NBA Final Four - South vs. East

CP3, Jesus, T-Mac & D-West take on Kobe, Rip, Durant & Sheed.

I decided to create an NBA State Tournament to see which states are producing the best players.

Do certain states excel at producing certain positions? Who’s going to win it all?

Help me decide by voting for each matchup, and we’ll crown an NBA State Champion.

South Region Winner

North Carolina (13 players) +

South Carolina (5 players)

Combined Population = 13,468,741

Round 1: Beat Florida
Round 2: Beat Louisiana + Mississippi

PG: Chris Paul (NC), R. Felton (SC), D. Armstrong (NC)

SG: Ray Allen (SC), Marquis Daniels (SC)

SF: Tracy McGrady (NC), Renaldo Balkman (NC)

PF: David West (NC), Antawn Jamison (NC), Wilcox (NC)

C: Jermaine O’Neal (SC), Brendan Haywood (NC)

Everyone else: B. Jackson (NC), An. Johnson (SC), M. Moore (SC), S. Randolph (NC), C. Simmons (NC), Sh. Williams (NC).

Crunch Time: CP3 / Jesus / T-Mac / Jamison / West

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East Region Winner

Pennsylvania (16 players) +

Maryland (11) + DE (0)

Combined Pop. = 18,915,900

Round 1: Beat Virginia
Round 2: Beat NY + Connecticut

PG: Sam Cassell (MD), Delonte West (MD), K. Lowry (PA)

SG: Richard Hamilton (PA), Kevin Durant (MD)

SF: Kobe Bryant (PA), Keith Bogans (MD)

PF: Rudy Gay (MD), Linas Kleiza (MD), H. Warrick (PA)

C: Rasheed Wallace (PA), Josh Boone (MD)

Everyone else: R. Butler (PA), M. Carroll (PA), M. Collins (PA), J. Dixon (MD), S. Francis (MD), A. Gray (PA), J. Green (MD), Dw. Jones (PA), D. Marshall (PA), R. Mason (MD), C. Mobley (PA), R. Murray (PA), J. Nelson (PA), M. Rose (PA), J. Salmons (PA).

Crunch Time: Kobe / Rip / Durant / Gay / Sheed

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NBA State Tournament

Final Four

South vs. East

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Poll Ends: Wednesday, April 9th @ 11:59pm PST

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NBA State Tournament Rules: - Players must have played in at least one NBA game this season and be on a current NBA roster. - Players are affiliated with the state they graduated High School in rather than the State born in. (Information courtesy of: Basketball-Reference.com). Key differences will be noted. - There are 16 total “Teams” separated into 4 Regions. - Teams are seeded using this formula: Total population (rounded to the nearest million) x 1/2 + Total # of current players. - Smaller states are merged together until they total 16+ active players. - Rosters of 12 are chosen for each team. - Vote for which team you think would win in a 7 game series on a neutral court. - After voting, please comment on which team you picked, how many games to win, and why.