While the game itself won’t be played this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, McDonald’s formally announced its ceremonial rosters this week for the annual All American Game, a showcase of the nation’s top high school players.
The 24-player boys squad is headlined by a number of prospects who are expected to be lottery selections in the 2022 NBA draft, including Chet Holmgren, Paolo Banchero, and Jabari Smith, whom ESPN’s Jonathan Givony and Mike Schmitz had as the top three picks in their first ’22 mock draft in December.
Here are more odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- Auburn point guard Sharife Cooper, the No. 9 ranked prospect on ESPN’s big board for the 2021 NBA draft, may have played his last game for the Tigers, writes Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com. Cooper is in a walking boot after suffering an ankle injury, and ESPN’s Jimmy Dykes said during Tuesday’s Auburn/Florida broadcast that he’d be surprised if Cooper returns this season. “We will see how the week progresses. We never rush guys back,” Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl said. “He is working to try and get back, but we just don’t know.”
- NBA teams picking in the top half of the 2021 lottery will have to determine whether Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs – who is the third-leading scorer for the Bulldogs this season – is capable of becoming a primary option at the next level or if he projects to be a star role player, writes Jonathan Tjarks of The Ringer. Suggs is the No. 4 prospect on ESPN’s 2021 big board.
- Johnathan Williams, who recently parted ways with Turkish team Galatasaray, didn’t take long to find a new home, having signed with Niners Chemnitz in Germany for the rest of the season, according to the club. Williams, a 6’9″ forward/center, spent time with the Lakers in 2018/19 and the Wizards in ’19/20, averaging 5.2 PPG and 4.2 RPG in 39 total NBA games.
- Former first-round pick Jared Sullinger, who hasn’t played professionally since 2019 and hasn’t been in the NBA since 2017, has reportedly agreed to a deal with Anyang KGC in South Korea, as Emiliano Carchia of Sportando relays. Sullinger spoke last month about his goal of making it back to the NBA.
Jalen Suggs have excellent shooting skills but 3 just don’t fall
27% from the three, I projected him at 2
Wiseman is 2 months older than Evan Mobley
Who will be better?
Suggs is shooting 35 percent from 3, not 27 percent. His stroke is fine.
Suggs is shooting 35 percent from three.
According to espn article
27%
You can click the link
I think it’s has not been updated
Sports/Basketball Reference >Anything ESPN.
Try clicking some other links..or better yet, watching Suggs play.
should be the zags year this year, should of been last year. look out for drew timme and corey kispit, the team is legit.
anything could happen, but the Zags are awesome this year no doubt.
What does “star role player” mean? If you are a star you are not a role player in my book.
It Means
Super role players like VanVleet or Tobias Harris
I will commemorate the ceremonial game by unceremoniously eating a double qp with cheese and passing out early