100 NBA players were born in Louisiana. That is 11th among all states. 25 NBA players were born in New Orleans:

DJ Augustin 2009-2012

Stanley Brundy 1990

Leroy Chollet 1950-1951

Clyde Drexler 1984-1998

Danny Granger 2006-2012

Jaren Jackson 1990-2002

Aaron James 1975-1979

Avery Johnson 1989-2004

Carldell "Squeaky" Johnson 2012

Ervin Johnson 1994-2006

Harold Keeling 1986

Gerard King 1999-2001

Randy Livingston 1997-2007

Greg Monroe 2011-2012

Robert Pack 1992-2004

Chris Quinn 2007-2011

James Ray 1981-1983

Eldridge Recasner 1995-2002

Donald Royal 1990-1998

Bruce Seals 1974-1978

Grant Simmons 1968-1969

Morlon Wiley 1989-1995

Dedric Willoughby 2000

Thaddeus Young 2008-2012

Tony Zeno 1980

100 players born in Louisiana

Top 5 New Orleans Hornets players born in Louisiana:

5. Squeaky Johnson

4. Bryce Drew

3. Robert Pack

2. Brandon Bass

1. Marcus Thornton

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Posted by droman225

HTown by way of BR

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 8:44 am to drake20

Mo frickin squeaky

And I had no idea Clyde Drexler or Thaddeus Young were born there

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Posted by Sammobile

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 8:54 am to drake20

Louisiana has produced some great bigs:

Bill Russell
Elvin Hayes
Karl Malone
Rober Parish
Bob Pettit
Willis Reed

Basketball Royalty

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Posted by dj30

New Orleans

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 9:02 am to drake20

Isn't pj brown from Slidell?

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Posted by quail man

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 11:24 am to drake20

8 HOFers...pretty impressive. i wonder where that ranks

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Posted by BIGDAB

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 11:33 am to drake20

No Kerry Kittles!! WTF

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Posted by Fearthehat0307

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 1:25 pm to drake20

lets rank them best to worst

1. Carldell "Squeaky" Johnson 2012

2-100. NSJNC

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Posted by mm2316

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 2:31 pm to drake20

SJ>everyone else on that list

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Posted by bddwolfpack

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 2:52 pm to drake20

Had no idea Thad Young and Chris Quinn were born here.

Wish we could see a list of NBA players who grew up/from New Orleans.

Seems as if a lot of the guys that were born here moved out of the city soon after birth, don't really count them as New
Orleanians.

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Posted by RamblingTiger

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 3:26 pm to drake20

quote:
Top 5 Hornets players born in Louisiana: 5. Squeaky Johnson 4. Bryce Drew 3. Robert Pack 2. Brandon Bass 1. Marcus Thornton

I'm pretty sure as far as on the court contributions, I would have to place Bobby Phils first.

Stats as a Hornet in 2+ seasons (133 games):

12.3 PPG
3.1 APG
1.4 SPG
44.2% FGP
71.8% FTP

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Posted by LockdownDefense

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Posted on 5/12/12 at 4:46 pm to drake20

Robert Pack was solid for Denver back in the 90's. He could jump pretty good for a guard.

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