
* Larry Fogle
* Tony Fuller
* David Gaines
* Derrick Gervin
* George Gervin
* Ben Gillery
* Willie Green
* Lindsay Hairston
* Reggie Harding
* Alan Hardy
* Robert Hawkins
* Spencer Haywood
* Willie Iverson
* Jermaine Jackson
* Ken Johnson
* Bill Jones
* Greg Kelser
* Negele Knight
* Tom LaGarde
* Voshon Lenard
* Rawle Marshall
* Bill Mayfield
* Jim McElroy
* Eric Money
* Dorie Murrey
* Ira Newble
* Connie Norman
* Jerry Pettway
* Gary Plummer
* Shawn Respert
* Carlos Rogers
* Jalen Rose
* Dan Roundfield
* Ralph Simpson
* Doug Smith
* Steve Smith
* Roy Tarpley
* Maurice Taylor
* Robert Traylor
* Terry Tyler
* Cliff Williams
* Sam Williams
* Kevin Willis
Washington, D.C. (42 players)
* Tim Bassett
* John Battle
* Elgin Baylor
* Dave Bing
* Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje
* Austin Carr
* Jerry Chambers
* Robert Churchwell
* Johnny Dawkins
* Sherman Douglas
* John Duren
* Jack George
* Claude Gregory
* Keith Herron
* Donald Hodge
* Tom Hoover
* Mike Jackson
* Anthony Jones
* Collis Jones
* Earl Jones
* Eddie Jordan
* Bobby Lewis
* Cedric Lewis
* Gene Littles
* Bill Martin
* Moochie Norris
* Curtis Perry
* Dominic Pressley
* Bernard Robinson
* Craig Shelton
* Tom Sluby
* Charles Smith
* Michael Smith
* John Thompson
* John Tresvant
* Anthony Tucker
* Ben Warley
* Donald Washington
* Kermit Washington
* Stan Washington
* Duck Williams
* Larry Wright
Dallas, TX (29 players)
*LaMarcus Aldridge
*Maceo Baston
*Tony Battie
*Chris Bosh
*David Burns
*Pat Durham
*Andre Emmett
*Ricky Grace
*Bill Henry
*Tito Horford
*Stephen Howard
*Larry Johnson
*Acie Law
*Alton Lister
*Kenyon Martin
*C.J. Miles
*Dennis Rodman
*Willie Rogers
*Quinton Ross
*Jason Sasser
*Jeryl Sasser
*DeWayne Scales
*Ken Spain
*Dave Stallworth
*Ira Terrell
*Kurt Thomas
*Darren Tillis
*Spud Webb
*Micheal Williams
Indianapolis, IN (29 players)
*Leo Barnhorst
*Wallace Bryant
*Rodney Carney
*Mike Conley
*Louie Dampier
*Steve Downing
*Bobby Edmonds
*Greg Graham
*Alan Henderson
*George Hill
*Charles Jordan
*Bill Keller
*Frank Kendrick
*George McGinnis
*Eric Montross
*Ralph O'Brien
*Greg Oden
*Andre Owens
*Wayne Pack
*Jim Price
*Mike Price
*Oscar Robertson
*Charley Shipp
*Dick Van Arsdale
*Tom Van Arsdale
*Bobby Wilson
*Marv Winkler
*Randy Wittman
*Mike Woodson
Atlanta, GA (28 players)
* Shandon Anderson
* Willie Anderson
* Raymond Brown
* Rickey Brown
* Anthony Carter
* Lanard Copeland
* Javaris Crittenton
* Jermareo Davidson
* Jacky Dorsey
* Harold Ellis
* Walt Frazier
* Charlie Hardnett
* Matt Harpring
* Jarvis Hayes
* Dwight Howard
* Ed Johnson
* Jonathan Kerner
* Mike Mitchell
* Chris Morris
* Randolph Morris
* Jabari Smith
* Elmore Spencer
* Brook Steppe
* Mark Strickland
* Joe Thomas
* Sedale Threatt
* Perry Warbington
* Gerald Wilkins
Houston, TX (28 players)
*Greg Anderson
*Tate Armstrong
*Joe Cooper
*Dwight Davis
*Clyde Drexler
*Ndudi Ebi
*Alton Ford
*Daniel Gibson
*Gerald Green
*Tito Horford
*Dwight Jones
*Greg Kite
*Dave Lattin
*McCoy McLemore
*Larry Micheaux
*Emeka Okafor
*Eddie Owens
*Gene Phillips
*Lawrence Roberts
*Ansu Sesay
*Reggie Slater
*Ken Spain
*Joe Stephens
*Fred Taylor
*Jake Voskuhl
*Rob Williams
*Rickie Winslow
*Michael Young
Portland, OR (14 players)
*Ray Blume
*Terrell Brandon
*Michael Doleac
*Mike Dunleavy
*Thomas Gardner
*A. C. Green
*Swede Halbrook
*Nick Jones
*Steve Jones
*Aaron Miles
*Mark Radford
*Damon Stoudamire
*Ime Udoka
*Richard Washington
Milwaukee, WI (13 players)
*Fred Brown
*Rodney Buford
*Patrick Eddie
*Devin Harris
*John Johnson
*Mark Jones
*Don Kojis
*Carl Landry
*Dick Miller
*Kurt Nimphius
*Terry Porter
*Latrell Sprewell
*Mike Wilks
Seattle, WA (13 players)
* Aaron Brooks
* Jamal Crawford
* Spencer Hawes
* Nate Robinson
* Brandon Roy
* Jason Terry
* George Irvine
* Jawann Oldham
* Clint Richardson
* Randy Stoll
* Martell Webster
* Marcus Williams
* Tom Workman
Minneapolis, MN (8 Players)
*Alan Anderson
*Don Carlson
*Ben Coleman
*Khalid El-Amin
*Kris Humphries
*Tony Jaros
*Don Smith
*John Thomas

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