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NorCal or SoCal, the debate for hoops' supremacy rages on

By Ronnie Flores
ESPNRISE.com

Monday, March 9, 2009

Although their counterparts from the San Francisco Bay Area still have a stronger starting five, Los Angeles has made the case to supplant San Francisco/Oakland on the list of cities that have produced the best all-time basketball talent. In terms of the ESPN RISE Great State Debate, the rivalry between LA and S.F. is similar to New York and Boston or Philadelphia vs. Washington, D.C. This is the only one of these city squabbles about which is the best in basketball, however, in which both ci ...

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