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List of cities producing the most NBA players
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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 * * 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. 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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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