NBA State Tournament – Finals

The North & South Carolina squad led by Chris Paul are your champions.

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

Help me decide the winner by voting for each matchup.

West Region Winner

California (42 players)

Total Population = 36,553,215

Round 1: Beat Washington + Oregon + Alaska

Round 2: Beat Texas

Final Four: Beat Illinois

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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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
Final Four: Beat Pennsylvania + Maryland

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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NBA State Tournament

FINALS

West vs. Midwest

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Poll Ends: Thursday, April 17th @ 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.

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