I was on the YouTube site browsing videos about money and I found a great video where the host was explaining his story about financial mistakes made in his 20s. This inspired me to share my lessons learned from that decade. Now, I could probably write a book about all the mistakes I made. But who has time for that? Please enjoy my short and sweet top 3 mistakes below.

1. Bought a home with no money

To this day, this mistake still hurts. When I was in my early 20s, I bought a home with no money in the bank. I had a crappy job living paycheck to paycheck. I was somewhat aware of the threats of committing to the 30-year loan, so I decided to get two roommates. My thought was, their rent will cover the mortgage. With all these great plans what could go wrong? Here’s what happened in the first 30 days,

• My garbage disposal broke: This isn’t a huge problem right? Well, it rendered my kitchen sink useless because the water wouldn’t drain. And keep in mind, I wasn’t one of those rich middle-class folk with two sinks in the kitchen. Also, this was before the days of YouTube. So I had no clue on how to change a garbage disposal. Nor was I willing to gamble with messing up the replacement unit that took me a week to purchase.
• My hot water heater broke: I had to take cold showers in the Indiana winters for two weeks while I saved. Funny story, I decided to get a membership to a 24-hour gym to take hot showers while I saved enough money to pay a contractor.
• Rent payments were late: One of my roommates wore baggy pants and did not have a bank account. So, he would cash his paycheck working construction for two weeks then and keep a huge stack of money in his back pocket. Gravity being unforgiving as it is, my dear roommate would consistently lose money due to his style of clothing and wouldn’t be able to pay rent on time.
• Water Damage: A pipe burst in the thinly insulated garage and spewed water all over the ceiling. When drywall meets water they form an unscrupulous relationship and fuse into a nice heavy sponge of disaster. After some time, this will render mold. It’s a nice chaotic orgasm of Murphy’s law all over your life and the perfect example of what can go wrong when you are too poor, and in my case, ignorant to learn about the nuances of home ownership before diving right in.

2. Bought an impractical car with a loan

Here are some minor pointers while I lament on the many woes of the dumb car purchases of my past.

• I bought a rear wheel drive muscle car in a state that snows. Not only was I sliding all over the place, but this handicap would cause me to be late for work. And thank God I never got into a wreck.
• Because I was poor, I kept maximum coverage on my stupid metal depreciating mass since I could not afford to pay for any repairs if there was a wreck. Now, I acknowledge that my next statement is controversial, but I keep the bare minimum insurance coverage on my $3,000 12-year old Toyota Yaris. I do understand the risks and have taken measures to protect myself (I can elaborate if requested). The savings from this practice then gets converted into beautiful, succulent compound interest giving me super-human financial powers so great, that it would make a modern Marvel character blush. (But those who belong to this group already know this.)
• Negative Compounding effect: Because I had an expensive muscle car, I got bad gas mileage, I had to spend more on big tires, my insurance rate was higher, the list goes on. Because this vehicle was all consuming, it was sucking too much money in the wrong direction.

3. Avoided Risk

On the surface, this doesn’t seem like it’s related to money. But hear me out, when you chase what’s comfortable you ultimately become soft and fluffy. I am not saying go after dangerous jobs or make hasty decisions without guidance. I am talking about doing something hard because it’s, you guessed it, hard. Or, taking a calculated risk because the payoff is aligned with your personal goal. You will grow out of adversity. You regress when you don’t challenge those precious muscle fibers.You see, I wanted a comfy white collar job where I worked behind a computer all day. I figured, I could have stability with that type of career. My ego liked the idea of using my brain for a living. So, I became a systems analyst for a large pharmaceutical company in the city. What that meant in practice was, I had an unhealthy sedentary life bending my back and sitting on my butt all day hunched over eating the fake preserved so called, “food” in the vending machine.Prepping for the early morning meetings was a nice event that kept me up at night. Each day, I sat in my car on my 40 minute commute, waiting in traffic, coping with the pressure of the stomach pain that accompanies diarrhea due to the tension of stress and possibly, too much coffee. When I got to work each morning, I would grab a toilet stall that wreaked of another poor soul who just crapped their brains out. As ounces of coffee violently escaped my body, all I could do is sit and wonder how many smelly particles of others fecal matter were entering my body as a result of this warm toilet seat.But at least I had stability right? Wrong! As I came to find out, I was the fool automating my job away with the software I was developing. Not to sound like a Luddite, but during the mandatory quarterly meetings it would be nice to see CEO’s show a graphical chart displaying stats employees really care about such as,

• amount of hours employees spent at home with the family.
• how many hours employees spent learning a new hobby.
• how much money was given out via bonuses to the staff.

Instead, I got to hear about how a few millionaires became richer. As I grew the corporate ladder, I learned that my job became more about squeezing hours out of people who would be replaced by cheaper labor overseas, and or automation in the following year. So much for stability.So, in my early 30s, I quit corporate America and joined a startup tech company in the heart of Indianapolis. The job was intense. The company doubled its growth in a year, I had to learn or re-learn concepts on the fly and struggled to keep up. But I had more control to make decisions on my own or talk to different departments. And here’s the best part, the pay was 40% higher, each day was a new unconventional challenge and I grew as a consequence. The threat of losing my job was greater than the office position in corporate America, but I had a nice stash of cash as an insurance policy, so I could afford to gamble.Had I taken this risk earlier, perhaps my growth wouldn’t have been delayed. Stress still existed. But at the startup, I had more control over my destiny. It felt liberating as opposed to the tyrannical order I felt in the corporate world.Perhaps I’ll do another post like this once I exist my 30s. Thanks for reading!

If this seems familiar, I actually did a version with 700 players and minimum 15000 minutes played. I dropped the minutes requirement to 10000 to include players who spent most/all of their career in the ABA and players who burned bright but had injury troubles (Brandon Roy and Doug Collins).
If you're not a fan of reading a lot of text, here's the imgur link to rosters, although you should know I added 25 new teams! There is a TL;DR at the bottom!

Inspiration

Ever since LeBron went back to Cleveland, it's always fascinated me on what rosters would look like if everyone went home. I did this during the shutdown for the current rosters (all 514 players that played a game in 2019-2020 before the shutdown plus Jusuf Nurkic, who would have returned had the season continued normally)!

Player Pool and Team Pool

I used the top 957 players who have at least 10000 minutes played in their career.
Why 10000 minutes played? Because that's the lower standard set by Basketball-Reference to get on their ABA career leaderboard (15000 MP for NBA). I added George Mikan, because even though he hasn't played enough minutes, he's featured in All-Time ESPN NBARank and Bill Simmons Hall of Fame Pyramid.
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I started off with the current 30 teams. To split up the Lakers and Clippers, I gave the Clippers their proposed Inglewood site.
As I looked at the map of player hometowns, I realized that there were:

1. some areas that had a lot of players, but few close NBA teams.
2. conversely, some areas that had bloated rosters with too many players

Based off city population and arena size, I added 25 new teams. I relaxed my arena restrictions (minimum capacity before was 10000).

• I obviously had to give Seattle their team back
• Birmingham, North Little Rock and Shreveport helped to split up the South
• Pittsburgh and St. Louis were big cities without teams
• Berkeley added to siphon off San Francisco
  • if I add Oakland, it takes away too many players
• Anaheim and Westwood added in Southern California (Clippers & Lakers)
• Winston-Salem and Raleigh to pare down Charlotte
• Lansing to prune Detroit
• 2nd Atlanta team in suburb of College Park
• 2nd Washington team and Baltimore
• 2 more teams in Chicago (Rosemont and South Side) + a team in Gary
• 2nd Indiana team + Louisville & Lexington
• 2nd Philadelphia team in suburb of Wynnewood
• 3 more teams in the New York Area (Newark, Queens and Long Island)

New Teams:

Team	Arena (Capacity)	Notables
Anaheim Amigos	Honda Center (18336)	Kawhi Leonard, Reggie Miller, Bill Walton
Baltimore Bullets	Royal Farms Arena (12289)	Dominique Wilkins, Carmelo Anthony, Sam Cassell
Berkeley Bears	Haas Pavilion (11858)	Bill Russell, Damian Lillard, Paul Pierce
Birmingham Barons	Legacy Arena (17654)	Charles Barkley, Eric Bledsoe, Artis Gilmore
Capital City Go-Go	Entertainment and Sports Arena (4200)	Allen Iverson, Kevin Durant, Moses Malone
College Park Skyhawks	Gateway Center Arena (3500)	Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, Norm Nixon
Gary Steelheads	Genesis Convention Center (6500)	Shawn Kemp, Jack Sikma, Glenn Robinson
Indianapolis Jaguars	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (6800)	Jerry Lucas, Zach Randolph, John Paxson
Lansing Spartans	Breslin Student Events Center (14759)	Magic Johnson, Devin Booker, Draymond Green
Lexington Wildcats	Rupp Arena (20545)	Hal Greer, Neil Johnston, Dave Cowens
Long Island Knights	Nassau Coliseum (14500)	Julius Erving, Tobias Harris, Calvin Murphy
Louisville Colonels	KFC Yum Center (22090)	Larry Bird, Rajon Rondo, Wes Unseld
Newark Americans	Prudential Center (18711)	Kyrie Irving, Rick Barry, Shaquille O'Neal
North Little Rock RimRockers	Simmons Bank Arena (18000)	Scottie Pippen, Sidney Moncrief, Joe Johnson
Pittsburgh Ironmen	PPG Paints Arena (19100)	Pete Maravich, John Havlicek, Maurice Lucas
Queens Red Storm	Carnesecca Arena (5602)	Bob Cousy, Kemba Walker, Anthony Mason
Raleigh Cougars	PNC Arena (19722)	Michael Jordan, John Wall, Sam Jones
Rosemont Rush	Allstate Arena (17500)	Dan Issel, Shawn Marion, Bill Laimbeer
Seattle SuperSonics	KeyArena (18600)	John Stockton, Steve Nash, Detlef Schrempf
Shreveport Storm	CenturyLink Center (13000)	Karl Malone, Joe Dumars, Willis Reed
South Side Sky	Wintrust Arena (10387)	Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, Anthony Davis
Spirits of St. Louis	Enterprise Center (22000)	Bradley Beal, Andre Iguodala, Harry Gallatin
Westwood Bruins	Pauley Pavilion (13800)	Gilbert Arenas, Gail Goodrich, Jrue Holiday
Winston-Salem Demon Deacons	Lawrence Joel Coliseum (14665)	Jerry West, Chris Paul, Bob McAdoo
Wynnewood Hawks	Hagan Arena (4200)	Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, Kyle Lowry

The Process

• I started off gathering hometowns due to this fantastic database by Reuben Fischer-Baum (original article source here). But I wanted to get more granular, and try to pinpoint neighborhoods. Basically, I searched up "[player name] grew up neighbourhood" and variations of that, which is how I found out that:
  • Kyle Lowry grew up at 20th and Lehigh
  • Wilt Chamberlain grew up at 401 N Salford Street
  • Julius Erving grew up at 90 Pleasant Ave
  • big shoutout to Ted Silary's site, which was a godsend to divide Philly
• Next, I used the haversine formula to find which arena a player is closest to
  • one exception was in Connecticut where the distance formula would go over Long Island Sound (a body of water), so all players east of Hartford were given to Boston

I created rotations to the best of my ability, but I am not proclaiming these as the be-all, end-all

• I took a glance at stats (lean modern if stats are close) and playing reputation
• I moved positions around to maximize talent, but tried to keep it realistic

Next phase was to add international players

• I assigned them to their American “hometown" which was a combination of biggest impact (most win shares accumulated) and most memorable stop
  • These usually agreed w/each other, a few exceptions covered below
• Dikembe, Divac were some borderline cases
  • Gave Dikembe to Atlanta over Denver (iconic upset against Seattle when in Denver, won 2 of his 4 DPOYS + had best per-minute impact in ATL)
  • Divac- Kings over Lakers (but he’s more known as a component of the fun early 2000s kings teams w/C-Webb, Peja, White Chocolate)
    • Don’t really see people talk about his stint as the bridge between Kareem and Shaq

And with that, here are the all-time hometown rosters including internationals in italics! (If you're more of a visual person, here's the imgur link where I also included regular season stats and career accolades)

Anaheim Amigos

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
darren collison	reggie miller	george yardley	kawhi leonard	bill walton
greg anthony	jim barnett	greg ballard	cliff levingston	mark eaton
paul neumann	jared dudley	bryon russell	keith van horn	bob rule
cj watson			adam keefe	steve johnson
			scott williams	coby dietrick

Atlanta Hawks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
walt frazier	dale ellis	shareef abdur-rahim	larry nance	dikembe mutombo
sedale threatt	lou williams	mike mitchell	horace grant	al horford
	matt harpring	chris morris	harvey grant	dale davis
	jeremy lamb	willie anderson	al-farouq aminu	jim fox
	shandon anderson	alvin scott	jj hickson	kelvin cato
	jodie meeks			zaza pachulia

Baltimore Bullets

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
sam cassell	reggie lewis	carmelo anthony	dominique wilkins	marvin webster
muggsy bogues	will barton	rudy gay	billy owens
gene shue	dudley bradley	reggie williams
dave twardzik

Berkeley Bears

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
gary payton	damian lillard	jason kidd	paul pierce	bill russell
lester conner	phil chenier	bruce bowen	paul silas	antonio davis
	jon barry	brent barry	drew gooden	brook lopez
		nate williams	cliff robinson	robin lopez
			bison dele

Birmingham Barons

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
eric bledsoe	andrew toney	john drew	charles barkley	artis gilmore
	wesley person	robert horry	antonio mcdyess	ben wallace
	tr dunn	gerald wallace	larry kenon	theo ratliff
		derrick mckey	clarence weatherspoon	leon douglas
		reggie king	demarre carroll
		buck johnson

Boston Celtics

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
dana barros	vinny del negro		vin baker	andre drummond
michael adams			rick mahorn	marcus camby
travis best			matt bonner
johnny egan

Brooklyn Nets

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
lenny wilkens	chris mullin	bernard king	connie hawkins	ray felix
stephon marbury	world b free	billy cunningham	rudy larusso	zaid abdul-aziz
carl braun	rolando blackman	roger brown	taj gibson	len elmore
mark jackson	vinnie johnson	doug moe	john salley
george thompson	jr smith	jim mcmillian
john roche	bob verga	walter simon

Capital City Go-Go

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
allen iverson	paul pressey	bob dandridge	kevin durant	moses malone
ty lawson	victor oladipo	walt williams	joe smith	alonzo mourning
gerald henderson	delonte west	allan bristow	ed davis	mark west
jarrett jack		dante cunningham		jr reid

Charlotte Hornets

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
stephen curry	ray allen	james worthy	kevin garnett	brad daugherty
darrell armstrong	david thompson	alex english	bobby jones	jermaine o'neal
sleepy floyd	walter davis	khris middleton	antawn jamison	hassan whiteside
jim cleamons	anthony morrow	xavier mcdaniel	trevor booker	clifford ray
anthony johnson		tyrone corbin	mikki moore	pervis ellison
				bismack biyombo

Chicago Bulls

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
isiah thomas	jeff hornacek	mark aguirre	terry cummings	george mikan
doc rivers	hersey hawkins	luol deng	toni kukoc	joakim noah
patrick beverley	michael finley	andres nocioni	mickey johnson	nazr mohammed
	corey maggette		jim brewer	luc longley

Cleveland Cavaliers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
cj mccollum	michael redd	lebron james	charles oakley	nate thurmond
larry jones	kevin martin	james posey	gus johnson	zydrunas ilgauskas
antonio daniels	alvin robertson	ruben patterson		anderson varejao
eric snow	dick snyder	phil hubbard		tom boerwinkle
earl boykins	larry siegfried			kosta koufos

College Park Skyhawks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
norm nixon	jeff malone	sam mitchell	josh smith	dwight howard
charlie ward	kentavious caldwell-pope	jae crowder	derrick favors	tree rollins
			lloyd neal	elmore smith
				wayne cooper
				joe meriweather

Dallas Mavericks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
deron williams	ricky pierce	dennis rodman	dirk nowitzki	chris bosh
mookie blaylock	marcus smart	willie naulls	larry johnson	lamarcus aldridge
micheal williams	damon jones	cj miles	kenyon martin	tony battie
spud webb		dave stallworth	julius randle	alton lister
jj barea			kurt thomas	greg ostertag
				oliver miller

Denver Nuggets

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
chauncey billups	micheal ray richardson	danilo gallinari	paul millsap	nikola jokic
chuck williams	reggie jackson	scott wedman	james johnson	nene hilario
		eric piatkowski	eduardo najera
			pat garrity

Detroit Pistons

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
archie clark	steve smith	george gervin	chris webber	mel daniels
bj armstrong	ralph simpson	shane battier	dave debusschere	dan roundfield
paul seymour	jalen rose	campy russell	rudy tomjanovich	kevin willis
kelvin ransey	voshon lenard	steve mix	grant long	derrick coleman
johnny davis		terry tyler	terry mills	tim mccormick
			jonas jerebko

Gary Steelheads

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
scott skiles	dick barnett	chet walker	shawn kemp	jack sikma
quinn buckner	kendall gill	glenn robinson		mason plumlee
	craig hodges	junior bridgeman		eddy curry
		rod higgins

Golden State Warriors

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
kc jones	phil smith	willie wise	kenny sears	rich kelley
jeremy lin	mickael pietrus		aaron gordon	red rocha
eddie house			tom meschery	darnell hillman
			kurt rambis	andris biedrins
			kevin restani	dennis awtrey

Houston Rockets

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
slater martin	clyde drexler	jimmy butler	hakeem olajuwon	yao ming
	joe caldwell	rashard lewis	luis scola	deandre jordan
			dwight jones	zelmo beaty
				emeka okafor
				kendrick perkins
				chris andersen

Indiana Pacers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
oscar robertson	dick van arsdale	gordon hayward	george mcginnis	clyde lovellette
louie dampier	kevin grevey	terry dischinger	alan henderson	rik smits
mike conley	jon mcglocklin	bojan bogdanovic		ian mahinmi
jeff teague	mike woodson	larry steele
jim price	courtney lee	randy wittman
bill keller
jerry sichting

Indianapolis Jaguars

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
john paxson	jim paxson	bonzi wells	jerry lucas	wayne embry
george hill	gary harris		zach randolph	kent benson
allen leavell	eric gordon		johnny green	jim davis
kyle macy	ron harper		goose ligon
	john mengelt

Lansing Spartans

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
magic johnson	devin booker	morris peterson	draymond green	brad miller
	dan majerle	jason richardson	loy vaught	javale mcgee
	trent tucker	jay vincent	ben poquette

Lexington Wildcats

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
glen combs	hal greer	louis orr	neil johnston	dave cowens
freddie lewis	clem haskins	barry clemens	brian grant	arnie risen
george king			tyrone hill	dave robisch
			jack coleman	chuck share
			patrick patterson	lasalle thompson

Long Island Knights

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
calvin murphy	wally szczerbiak	julius erving	tobias harris	jeff ruland
foots walker	randy smith	charles smith	tom gugliotta	mike gminski
mike james	john williamson	danny green		frank brickowski

Los Angeles Clippers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
russell westbrook	james harden	demar derozan	dave greenwood	swen nater
dennis johnson	bill sharman	tayshaun prince	curtis rowe	elden campbell
mack calvin	paul westphal	bob gross
andre miller	byron scott	josh childress
reggie theus	kyle korver	jan van breda kolff
brandon jennings	jay humphries	arron afflalo

Los Angeles Lakers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
baron davis	michael cooper	paul george	sidney wicks	pau gasol
darwin cook	stacey augmon	marques johnson	mel hutchins	john block
	lucious harris	cedric ceballos	amir johnson	darrall imhoff
	tracy murray	trevor ariza	john williams
		rick fox
		dorell wright

Louisville Colonels

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
rajon rondo	frank ramsey	cliff hagan	larry bird	wes unseld
don buse	darel carrier	allan houston	les hunter	clyde lee
ted mcclain	derek anderson	greg smith		felton spencer
butch beard	greg buckner
chris whitney

Memphis Grizzlies

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
anfernee hardaway	adrian smith	corliss williamson	bailey howell	spencer haywood
tony delk	bingo smith	otto porter	michael cage	marc gasol
			thaddeus young	sam lacey
			terry catledge	lorenzen wright
			popeye jones

Miami Heat

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
derek harper	mitch richmond	eddie jones	otis thorpe	rony seikaly
goran dragic	tim hardaway jr	raja bell	udonis haslem	neal walk
	james jones			otto moore

Milwaukee Bucks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
terry porter	fred brown	latrell sprewell	giannis antetokounmpo	andrew bogut
devin harris	wesley matthews	caron butler	ersan ilyasova	jim chones
nick van exel	carlos delfino	don kojis	carl landry	kevin kunnert
		bill hanzlik	paul griffin	kurt nimphius
		luc mbah a moute

Minnesota Timberwolves

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
ricky rubio	ron boone	harrison barnes	vern mikkelsen	kevin mchale
kirk hinrich	dick garmaker	mike miller	bob boozer	gorgui dieng
		devean george	mark olberding	raef lafrentz
			kris humphries	randy breuer
			nick collison	joel przybilla

New Orleans Pelicans

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
dj augustin	kerry kittles	danny granger	bob pettit	demarcus cousins
mo williams	don chaney	purvis short	hot rod williams	al jefferson
avery johnson	mahmoud abdul-rauf	cincinnatus powell	brandon bass	greg monroe
chris duhon	bobby phills		reggie evans	george johnson
	marcus thornton		glen davis	mike green
			othella harrington	erick dampier
			cornell warner	harvey catchings

New York Knicks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
tiny archibald	charlie scott	metta world peace	dolph schayes	kareem abdul-jabbar
rod strickland	jeff mullins	tom sanders	tom heinsohn	patrick ewing
bobby wanzer	mario elie	jamal mashburn	elton brand	sam perkins
vern fleming			david west	billy paultz
				olden polynice

Newark Americans

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
kyrie irving	bob weiss	rick barry	troy murphy	shaquille o'neal
brian taylor		kelly tripucka	al harrington	karl-anthony towns
larry brown		eric williams	tim thomas	andrew bynum
al attles			kenneth faried	chris gatling
brevin knight			nenad krstic	mark bryant
eric murdock

North Little Rock RimRockers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
derek fisher	sidney moncrief	scottie pippen	larry smith	caldwell jones
	joe johnson	glen rice	wil jones	joe barry carroll
	eddie miles	ronnie brewer	anthony tolliver	andrew lang
	fred jones		charles jones

Oklahoma City Thunder

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
mark price	john starks	thabo sefolosha	blake griffin	alvan adams
darnell valentine	craig ehlo	maurice evans	serge ibaka	steven adams
jim king			wayman tisdale	enes kanter
			antoine carr

Orlando Magic

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
dee brown	tracy mcgrady	vince carter	amare stoudemire	darryl dawkins
chucky atkins	otis birdsong	hedo turkoglu	truck robinson	nikola vucevic
eddie johnson (78-87)	evan fournier	chandler parsons	red robbins	matt geiger
carlos arroyo			marreese speights	will perdue
				kwame brown
				clemon johnson

Philadelphia 76ers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
jameer nelson	earl monroe	paul arizin	larry foust	samuel dalembert
bill melchionni	geoff petrie	tyreke evans	warren davis	chris dudley
	chris ford	michael kidd-gilchrist	jim washington	jason thompson
	matt guokas	ollie johnson	ray scott
			malik rose

Phoenix Suns

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
fat lever	leandro barbosa	richard jefferson	sean elliott	channing frye
mike bibby	jerryd bayless		arthur becker
			kenny thomas

Pittsburgh Ironmen

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
norm van lier	pete maravich	john havlicek	armen gilliam	maurice lucas
brad davis	billy knight	jack twyman	len chappell	pat cummings
johnny moore	stu lantz	jack marin
ron williams
george king

Portland Trail Blazers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
terrell brandon	klay thompson	nicolas batum	kevin love	arvydas sabonis
damon stoudamire	danny ainge	mike dunleavy jr	ac green	mychal thompson
	steve jones	terrence ross		mel counts
	mike newlin	dave gambee

Queens Red Storm

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
bob cousy	richie guerin	lamar odom	anthony mason	leroy ellis
kemba walker	gus williams	mike riordan	ed pinckney	tom owens
dick mcguire	ben gordon	rodney mccray	bob kauffman
kenny anderson	brian winters	malik sealy	charlie villanueva
kenny smith	ray williams	maurice harkless
rafer alston	ernie grunfeld

Raleigh Cougars

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
john wall	michael jordan	cedric maxwell	buck williams	walt bellamy
nate mcmillan	sam jones	jerome kersey	pj tucker	randy denton
phil ford	bryant stith	jerry stackhouse	chris wilcox
john lucas		ml carr	chucky brown
ramon sessions		rodney rogers
henry bibby

Rosemont Rush

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
flynn robinson	nick anderson	shawn marion	dan issel	bill laimbeer
shaun livingston	anthony parker	robert covington	bob netolicky	dave corzine
		don nelson	aaron williams

Sacramento Kings

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
kevin johnson	matt barnes	omri casspi	peja stojakovic	vlade divac
beno udrih	francisco garcia		ryan anderson	bill cartwright
				jim eakins
				james donaldson
				chuck hayes

San Antonio Spurs

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
tony parker	manu ginobili	robert reid	tim duncan	rasho nesterovic
david wesley	marco belinelli	bo outlaw	boris diaw	luke jackson
patty mills			bill bridges	jeff foster

Seattle SuperSonics

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
john stockton	steve nash	detlef schrempf	carlos boozer	byron beck
isaiah thomas	brandon roy	doug christie	marvin williams	james edwards
nate robinson	jason terry	martell webster	vladimir radmanovic	steve hawes
mario chalmers	jamal crawford			mike lewis
luke ridnour	rodney stuckey			blair rasmussen

Shreveport Storm

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
jimmy jones	joe dumars	calvin natt	karl malone	willis reed
james silas		orlando woolridge	elvin hayes	robert parish
			bob love	benoit benjamin
			john beasley	pj brown
			stromile swift	ervin johnson

South Side Sky

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
derrick rose	dwyane wade	cazzie russell	juwan howard	anthony davis
maurice cheeks	tony allen	eddie johnson(81-99)	bill robinzine	red kerr
tim hardaway	quentin richardson	ron anderson	jason maxiell
rickey green	sonny parker	bobby simmons
kevin porter
darrell walker

Spirits of St. Louis

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
jo jo white	bradley beal	andre iguodala	harry gallatin	ed macauley
lucius allen	donnie freeman	jerry sloan	david lee	gene moore
andy phillip	warren jabali	bill bradley	laphonso ellis	steve stipanovich
tyronn lue	doug collins	alec burks		jon koncak
	anthony peeler	kevin gamble		bob ferry
		john brown

Toronto Raptors

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
larry costello	george carter	clifford robinson	tristan thompson	bob lanier
jose calderon	cory joseph		christian laettner	jonas valanciunas
			kelly olynyk	jamaal magloire
			andray blatche	danny schayes
				walter dukes

Utah Jazz

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
	joe ingles	andrei kirilenko	tom chambers	rudy gobert
			fred roberts	mehmet okur
			phil jackson	shawn bradley

Washington Wizards

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
steve francis	adrian dantley	grant hill	elgin baylor	david robinson
sherman douglas	dave bing	dennis scott	thurl bailey	ralph sampson
gene littles	austin carr	jerome williams	kenny carr	roy hibbert
johnny dawkins	dell curry	danny ferry	kermit washington	marcin gortat
	hubert davis	jeff green	jerami grant	curtis perry
	john battle		michael smith
			john tresvant

Westwood Bruins

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
gilbert arenas	gail goodrich	chris mills	kiki vandeweghe	tyson chandler
jrue holiday	steve kerr	jamaal wilkes	lonnie shelton
chris childs			austin croshere

Winston-Salem Demon Deacons

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
chris paul	jerry west	josh howard	happy hairston	bob mcadoo
jason williams	lou hudson	johnny newman	danny manning	brendan haywood
bobby jackson	jj redick	george lynch
	jimmy walker
	rod thorn

Wynnewood Hawks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
kyle lowry	kobe bryant	richard hamilton	rasheed wallace	wilt chamberlain
walt hazzard	aaron mckie	tom gola	donyell marshall	sam bowie
alvin williams	cuttino mobley	roy hinson	marcus morris	tom mcmillen
	bob sura	mike bantom	markieff morris
	mike gale	gene banks	trooper washington
			hakim warrick

Best Positional Groups (in my opinion)

(in reverse alphabetical order)
Best Guards: Winston-Salem, South Side, Seattle, Queens, LA Clippers, Indiana
Best Wings: Washington, North Little Rock, Long Island, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Charlotte
Best Bigs: Shreveport, Portland, New York, Houston, Detroit, Dallas, Birmingham

TL;DR

What did you do?

• Created all-time hometown/territorial rosters

Why did you do it?

• always been fascinated with it ever since Bron came home

Who did you use?

• player pool was top 957 in career ws/48 (min 10000 mp) from basketball-reference, plus George Mikan (listed in ESPN's AllTime NBARank and Bill Simmons Basketball Pyramid but didn't meet the minutes requirement)
• team pool was originally 30 teams, added more teams where there were an abundance of players

New Teams:

Team	Notables
Anaheim Amigos	Kawhi, Reggie, Bill Walton
Baltimore Bullets	Dominique, Melo
Berkeley Bears	Bill Russell, Dame, Paul Pierce
Birmingham Barons	Barkley, Eric Bledsoe, Artis Gilmore
Capital City Go-Go	AI, KD, Moses
College Park Skyhawks	Dwight Howard, Josh Smith
Gary Steelheads	Shawn Kemp, Sikma
Indianapolis Jaguars	Jerry Lucas, Zach Randolph
Lansing Spartans	Magic, D-Book, Draymond
Lexington Wildcats	Hal Greer, Cowens
Long Island Knights	Dr J, Tobias Harris
Louisville Colonels	Bird, Rondo, Unseld
Newark Americans	Kyrie, Rick Barry, Shaq
North Little Rock RimRockers	Pippen, Sidney Moncrief, Iso Joe
Pittsburgh Ironmen	Pistol Pete, Havlicek
Queens Red Storm	Cousy, Kemba
Raleigh Cougars	Michael Jordan, John Wall
Rosemont Rush	Shawn Marion, Laimbeer
Seattle SuperSonics	Stockton, Steve Nash, Schrempf
Shreveport Storm	Mailman, Dumars, Willis Reed
South Side Sky	Dwyane Wade, D-Rose, Anthony Davis
Spirits of St. Louis	Beal, Iguodala
Westwood Bruins	Arenas, Jrue
Winston-Salem Demon Deacons	Logo, CP3
Wynnewood Hawks	Kobe, Wilt, Lowry

How did you do it?

• Googled "[player name] grew up neighbourhood" and variations of that
• haversine formula to find closest arena
• Custom Google MyMaps with all the arenas on it
• gave international players to their "adopted hometown" aka the combination of biggest impact (most win shares) and most memorable stop

Where did you do it?

• Scroll up
• The original workbook on Google Sheets
• The Imgur album for visualizing it

Are you a nephew?

• Both my parents have siblings, so in the technical sense, yes.

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If you made it this far, thank you for reading! I hope y'all enjoyed the read!

If this seems familiar, I actually did a version with 700 players and minimum 15000 minutes played. I dropped the minutes requirement to 10000 to include players who spent most/all of their career in the ABA and players who burned bright but had injury troubles (Brandon Roy and Doug Collins).
If you're not a fan of reading a lot of text, here's the imgur link to rosters, although you should know I added 25 new teams! There is a TL;DR at the bottom!

Inspiration

Ever since LeBron went back to Cleveland, it's always fascinated me on what rosters would look like if everyone went home. I did this during the shutdown for the current rosters (all 514 players that played a game in 2019-2020 before the shutdown plus Jusuf Nurkic, who would have returned had the season continued normally)!

Player Pool and Team Pool

I used the top 957 players who have at least 10000 minutes played in their career.
Why 10000 minutes played? Because that's the lower standard set by Basketball-Reference to get on their ABA career leaderboard (15000 MP for NBA). I added George Mikan, because even though he hasn't played enough minutes, he's featured in All-Time ESPN NBARank and Bill Simmons Hall of Fame Pyramid.
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I started off with the current 30 teams. To split up the Lakers and Clippers, I gave the Clippers their proposed Inglewood site.
As I looked at the map of player hometowns, I realized that there were:

1. some areas that had a lot of players, but few close NBA teams.
2. conversely, some areas that had bloated rosters with too many players

Based off city population and arena size, I added 25 new teams. I relaxed my arena restrictions (minimum capacity before was 10000).

• I obviously had to give Seattle their team back
• Birmingham, North Little Rock and Shreveport helped to split up the South
• Pittsburgh and St. Louis were big cities without teams
• Berkeley added to siphon off San Francisco
  • if I add Oakland, it takes away too many players
• Anaheim and Westwood added in Southern California (Clippers & Lakers)
• Winston-Salem and Raleigh to pare down Charlotte
• Lansing to prune Detroit
• 2nd Atlanta team in suburb of College Park
• 2nd Washington team and Baltimore
• 2 more teams in Chicago (Rosemont and South Side) + a team in Gary
• 2nd Indiana team + Louisville & Lexington
• 2nd Philadelphia team in suburb of Wynnewood
• 3 more teams in the New York Area (Newark, Queens and Long Island)

New Teams:

Team	Arena (Capacity)	Notables
Anaheim Amigos	Honda Center (18336)	Kawhi Leonard, Reggie Miller, Bill Walton
Baltimore Bullets	Royal Farms Arena (12289)	Dominique Wilkins, Carmelo Anthony, Sam Cassell
Berkeley Bears	Haas Pavilion (11858)	Bill Russell, Damian Lillard, Paul Pierce
Birmingham Barons	Legacy Arena (17654)	Charles Barkley, Eric Bledsoe, Artis Gilmore
Capital City Go-Go	Entertainment and Sports Arena (4200)	Allen Iverson, Kevin Durant, Moses Malone
College Park Skyhawks	Gateway Center Arena (3500)	Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, Norm Nixon
Gary Steelheads	Genesis Convention Center (6500)	Shawn Kemp, Jack Sikma, Glenn Robinson
Indianapolis Jaguars	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (6800)	Jerry Lucas, Zach Randolph, John Paxson
Lansing Spartans	Breslin Student Events Center (14759)	Magic Johnson, Devin Booker, Draymond Green
Lexington Wildcats	Rupp Arena (20545)	Hal Greer, Neil Johnston, Dave Cowens
Long Island Knights	Nassau Coliseum (14500)	Julius Erving, Tobias Harris, Calvin Murphy
Louisville Colonels	KFC Yum Center (22090)	Larry Bird, Rajon Rondo, Wes Unseld
Newark Americans	Prudential Center (18711)	Kyrie Irving, Rick Barry, Shaquille O'Neal
North Little Rock RimRockers	Simmons Bank Arena (18000)	Scottie Pippen, Sidney Moncrief, Joe Johnson
Pittsburgh Ironmen	PPG Paints Arena (19100)	Pete Maravich, John Havlicek, Maurice Lucas
Queens Red Storm	Carnesecca Arena (5602)	Bob Cousy, Kemba Walker, Anthony Mason
Raleigh Cougars	PNC Arena (19722)	Michael Jordan, John Wall, Sam Jones
Rosemont Rush	Allstate Arena (17500)	Dan Issel, Shawn Marion, Bill Laimbeer
Seattle SuperSonics	KeyArena (18600)	John Stockton, Steve Nash, Detlef Schrempf
Shreveport Storm	CenturyLink Center (13000)	Karl Malone, Joe Dumars, Willis Reed
South Side Sky	Wintrust Arena (10387)	Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, Anthony Davis
Spirits of St. Louis	Enterprise Center (22000)	Bradley Beal, Andre Iguodala, Harry Gallatin
Westwood Bruins	Pauley Pavilion (13800)	Gilbert Arenas, Gail Goodrich, Jrue Holiday
Winston-Salem Demon Deacons	Lawrence Joel Coliseum (14665)	Jerry West, Chris Paul, Bob McAdoo
Wynnewood Hawks	Hagan Arena (4200)	Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, Kyle Lowry

The Process

• I started off gathering hometowns due to this fantastic database by Reuben Fischer-Baum (original article source here). But I wanted to get more granular, and try to pinpoint neighborhoods. Basically, I searched up "[player name] grew up neighbourhood" and variations of that, which is how I found out that:
  • Kyle Lowry grew up at 20th and Lehigh
  • Wilt Chamberlain grew up at 401 N Salford Street
  • Julius Erving grew up at 90 Pleasant Ave
  • big shoutout to Ted Silary's site, which was a godsend to divide Philly
• Next, I used the haversine formula to find which arena a player is closest to
  • one exception was in Connecticut where the distance formula would go over Long Island Sound (a body of water), so all players east of Hartford were given to Boston

I created rotations to the best of my ability, but I am not proclaiming these as the be-all, end-all

• I took a glance at stats (lean modern if stats are close) and playing reputation
• I moved positions around to maximize talent, but tried to keep it realistic

Next phase was to add international players

• I assigned them to their American “hometown" which was a combination of biggest impact (most win shares accumulated) and most memorable stop
  • These usually agreed w/each other, a few exceptions covered below
• Dikembe, Divac were some borderline cases
  • Gave Dikembe to Atlanta over Denver (iconic upset against Seattle when in Denver, won 2 of his 4 DPOYS + had best per-minute impact in ATL)
  • Divac- Kings over Lakers (but he’s more known as a component of the fun early 2000s kings teams w/C-Webb, Peja, White Chocolate)
    • Don’t really see people talk about his stint as the bridge between Kareem and Shaq

And with that, here are the all-time hometown rosters including internationals in italics! (If you're more of a visual person, here's the imgur link where I also included regular season stats and career accolades)

Anaheim Amigos

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
darren collison	reggie miller	george yardley	kawhi leonard	bill walton
greg anthony	jim barnett	greg ballard	cliff levingston	mark eaton
paul neumann	jared dudley	bryon russell	keith van horn	bob rule
cj watson			adam keefe	steve johnson
			scott williams	coby dietrick

Atlanta Hawks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
walt frazier	dale ellis	shareef abdur-rahim	larry nance	dikembe mutombo
sedale threatt	lou williams	mike mitchell	horace grant	al horford
	matt harpring	chris morris	harvey grant	dale davis
	jeremy lamb	willie anderson	al-farouq aminu	jim fox
	shandon anderson	alvin scott	jj hickson	kelvin cato
	jodie meeks			zaza pachulia

Baltimore Bullets

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
sam cassell	reggie lewis	carmelo anthony	dominique wilkins	marvin webster
muggsy bogues	will barton	rudy gay	billy owens
gene shue	dudley bradley	reggie williams
dave twardzik

Berkeley Bears

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
gary payton	damian lillard	jason kidd	paul pierce	bill russell
lester conner	phil chenier	bruce bowen	paul silas	antonio davis
	jon barry	brent barry	drew gooden	brook lopez
		nate williams	cliff robinson	robin lopez
			bison dele

Birmingham Barons

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
eric bledsoe	andrew toney	john drew	charles barkley	artis gilmore
	wesley person	robert horry	antonio mcdyess	ben wallace
	tr dunn	gerald wallace	larry kenon	theo ratliff
		derrick mckey	clarence weatherspoon	leon douglas
		reggie king	demarre carroll
		buck johnson

Boston Celtics

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
dana barros	vinny del negro		vin baker	andre drummond
michael adams			rick mahorn	marcus camby
travis best			matt bonner
johnny egan

Brooklyn Nets

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
lenny wilkens	chris mullin	bernard king	connie hawkins	ray felix
stephon marbury	world b free	billy cunningham	rudy larusso	zaid abdul-aziz
carl braun	rolando blackman	roger brown	taj gibson	len elmore
mark jackson	vinnie johnson	doug moe	john salley
george thompson	jr smith	jim mcmillian
john roche	bob verga	walter simon

Capital City Go-Go

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
allen iverson	paul pressey	bob dandridge	kevin durant	moses malone
ty lawson	victor oladipo	walt williams	joe smith	alonzo mourning
gerald henderson	delonte west	allan bristow	ed davis	mark west
jarrett jack		dante cunningham		jr reid

Charlotte Hornets

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
stephen curry	ray allen	james worthy	kevin garnett	brad daugherty
darrell armstrong	david thompson	alex english	bobby jones	jermaine o'neal
sleepy floyd	walter davis	khris middleton	antawn jamison	hassan whiteside
jim cleamons	anthony morrow	xavier mcdaniel	trevor booker	clifford ray
anthony johnson		tyrone corbin	mikki moore	pervis ellison
				bismack biyombo

Chicago Bulls

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
isiah thomas	jeff hornacek	mark aguirre	terry cummings	george mikan
doc rivers	hersey hawkins	luol deng	toni kukoc	joakim noah
patrick beverley	michael finley	andres nocioni	mickey johnson	nazr mohammed
	corey maggette		jim brewer	luc longley

Cleveland Cavaliers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
cj mccollum	michael redd	lebron james	charles oakley	nate thurmond
larry jones	kevin martin	james posey	gus johnson	zydrunas ilgauskas
antonio daniels	alvin robertson	ruben patterson		anderson varejao
eric snow	dick snyder	phil hubbard		tom boerwinkle
earl boykins	larry siegfried			kosta koufos

College Park Skyhawks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
norm nixon	jeff malone	sam mitchell	josh smith	dwight howard
charlie ward	kentavious caldwell-pope	jae crowder	derrick favors	tree rollins
			lloyd neal	elmore smith
				wayne cooper
				joe meriweather

Dallas Mavericks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
deron williams	ricky pierce	dennis rodman	dirk nowitzki	chris bosh
mookie blaylock	marcus smart	willie naulls	larry johnson	lamarcus aldridge
micheal williams	damon jones	cj miles	kenyon martin	tony battie
spud webb		dave stallworth	julius randle	alton lister
jj barea			kurt thomas	greg ostertag
				oliver miller

Denver Nuggets

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
chauncey billups	micheal ray richardson	danilo gallinari	paul millsap	nikola jokic
chuck williams	reggie jackson	scott wedman	james johnson	nene hilario
		eric piatkowski	eduardo najera
			pat garrity

Detroit Pistons

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
archie clark	steve smith	george gervin	chris webber	mel daniels
bj armstrong	ralph simpson	shane battier	dave debusschere	dan roundfield
paul seymour	jalen rose	campy russell	rudy tomjanovich	kevin willis
kelvin ransey	voshon lenard	steve mix	grant long	derrick coleman
johnny davis		terry tyler	terry mills	tim mccormick
			jonas jerebko

Gary Steelheads

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
scott skiles	dick barnett	chet walker	shawn kemp	jack sikma
quinn buckner	kendall gill	glenn robinson		mason plumlee
	craig hodges	junior bridgeman		eddy curry
		rod higgins

Golden State Warriors

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
kc jones	phil smith	willie wise	kenny sears	rich kelley
jeremy lin	mickael pietrus		aaron gordon	red rocha
eddie house			tom meschery	darnell hillman
			kurt rambis	andris biedrins
			kevin restani	dennis awtrey

Houston Rockets

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
slater martin	clyde drexler	jimmy butler	hakeem olajuwon	yao ming
	joe caldwell	rashard lewis	luis scola	deandre jordan
			dwight jones	zelmo beaty
				emeka okafor
				kendrick perkins
				chris andersen

Indiana Pacers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
oscar robertson	dick van arsdale	gordon hayward	george mcginnis	clyde lovellette
louie dampier	kevin grevey	terry dischinger	alan henderson	rik smits
mike conley	jon mcglocklin	bojan bogdanovic		ian mahinmi
jeff teague	mike woodson	larry steele
jim price	courtney lee	randy wittman
bill keller
jerry sichting

Indianapolis Jaguars

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
john paxson	jim paxson	bonzi wells	jerry lucas	wayne embry
george hill	gary harris		zach randolph	kent benson
allen leavell	eric gordon		johnny green	jim davis
kyle macy	ron harper		goose ligon
	john mengelt

Lansing Spartans

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
magic johnson	devin booker	morris peterson	draymond green	brad miller
	dan majerle	jason richardson	loy vaught	javale mcgee
	trent tucker	jay vincent	ben poquette

Lexington Wildcats

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
glen combs	hal greer	louis orr	neil johnston	dave cowens
freddie lewis	clem haskins	barry clemens	brian grant	arnie risen
george king			tyrone hill	dave robisch
			jack coleman	chuck share
			patrick patterson	lasalle thompson

Long Island Knights

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
calvin murphy	wally szczerbiak	julius erving	tobias harris	jeff ruland
foots walker	randy smith	charles smith	tom gugliotta	mike gminski
mike james	john williamson	danny green		frank brickowski

Los Angeles Clippers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
russell westbrook	james harden	demar derozan	dave greenwood	swen nater
dennis johnson	bill sharman	tayshaun prince	curtis rowe	elden campbell
mack calvin	paul westphal	bob gross
andre miller	byron scott	josh childress
reggie theus	kyle korver	jan van breda kolff
brandon jennings	jay humphries	arron afflalo

Los Angeles Lakers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
baron davis	michael cooper	paul george	sidney wicks	pau gasol
darwin cook	stacey augmon	marques johnson	mel hutchins	john block
	lucious harris	cedric ceballos	amir johnson	darrall imhoff
	tracy murray	trevor ariza	john williams
		rick fox
		dorell wright

Louisville Colonels

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
rajon rondo	frank ramsey	cliff hagan	larry bird	wes unseld
don buse	darel carrier	allan houston	les hunter	clyde lee
ted mcclain	derek anderson	greg smith		felton spencer
butch beard	greg buckner
chris whitney

Memphis Grizzlies

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
anfernee hardaway	adrian smith	corliss williamson	bailey howell	spencer haywood
tony delk	bingo smith	otto porter	michael cage	marc gasol
			thaddeus young	sam lacey
			terry catledge	lorenzen wright
			popeye jones

Miami Heat

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
derek harper	mitch richmond	eddie jones	otis thorpe	rony seikaly
goran dragic	tim hardaway jr	raja bell	udonis haslem	neal walk
	james jones			otto moore

Milwaukee Bucks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
terry porter	fred brown	latrell sprewell	giannis antetokounmpo	andrew bogut
devin harris	wesley matthews	caron butler	ersan ilyasova	jim chones
nick van exel	carlos delfino	don kojis	carl landry	kevin kunnert
		bill hanzlik	paul griffin	kurt nimphius
		luc mbah a moute

Minnesota Timberwolves

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
ricky rubio	ron boone	harrison barnes	vern mikkelsen	kevin mchale
kirk hinrich	dick garmaker	mike miller	bob boozer	gorgui dieng
		devean george	mark olberding	raef lafrentz
			kris humphries	randy breuer
			nick collison	joel przybilla

New Orleans Pelicans

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
dj augustin	kerry kittles	danny granger	bob pettit	demarcus cousins
mo williams	don chaney	purvis short	hot rod williams	al jefferson
avery johnson	mahmoud abdul-rauf	cincinnatus powell	brandon bass	greg monroe
chris duhon	bobby phills		reggie evans	george johnson
	marcus thornton		glen davis	mike green
			othella harrington	erick dampier
			cornell warner	harvey catchings

New York Knicks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
tiny archibald	charlie scott	metta world peace	dolph schayes	kareem abdul-jabbar
rod strickland	jeff mullins	tom sanders	tom heinsohn	patrick ewing
bobby wanzer	mario elie	jamal mashburn	elton brand	sam perkins
vern fleming			david west	billy paultz
				olden polynice

Newark Americans

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
kyrie irving	bob weiss	rick barry	troy murphy	shaquille o'neal
brian taylor		kelly tripucka	al harrington	karl-anthony towns
larry brown		eric williams	tim thomas	andrew bynum
al attles			kenneth faried	chris gatling
brevin knight			nenad krstic	mark bryant
eric murdock

North Little Rock RimRockers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
derek fisher	sidney moncrief	scottie pippen	larry smith	caldwell jones
	joe johnson	glen rice	wil jones	joe barry carroll
	eddie miles	ronnie brewer	anthony tolliver	andrew lang
	fred jones		charles jones

Oklahoma City Thunder

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
mark price	john starks	thabo sefolosha	blake griffin	alvan adams
darnell valentine	craig ehlo	maurice evans	serge ibaka	steven adams
jim king			wayman tisdale	enes kanter
			antoine carr

Orlando Magic

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
dee brown	tracy mcgrady	vince carter	amare stoudemire	darryl dawkins
chucky atkins	otis birdsong	hedo turkoglu	truck robinson	nikola vucevic
eddie johnson (78-87)	evan fournier	chandler parsons	red robbins	matt geiger
carlos arroyo			marreese speights	will perdue
				kwame brown
				clemon johnson

Philadelphia 76ers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
jameer nelson	earl monroe	paul arizin	larry foust	samuel dalembert
bill melchionni	geoff petrie	tyreke evans	warren davis	chris dudley
	chris ford	michael kidd-gilchrist	jim washington	jason thompson
	matt guokas	ollie johnson	ray scott
			malik rose

Phoenix Suns

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
fat lever	leandro barbosa	richard jefferson	sean elliott	channing frye
mike bibby	jerryd bayless		arthur becker
			kenny thomas

Pittsburgh Ironmen

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
norm van lier	pete maravich	john havlicek	armen gilliam	maurice lucas
brad davis	billy knight	jack twyman	len chappell	pat cummings
johnny moore	stu lantz	jack marin
ron williams
george king

Portland Trail Blazers

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
terrell brandon	klay thompson	nicolas batum	kevin love	arvydas sabonis
damon stoudamire	danny ainge	mike dunleavy jr	ac green	mychal thompson
	steve jones	terrence ross		mel counts
	mike newlin	dave gambee

Queens Red Storm

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
bob cousy	richie guerin	lamar odom	anthony mason	leroy ellis
kemba walker	gus williams	mike riordan	ed pinckney	tom owens
dick mcguire	ben gordon	rodney mccray	bob kauffman
kenny anderson	brian winters	malik sealy	charlie villanueva
kenny smith	ray williams	maurice harkless
rafer alston	ernie grunfeld

Raleigh Cougars

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
john wall	michael jordan	cedric maxwell	buck williams	walt bellamy
nate mcmillan	sam jones	jerome kersey	pj tucker	randy denton
phil ford	bryant stith	jerry stackhouse	chris wilcox
john lucas		ml carr	chucky brown
ramon sessions		rodney rogers
henry bibby

Rosemont Rush

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
flynn robinson	nick anderson	shawn marion	dan issel	bill laimbeer
shaun livingston	anthony parker	robert covington	bob netolicky	dave corzine
		don nelson	aaron williams

Sacramento Kings

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
kevin johnson	matt barnes	omri casspi	peja stojakovic	vlade divac
beno udrih	francisco garcia		ryan anderson	bill cartwright
				jim eakins
				james donaldson
				chuck hayes

San Antonio Spurs

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
tony parker	manu ginobili	robert reid	tim duncan	rasho nesterovic
david wesley	marco belinelli	bo outlaw	boris diaw	luke jackson
patty mills			bill bridges	jeff foster

Seattle SuperSonics

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
john stockton	steve nash	detlef schrempf	carlos boozer	byron beck
isaiah thomas	brandon roy	doug christie	marvin williams	james edwards
nate robinson	jason terry	martell webster	vladimir radmanovic	steve hawes
mario chalmers	jamal crawford			mike lewis
luke ridnour	rodney stuckey			blair rasmussen

Shreveport Storm

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
jimmy jones	joe dumars	calvin natt	karl malone	willis reed
james silas		orlando woolridge	elvin hayes	robert parish
			bob love	benoit benjamin
			john beasley	pj brown
			stromile swift	ervin johnson

South Side Sky

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
derrick rose	dwyane wade	cazzie russell	juwan howard	anthony davis
maurice cheeks	tony allen	eddie johnson(81-99)	bill robinzine	red kerr
tim hardaway	quentin richardson	ron anderson	jason maxiell
rickey green	sonny parker	bobby simmons
kevin porter
darrell walker

Spirits of St. Louis

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
jo jo white	bradley beal	andre iguodala	harry gallatin	ed macauley
lucius allen	donnie freeman	jerry sloan	david lee	gene moore
andy phillip	warren jabali	bill bradley	laphonso ellis	steve stipanovich
tyronn lue	doug collins	alec burks		jon koncak
	anthony peeler	kevin gamble		bob ferry
		john brown

Toronto Raptors

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
larry costello	george carter	clifford robinson	tristan thompson	bob lanier
jose calderon	cory joseph		christian laettner	jonas valanciunas
			kelly olynyk	jamaal magloire
			andray blatche	danny schayes
				walter dukes

Utah Jazz

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
	joe ingles	andrei kirilenko	tom chambers	rudy gobert
			fred roberts	mehmet okur
			phil jackson	shawn bradley

Washington Wizards

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
steve francis	adrian dantley	grant hill	elgin baylor	david robinson
sherman douglas	dave bing	dennis scott	thurl bailey	ralph sampson
gene littles	austin carr	jerome williams	kenny carr	roy hibbert
johnny dawkins	dell curry	danny ferry	kermit washington	marcin gortat
	hubert davis	jeff green	jerami grant	curtis perry
	john battle		michael smith
			john tresvant

Westwood Bruins

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
gilbert arenas	gail goodrich	chris mills	kiki vandeweghe	tyson chandler
jrue holiday	steve kerr	jamaal wilkes	lonnie shelton
chris childs			austin croshere

Winston-Salem Demon Deacons

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
chris paul	jerry west	josh howard	happy hairston	bob mcadoo
jason williams	lou hudson	johnny newman	danny manning	brendan haywood
bobby jackson	jj redick	george lynch
	jimmy walker
	rod thorn

Wynnewood Hawks

PG	SG	SF	PF	C
kyle lowry	kobe bryant	richard hamilton	rasheed wallace	wilt chamberlain
walt hazzard	aaron mckie	tom gola	donyell marshall	sam bowie
alvin williams	cuttino mobley	roy hinson	marcus morris	tom mcmillen
	bob sura	mike bantom	markieff morris
	mike gale	gene banks	trooper washington
			hakim warrick

Best Positional Groups (in my opinion)

(in reverse alphabetical order)
Best Guards: Winston-Salem, South Side, Seattle, Queens, LA Clippers, Indiana
Best Wings: Washington, North Little Rock, Long Island, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Charlotte
Best Bigs: Shreveport, Portland, New York, Houston, Detroit, Dallas, Birmingham

TL;DR

What did you do?

• Created all-time hometown/territorial rosters

Why did you do it?

• always been fascinated with it ever since Bron came home

Who did you use?

• player pool was top 957 in career ws/48 (min 10000 mp) from basketball-reference, plus George Mikan (listed in ESPN's AllTime NBARank and Bill Simmons Basketball Pyramid but didn't meet the minutes requirement)
• team pool was originally 30 teams, added more teams where there were an abundance of players

New Teams:

Team	Notables
Anaheim Amigos	Kawhi, Reggie, Bill Walton
Baltimore Bullets	Dominique, Melo
Berkeley Bears	Bill Russell, Dame, Paul Pierce
Birmingham Barons	Barkley, Eric Bledsoe, Artis Gilmore
Capital City Go-Go	AI, KD, Moses
College Park Skyhawks	Dwight Howard, Josh Smith
Gary Steelheads	Shawn Kemp, Sikma
Indianapolis Jaguars	Jerry Lucas, Zach Randolph
Lansing Spartans	Magic, D-Book, Draymond
Lexington Wildcats	Hal Greer, Cowens
Long Island Knights	Dr J, Tobias Harris
Louisville Colonels	Bird, Rondo, Unseld
Newark Americans	Kyrie, Rick Barry, Shaq
North Little Rock RimRockers	Pippen, Sidney Moncrief, Iso Joe
Pittsburgh Ironmen	Pistol Pete, Havlicek
Queens Red Storm	Cousy, Kemba
Raleigh Cougars	Michael Jordan, John Wall
Rosemont Rush	Shawn Marion, Laimbeer
Seattle SuperSonics	Stockton, Steve Nash, Schrempf
Shreveport Storm	Mailman, Dumars, Willis Reed
South Side Sky	Dwyane Wade, D-Rose, Anthony Davis
Spirits of St. Louis	Beal, Iguodala
Westwood Bruins	Arenas, Jrue
Winston-Salem Demon Deacons	Logo, CP3
Wynnewood Hawks	Kobe, Wilt, Lowry

How did you do it?

• Googled "[player name] grew up neighbourhood" and variations of that
• haversine formula to find closest arena
• Custom Google MyMaps with all the arenas on it
• gave international players to their "adopted hometown" aka the combination of biggest impact (most win shares) and most memorable stop

Where did you do it?

• Scroll up
• The original workbook on Google Sheets
• The Imgur album for visualizing it

Are you a nephew?

• Both my parents have siblings, so in the technical sense, yes.

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