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Bennett has a good point if you take the country as a whole.
I think it's a little misleading to say basketball is popular in certain provinces. In my experience, you popularity of the sport is pretty much centralized around urban centres. So, basketball is popular in the GTA, Montreal, Vancouver and Halifax. If you look at where all the talent is coming from, it's out of these regions -- not too many scouts heading up to say, Thunderbay to scout basketball players.
When you look at it that way, then yes, basketball is not particularly popular across Canada, outside of the above mentioned pockets.
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NoPropsneeded wrote: View PostWell that kid grew up in brampton at the wrong time. There are lots and i mean lots of african americans in Brampton and a lot of them play ball. In the next few years we will see many players come out of Canada. I grew up there but i moved to Burlington a couple of years back
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slhy wrote: View PostBennett has a good point if you take the country as a whole.
I think it's a little misleading to say basketball is popular in certain provinces. In my experience, you popularity or the sport is pretty much centralized around urban centres. So, basketball is popular in the GTA, Montreal, Vancouver and Halifax. If you look at where all the talent is coming from, it's out of these regions -- not too many scouts heading up to say, Thunderbay to scout basketball players.
When you look at it that way, then yes, basketball is not particularly popular across Canada, outside of the above mentioned pockets.
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DoNDaDDa wrote: View Postbasketball has become the most played sport among the east indian kids in brampton aswell... its all i ever seen them do
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Sorry basketball is not big in Canada, he is right.
Toronto has a basketball team which is why its popular, but the rest of the country do not give a damn about the Raptors, so the casual NBA fan remains casual and is overshadowed by hockey.
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Bendit wrote: View PostLets not give the Amerks any more credit than they deserve
You must have surely meant "African Canadians" rather than "african americans"....in Brampton.
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LBF wrote: View PostI do notice that from who i talk to indian/brown skinned people seem to have the most interested in basketball, then the black, then white.
Not sure if it is that important or i'm being to nitty gritty. Just something I thought i'd point out.
let's forget all that and pretend basketball is as popular or close to hockey. What will you have a conversation about longer if you go across canada to every capital city, hockey or basketball?
I live in the GCH (greater city of hamilton) and not where i live particularly but as you get closer to downtown you can have a longer conversation about the tigercats in the offseason than the raptors during the season...
Then again there are a lot of hoboes, who get drunk off mouthwash. Who just ask you for change, no matter what you say.
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Hotshot wrote: View PostSorry basketball is not big in Canada, he is right.
Toronto has a basketball team which is why its popular, but the rest of the country do not give a damn about the Raptors, so the casual NBA fan remains casual and is overshadowed by hockey.
The only person with such an attitude must be residing in Toronto or close to it.
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Matt52 wrote: View PostI couldn't disagree more.
The only person with such an attitude must be residing in Toronto or close to it.
The Blue Jays are more popular then the Raptors in BC, hell even their new soccer team the whitecaps is more popular then the Raptors.
Toronto does not reflect the rest of Canada.
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Hotshot wrote: View PostActually I am from Toronto but moved to Vancouver about 3 years ago and let me tell you that in Vancouver they don't give a damn about the Raptors or the NBA, hell you can barley find any coverage of it in their local sport section which is always covers 4 pages of the freaking Canucks.
The Blue Jays are more popular then the Raptors in BC, hell even their new soccer team the whitecaps is more popular then the Raptors.
Toronto does not reflect the rest of Canada.
Why should there be any interest in the raptors over a local soccer team- whitecaps?
As for the blue jays. It might have to do with their recent success and a certain level of obsession among North Americans for baseball. The blue jays on their part have committed to holding camps across nation and cooperating with the local baseball league to spot and develop talent.
If we don't get local talent or local teams outside toronto in the NCAA/NBA there will be no interest among the public for basketball.
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draftedraptor wrote: View PostWhy should there be any interest in the raptors over a local soccer team- whitecaps?
However I feel that basketball in Vancouver died when the Vancouver Grizzlies died and there is a mixed jealousy with the success (lack of a better words) of the Raptors survival in the NBA. If the Vancouver Grizzlies were still around then I would agree that basketball would be of a great interest in this province.
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Hotshot wrote: View PostActually I am from Toronto but moved to Vancouver about 3 years ago and let me tell you that in Vancouver they don't give a damn about the Raptors or the NBA, hell you can barley find any coverage of it in their local sport section which is always covers 4 pages of the freaking Canucks.
The Blue Jays are more popular then the Raptors in BC, hell even their new soccer team the whitecaps is more popular then the Raptors.
Toronto does not reflect the rest of Canada.
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