04/20/24
November 29, 2007
Where Amazing Birth Happens.: Jason Gurney of Ballhype sets up a Google Map that plots the birthplace of every current NBA player.
Shamelessly stolen from TrueHoop.
posted by lilnemo to basketball at 02:46 PM - 13 comments
Not that it is any big deal, but I checked to see where Adam Morrison was born for fun and it lists Wyoming while I thought he was born in Montana (as apparently do the Charlotte Bobcats). So right off the bat I kind of wonder about the accuracy of this little bit of whatever it is. It's cold in eastern Washington. Ask anyone from Seattle. We have nothing better to do.
posted by THX-1138 at 04:42 PM on November 29, 2007
Awesome link. Props to Jason Gurney for setting that up. Great link nemo.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 04:50 PM on November 29, 2007
Bigger view. Great link, thanks.
posted by yerfatma at 05:21 PM on November 29, 2007
Looks like I share a birthplace with 3 current NBA players, all of whom (unsurprisingly) went to LSU and one of whom broke a chair at my parents house. (Not by smashing it up or anything, he's just a big boy.)
posted by holden at 05:27 PM on November 29, 2007
Totally fun
posted by Monica Poland at 06:27 PM on November 29, 2007
I'd like to see maps for HOFers, All-Stars, and MVPs. It would be interesting to see if there were any (tenuous) correlations.
posted by lilnemo at 06:53 PM on November 29, 2007
holden, are you telling me Big Baby broke your parents' chair?
posted by yerfatma at 07:49 PM on November 29, 2007
Yes, Big Baby broke one of my parents' chairs. He went to high school with my youngest sister. Was over at their house for a party once, sat in a wooden chair out by the pool and -crack!- that was that. All in good fun, though, because he wasn't hurt and it makes for a fun story. Kind of like Ryan Giggs' agent trying to poach Barry Glendenning's girlfriend, right? Ahhhhh, brushes with greatness.
posted by holden at 09:52 PM on November 29, 2007
Cool Link. Okay, who's got dibs for the NHL, NFL, and MLB versions?
posted by BoKnows at 03:16 AM on November 30, 2007
Kind of like Ryan Giggs' agent trying to poach Barry Glendenning's girlfriend, right? Except you didn't make nasty comments about your sister. Barry seemed less than impressed with the faithfulness of his ex.
posted by yerfatma at 06:49 AM on November 30, 2007
I'm with BoKnows. I'd love to see the same thing for other sports.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 05:30 PM on November 30, 2007
Amazing. How tough would it be to do this going back 20 or 30 seasons and get some real statistical significance?
posted by indigoskye at 01:24 PM on December 01, 2007
Well I'll be damned. Here I thought all I had in common with Jake Voskhul was being white, slow, and unathletic. Thanks, nemo!