Posted Feb 18, 2011, 6:09 PM
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All I know is that there is WAY more recreational basketball being played today than there was in 1990, at least here in Richmond. The difference is like a factor of 10. There are so many outdoor lit courts today all fully used, when there were basically none in 1990, and it's being played in the gyms as well. High school basketball here has grown from approx. 3 to 15 teams, while other high school sports have not. I see the Urban Rec League filling the courts at the Oval every night that I go there, and they have other facilities in Vancouver as well.
You can decide where the credit lies for that - the Grizzlies, or Steve Nash, or immigrants, or something else - but something has changed the attitude about basketball in one generation.
(End of my anecdotal evidence.)
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