Mickey D's AA Game

Anybody else going to watch the McDonald's All-American game?
This will be my first time seeing some of the ACC recruits.

 

EAST TEAM
No. Name ***. Hgt. Wgt. High School, State (Hometown) College
13 Kenny Boynton, Jr. G 6-3 190 American Heritage School, FL (Pompano Beach, FL) Florida
32 Dominic Cheek G 6-6 185 St. Anthony High School, NJ (Jersey City, NJ) Villanova
15 DeMarcus Cousins C 6-11 265 LeFlore Magnet High School, AL (Mobile, AL) Undecided
34 Derrick Favors F 6-9 235 South Atlanta High School, GA (Atlanta, GA) Georgia Tech
24 Milton Jennings F 6-9 215 Pinewood Preparatory School, SC (Cottageville, SC) Clemson
4 Ryan Kelly F 6-10 217 Ravenscroft School, NC (Raleigh, NC) Duke
33 Alex Oriakhi C 6-9 240 Tilton School, NH (Lowell, MA) Connecticut
30 Peyton Siva G 6-0 175 Franklin High School, WA (Seattle, WA) Louisville
1 Lance Stephenson F 6-6 220 Abraham Lincoln High School, NY (Brooklyn, NY) Undecided
7 Dexter Strickland G 6-3 180 St. Patrick High School, NJ (Rahway, NJ) North Carolina
11 Dante Taylor F 6-9 230 National Christian Academy, MD (White Plains, NY) Pittsburgh
2 Maalik Wayns G 6-1 185 Roman Catholic High School, PA (Philadelphia, PA) Villanova


WEST TEAM
No. Name ***. Hgt. Wgt. High School, State (Hometown) College
11 Avery Bradley, Jr. G 6-3 180 Findlay College Prep, NV (Puyallup, WA) Texas
3 Abdul Gaddy, Jr. G 6-3 183 Bellarmine Preparatory School, WA (Tacoma, WA) Washington
31 Keith Gallon C 6-9 293 Oak Hill Academy, VA (Huffman, TX) Oklahoma
13 Xavier Henry G 6-6 225 Putnam City High School, OK (Oklahoma City, OK) Memphis
22 John Henson F 6-10 200 Sickles High School, FL (Odessa, FL) North Carolina
33 Wally Judge F 6-9 230 Arlington Country Day School, FL (Landover, MD) Kansas State
5 Tommy Mason-Griffin G 5-11 192 James Madison High School, TX (Houston, TX) Oklahoma
32 Mason Plumlee F 6-11 220 Christ School, NC (Winona Lake, IN) Duke
1 Renardo Sidney, Jr. C 6-10 250 Fairfax High School, CA (Los Angeles, CA) USC
21 Michael Snaer G 6-5 200 Rancho Verde High School, CA (Moreno Valley, CA) Florida State
12 David Wear F 6-10 225 Mater Dei High School, CA (Huntington Beach, CA) North Carolina
24 Travis Wear F 6-10 230 Mater Dei High School, CA (Huntington Beach, CA) North Carolina

 

After looking at the box score, out of the UNC/dook guys, I think only Henson played well. He will be an immediate contributor. Was most looking forward to seeing Strickland, and although he didn't shoot well at all, his rebounding is promising for a guard. Didn't look at the other ACC guys yet - will do that tomorrow.

 

thanks for the heads up. Everyone's anxious to know what you watch on TV.

be sure to fill us in on what color socks you're wearing and what your mom made your for breakfast this morning.

 

So are those guys legit McDs All Americans or just McDs All Americans because they signed with those schools? More specifically, the Duke guys.

 

Henson is a beanpole right now. athletic, long and lean.

Stricks shot looked terrible.

The Wear bros look like the they will be able to contributue some minutes.


Plumlee looks like the real deal for Duke. A lot more athletic than I imagined. Quick, active, and has some hops

 

Dook's 2 guys shot a combined 6/14 from the field and 0/3 from 3-point land. They had 6 rebounds between the two of them and played 13 (Kelly) and 18 (Plumlee) minutes. Plumlee did have 2 blocks and and 2 assists, while Kelly had neither. From what I saw of the game (which was very minimal) there was almost no defense being played at all. It seemed to be an up and down game. I recorded it, so I'll watch the rest tonight while I'm packing.

Here's the full box score: http://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com/boys_final.pdf

 

Because of the nature of this game, big guys generally have a tough time. Although I do remember Kevin Garnett and coudn't believe how far above his talent was from the rest.

 

John Henson was very productive. 7/10 FG's with 3 rebounds, an assist and 2 blocked shots. He might be skinny, but that's not a bad stat line for only playing 16 minutes.