NBA Final Four - West vs. Midwest

Kidd, Baron, Pierce, Prince & TC battle Wade, Iggy, Maggette & KG.

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.

West Region Winner

California (42 players)

Total Population = 36,553,215

Round 1: Beat Washington/ Oregon/ Alaska

Round 2: Beat Texas

PG: Jason Kidd, Gilbert Arenas, Andre Miller

SG: Baron Davis, Brent Barry

SF: Paul Pierce, Tayshaun Prince

PF: Drew Gooden, Matt Barnes, Amir Johnson

C: Tyson Chandler, Chuck Hayes

Everyone else: A. Afflalo, T. Ariza, B. Bowen, J. Childress, Jar. Collins, Jas. Collins, A. Croshere, J. Dudley, J. Farmar, J. Hart, R. Hollins, E. House, C. Jacobsen, J. Kapono, M. Madsen, D. Martin, D. McGuire, K. Ollie, S. Pollard, L. Powe, G. Pruitt, C. Smith, K. Snyder, D. Stevenson, DJ Strawberry, R. Swift, J. Vaughn, L. Walton, D. Wright, N. Young.

Crunch Time: Kidd / Baron / Pierce / Prince / Chandler

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Midwest Region Winner

Illinois (27 players)

Total Population = 12,852,548

Round 1: Beat Michigan + Wisconsin + Minnesota

Round 2: Beat Ohio + Indiana

PG: Dwyane Wade, Jannero Pargo

SG: Anthony Parker, Michael Finley, Tony Allen

SF: Andre Iguodala, Corey Maggette

PF: Kevin Garnett, Julian Wright

C: Steven Hunter, Nazr Mohammad, Eddy Curry

Everyone else: J. Augustine, A. Brown, S. Brown, B. Cardinal, B. Cook, M. Ely, L. Head, Ju. Howard, Q. Richardson, B. Simmons, A. Storey, A. Tucker, A. Walker, A. Williams, J. Williams.

Crunch Time: Wade / Parker / Iggy / Maggette / KG

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NBA State Tournament

Final Four

West vs. Midwest

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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.