Alex Boeder of NBA.com notes that the Milwaukee Bucks, who began play in 1968, have never played a Milwaukee-born player during a regular-season game. That could change if Milwaukee's own Marcus Landry, signed over the summer, makes the roster this fall.
Boeder couches his statement that the Bucks are "pretty much" the only NBA team to earn this distinction given the number of homes that the Brooklyn Nets have played across two states in since getting their start in the American Basketball Association in 1967.
Landry, who will turn 30 on Nov. 1, has played 18 NBA games, all as a reserve small forward since leaving the University of Wisconsin. All were during the 2009-10 season -- 17 with the New York Knicks and one with the Boston Celtics.
Boeder has also determined the following when it comes to hometown players:
- "Nine teams have had exactly one hometown player: Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors. ... Who is the best player ever to play for the hometown team? Wilt Chamberlain, who was born in Philadelphia and won MVPs for the 76ers, but as the story goes, lived in New York and refused to move to Philadelphia while playing for his hometown team."
