Written by TZ McD at Gunaxin
The East Coast of the United States is home to twelve of the original thirteen colonies and it is where 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Even hip-hop began in the Bronx, in New York, back in the late 1970’s.
There is so much history along the Eastern coastline of this great country of ours, it is hard to believe that it wasn’t until 1991 when a rapper from New York they called Tim Dog released a track that began an historic battle between the East and West Coasts. (Bad Boy vs. Death Row, Tupac vs. Biggie)
It has even carried over into sports. The NBA has two conferences, the East and the West. Both conferences have a long history of Hall of Famers, Championships, and MVPs all the way back to 1946 when the league first started.
Since the NBA already honors the best of each of the two conferences, we are going to do things a little differently. We are going to build two teams, one of players whose hometown is from the East Coast and one from the West Coast.
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