Philadelphia Loaded in 2011

by Alex Schwartz, written for NBE Basketball Report

Wilt Chamberlain. Kobe Bryant. Jameer Nelson. Rip Hamilton. Kyle Lowry. Eddie Griffin. Rasual Butler. Flip Murray. Gene Banks. The list of star basketball players from the Philadelphia area goes on and on. Pick a year, and odds are that a big-time baller came from the City of Brotherly Love. Yet there may not be a group in recent memory as deep as the class of 2011 when it comes to Philly hoops. Led by Rakeem Christmas of North Catholic, there are upwards of 25 Division I players in the Philly area alone in the current sophomore class. Many of them were on display Thursday night at the ninth annual Rasual Butler All-City Basketball Classic, an event featuring the best freshman, sophomores, and juniors in the Philly area.

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