the EMERALD CITY...the Basketball Rich City on the PACIFIC....is the TALENT TOP 5?.....Arguably so.

The PACIFIC Northwest has been known for such things as the GATEWAY to the FInal Frontier...ALASKA, the Seattle FISH MARKETS, the PUGET Sound, and the SPACE NEEDLE.

Also National Headquarters for Companies like BOEING (now Headquartered in the WINDY City), MICROSOFT, QWEST Communications, and STARBUCKS.

SEATTLE is also home to some of the BEST BASKETBALL Talent in the Continental United STATES......and arguably a TOP 5 at putting the TALENT out there in recent memory. This is why the BLOW of the Seattle SUPERSONICS is so Heart Felt. A Franchise that won numerous Division and Conference Championships, many decorated players such as the GLOVE, DETLEF, Sugar RAY, the REIGN MAN, DJ, GUS, DOWTOWN Freddy BROWN, SIKMA, and Coaches like HOF Lenny WILKENS, George KARL, and Nate McMILLAN. SEATTLE is simply one of the best BASKETBALL Cities around.

The HOMEGROWN Talent of the EMERALD CITY is astonishing and you know they have the WASHINGTON University HUSKIES and their Football Program that used to be one of the ELITE under the Great DON JAMES and the PURPLE REIGN. The BASKETBALL Talent in the last 15-20 Years has generated some of the best Talent in the NBA as well as the BIG TIME COLLEGE Basketball SCENE.

Some of the HIGH SCHOOLS in the NEEDLE CITY are known simply as not only STATE POWERS but National Powers like RANIER BEACH, FEDERAL WAY, FRANKLIN, GARFIELD, BREMERTON, OLYMPIA, MERCER ISLAND, and O'DEA.

Let's met some of Basketball Players whose foundation and roots are in the EMERALD CITY:

Seattle RANIER BEACH HS
Doug CHRISTIE PEPPERDINE Lakers Kings Knicks among others
Nate ROBINSON aka KRYPTOnate WASHINGTON aka U DUB Knicks Celtics Thunder
Terrence WILLIAMS aka T-WILL LOUISVILLE Nets Rockets
Jamal CRAWFORD aka J-CRAW MICHIGAN Bulls Knicks Warriors Hawks
Lodrick and Rodrick STEWART TWINS USC and KANSAS........Europe Pro Hoops
CJ GILES KANSAS and OREGON STATE....EUROPE HOOPS

Seattle GARFIELD HS
Brandon ROY WASHINGTON TrailBlazers
Tony WROTEN JR WASHINGTON 2011-

Seattle FRANKLIN HS
Jason TERRY aka the JET 2 ARIZONA Hawks Mavericks
Peyton SIVA LOUISVILLE 2009-
Aaron BROOKS OREGON Rockets Suns

Kent WA KENTWOOD HS
Josh SMITH UCLA 2009-

Seattle WA PREP HS
Spencer HAWES WASHINGTON Kings Sixers
Martell WEBSTER TrailBlazers

Federal WAY WA HS
Donny MARSHALL UCONN Europe HOOPS

Bremerton WA HS
Marvin WILLIAMS UNC Chapel HILL HAWKS

Seattle O'DEA HS
the late Doug WRENN UCONN WASHINGTON as as TALENTED As they come in SEATTLE

Aberdeeen WA HS
Omm'A GIVENS UCLA PEPPERDINE

Kirkland WA JUANITA HS
Micah DOWNS KANSAS GONZAGA

Tacoma BELLARMINE PREP
Abdul GADDY WASHINGTON 2009-
Avery BRADLEY TEXAS Celtics NOTE: Bradley went to FINDLAY Prep HS Henderson NV SR Year

MERCER ISLAND WA HS
Quinn SNYDER DUKE

This is just some of the TALENT that has developed in the SEATTLE AREA.........amazing what is tucked off in the Pacific NORTHWEST.

High School All-Americans on this list
SIVA, Bradley, Downs, Givens, Josh SMITH, Marvin WILLIAMS, Brooks, Terry, Wroten JR, Snyder, T-WILL, WEBSTER, and Crawford

Remember also the University of SEATTLE is know for having one All-American lay the foundation for SEATTLE Basketball as well....the GREAT Elgin BAYLOR former LAKERS and Ex-LA CLIPPERS General Manager.

I don't know if you would put the SEATTLE TALENT in the Top 5......but considering what you see above......Does it matter where SEATTLE Ranks........the TALENT speaks for itself.

MICROSOFT, BOEING, STARBUCKS, SUPERSONICS, QWEST, and SEATTLE High School Basketball in any order.

AT Press Time...Jason TERRY won the NBA World CHAMPIONSHIP with the DALLAS MAVERICKS in 2011