Wassup y'all! This is my first major writing post back. I decided to divide them up and will put my top 10 at the bottom. I also added additional factors such as population, basketball fan bases, arenas and much more. Finally, this took me hours to complete so an upvote would be appreciated, if you liked the article and want to see more. Enjoy!
USA:
Seattle
Las Vegas
Louisville
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Nashville
Columbus
Tampa Bay
San Diego
Kansas City
Honolulu
Austin
Cincinnati
Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Syracuse
Trenton
Jacksonville
Raleigh
San Jose
Charleston
Omaha
Tallahassee
Baltimore
Buffalo
Little Rock
Albuquerque
Fort Worth
Fresno
Madison
Tacoma
Tulsa
Springfield, IL
Wichita
Providence
Boise
Shreveport
Lexington
Birmingham
Albany
Huntington
Richmond
Tucson
Anchorage
Hartford
Rochester
Springfield, MA
Henderson
Lincoln
Fayeteville, AR
Green Bay
Dover
Boulder
Des Moines
Ann Arbor
Gary
Naperville
Wilmington
Salem, OR
Jackson, MS
Burlington, VT
Cheyenne
Rapid City
Billings
Portland, ME
Bismarck
Manchester, NH
Canada:
Vancouver
Montreal
Ottawa
Edmonton
Calgary
Quebec City
Winnipeg
Scarborough
Niagara Falls
London
Mississauga
Kitchener-Waterloo
Halifax
Brampton
Victoria
Hamilton
Sudbury
Burlington
Saskatoon
Regina
Charlottetown
Windsor
St. John's
Guelph
Markham
Kingston
Thunder Bay
Kelowna
Sherbrooke
Oshawa
Whitehorse
Yellowknife
Barrie
Iqaluit
Fredericton
Mexico:
Mexico City
Tijuana
Guadalajara
Cancun
Monterrey
Leon
Puebla
Ciudad Juarez
Hermosillo
San Luis Potosi
Chihuahua
Obregon
Torreon
Tampico
Durango
Central America:
San Jose, Costa Rica
Guatemala City
Havana
Nassau
Panama City
Antigua Guatemala
Managua
San Miguel
Santo Domingo
Kingstown
San Salvador
South America:
Rio De Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Lima
Salvador
Bogota
Santiago
Caracas
Quito
Puebla
Europe:
London
Paris
Madrid
Rome
Istanbul
Athens
Barcelona
Moscow
Berlin
Vienna
Kyiv
Budapest
Warsaw
Belgrade
Munich
Milan
Prague
Copenhagen
Lisbon
Amsterdam
Stockholm
Dublin
Helsinki
Brussels
Venice
Asia:
Manila
Mumbai
Beijing
Tokyo
Dubai
Shanghai
Delhi
Karachi
Seoul
Ho Chi Minh City
Bangkok
Kyoto
Osaka
Jakarta
Lahore
Tehran
Hong Kong
Chennai
Dhaka
Baghdad
Taiwan/Taipei City
Kabul
Hyderabad
Baku
Phnom Pneh
Kuala Lumpur
Almaty
Africa:
Lagos
Yaounde
Nairobi
Johannesburg
Cape Town
Cairo
Kinshasa
Giza
Dar es Salaam
Accra
Khartoum
Pretoria
Addis Ababa
Dakar
Tripoli
Brazzaville
Benin City
Ougadougou
Mogadishu
N'Djamena
Oceania:
Sydney
Melbourne
Perth
Brisbane
Auckland
Wellington
Adelaide
Canberra
Port Moresby
Wollongong
Cairns
Darwin
Suva
If you are reading this far, add to your comment or comment "Aaron Henry". I just want to see who really read it all lol.
The most likely top 10:
Seattle
Las Vegas
Mexico City
Vancouver
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Montreal
Nashville
Ottawa
Tijuana
If the NBA made it worldwide:
London
Paris
Vegas
Seattle
Vancouver
Mexico City
Madrid
Rome
Manila
Tokyo
Well, thanks for reading. Please give it an upvote if you enjoyed it! What would your top 10 be? Did I miss or duplicate anyone? Let me know in the comments down below! I'm also willing to add explanations if you want to know why a place was ranked where they were. And as for now, signing off, thanks for reading!