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New York boasts wealth of talent

By Chris Lawlor
ESPNRISE.com

Monday, February 2, 2009

The history of basketball is deeply embedded in New York state, from the Catskill Mountains to Niagara Falls to the asphalt playgrounds in the city's five boroughs. With nearly 20 million inhabitants, the talent pools are deep. That is particularly true in New York City. The five boroughs -- Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island -- historically are responsible for a bulk of the players. The "golden age of high school" in New York City was the late 1950s to the early 1970s, said ...

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