McDonald's High School All-Americans

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Shannon Brown

Shannon Brown

Shannon Brown (born November 29, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in 2003, and played college basketball for Michigan State University. He was drafted the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 25th overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft.

Brown attended Proviso East High School in Maywood, where his teammates included fellow 2006 draftee Dee Brown . In 2003, he was named Illinois Mr. Basketball and a McDonald's All-American .

Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Brown was listed as the No. 1 shooting guard and the No. 3 player in the nation in 2003.

Brown played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans. He was second-team All-Big Ten as a junior and an All-Big Ten Defensive selection.

Brown was drafted in the first round with the 25th pick of the 2006 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Appearing in only 23 games (5 starts) in his debut season, he showed promise, scoring in double figures twice (10 points vs. New York on November 29 and 14 vs. Toronto on 3/3), but was hampered by an injury to his shin.

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Taliek Brown

Taliek Brown (born June 23, 1982) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Moncton Miracles of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). Brown played collegiate with the UConn Huskies and competed at the high school level at St. John's Preparatory School in Astoria, Queens, New York.

Brown played high school basketball at St. John's Preparatory School, which is located in Astoria, Queens, New York. He averaged 22.5 points and 6.6 assists per game as a senior. A Parade All-American, Brown was ranked among the top 25 high school recruits in the United States and was chosen to play at the 2000 McDonald's All-American Game and at the Roundball Classic All-Star game, after which he was named Most Valuable Player. As a McDonald's All-American, he recorded 11 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds. Brown chose to play college basketball with Connecticut because of "their winning tradition, the great players they had come through here, and just the whole total UConn. This is a big program."

As a freshman, Brown was the starting point guard in all 32 of UConn's games. He scored a season-high 21 points against nationally-ranked Boston College on February 13, 2001, and recorded a season-best 12 assists in an overtime win over St. John's on January 6. After his sophomore season, Brown was averaging 9.2 points and 5.1 assists per game. He recorded the second-most assists for a sophomore in school history, getting 172. At the 2002 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament championship, he made a half-court shot at the closing seconds to seal the game vs Pittsburgh. Brown led UConn to an NCAA Division I Basketball title in 2004, as his team defeated Georgia Tech to close his senior season.

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Answer 3

Troy Brown Jr.

Troy Brown Jr.

Troy R. Brown Jr. (born July 28, 1999), is an American basketball player who currently plays high school basketball for Centennial High School in Nevada. In January 2017 Brown Jr. was selected as an McDonald's All-American.

Troy's mother (track) and father (basketball) competed collegiately at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. His sister, Jada, plays basketball at the University of Kansas.

Brown Jr. is considered as one of the best players in the 2017 recruiting class by Scout.com, Rivals.com and ESPN. On November 7, 2016 Troy committed to the Oregon Ducks.

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Troy won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.

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Jalen Brunson

Jalen Brunson

Jalen Brunson (born August 31, 1996) is an American basketball player who plays for the Villanova Wildcats men's basketball where he has completed his sophomore season for the 2016–17 team. He completed his senior season for Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois in the 2014–15 academic year.

According to ESPN, he ended his junior year of high school as the number one point guard in the country and prior to his senior year he was rated number one by Scout.com. He was selected as the 2014 Illinois Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year. He was selected to participate in the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game as well as the 2015 Jordan Brand Classic and to represent the Team USA in the Nike Hoop Summit. As a senior, he repeated as the 2015 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year and earned a third Associated Press All-state recognition (2nd first team). That year, he led Stevenson to the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 4A championship. Following the season, he won Illinois Mr. Basketball.

Brunson holds the IHSA playoff single-game and the IHSA Class 4A championship game scoring records and set the USA Basketball single-game assist record for the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championships. He earned the MVP of the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for the gold medal winning Team USA. He is the son of nine-year National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran Rick Brunson.

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Rick Brunson

Rick Brunson

Eric Daniel "Rick" Brunson (born June 14, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player and coach who is an assistant coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 9 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and has also worked as an assistant coach for several teams. He played college basketball for Temple.

Born in Syracuse, New York, he attended Salem High School, becoming the only McDonald's All-American from Massachusetts in 1991. Brunson graduated from Temple University. Not drafted by any NBA team in 1995, he played for the Adelaide 36ers in Australia in 1995-96 for whom he was their season MVP, and in the CBA next season. He was signed as a free agent by the Portland Trail Blazers in 1997–98, playing again in the CBA at the start of the 1998–99 season. Brunson then signed with the New York Knicks, and was a member of the 1999 Eastern Conference championship team. In 2000–01, he started off with the Boston Celtics, but finished the season with the Knicks again. He rejoined the Trail Blazers in 2001–02. He then signed with the Chicago Bulls the next season, splitting between the Bulls and the Toronto Raptors in 2003–04, before moving on to the Los Angeles Clippers in 2004–05. A breakout season in which he averaged a career-high 5.5 points per game landed him a 2005–06 contract with the Seattle SuperSonics, but only appeared in four games due to injury. On February 28, 2006, the Sonics waived Brunson. He was subsequently signed by the Houston Rockets, with whom he finished his ninth and final season as a professional basketball player.

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Answer 6

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player and businessman. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships with the Lakers. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. He led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, and ranks third on both the league's all-time regular season scoring and all-time postseason scoring lists. He holds the NBA record for the most seasons playing with one franchise for an entire career.

The son of former NBA player Joe Bryant, Kobe Bryant enjoyed a successful high school basketball career at Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania, where he was recognized as the top high school basketball player in the country. He declared for the NBA draft upon graduation, and was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft by the Charlotte Hornets, who traded him to the Lakers. As a rookie, Bryant earned himself a reputation as a high-flyer and a fan favorite by winning the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest, and he was named an All-Star by his second season. Despite a feud between them, Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive championships from 2000 to 2002.

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Answer 7

Thomas Bryant (basketball)

Thomas Bryant

Thomas Bryant (born July 31, 1997) is an American college basketball player who plays for the Indiana Hoosiers. He is known for his ability to shoot, run the floor, and protect the rim.

Bryant played basketball at Bishop Kearney, where as a sophomore he led his team to a 17-8 record, the 2013 New York Class AA Tournament crown, and the New York Federation Tournament of Champions. Before committing to play for Indiana University, Bryant played for Huntington Prep School during the 2014 school year. While there, he played on the AAU team, Team SCAN. He was ranked the 20th best player in the class by ESPN and was recruited heavily by many schools, including Indiana, Kentucky, Syracuse, UCLA, and other power conference schools. However, his final decision came down to Indiana and Syracuse. According to Bryant's mother, who was heavily in favor of Syracuse, " [he] picked Indiana because Syracuse's basketball program was in chaos." While Bryant was trying to decide which school to attend, Syracuse was in the middle of an NCAA investigation, which eventually led to the loss of 12 scholarships over the next four years, 108 vacated wins, and Jim Boeheim being suspended for the first 9 games of the 2015-2016 ACC season. His final verbal commitment to Indiana was televised live on April 4, 2015 during the Dick's National Tournament on ESPN.

During the McDonald's All-American Game, Bryant scored 9 points and grabbed 3 rebounds in 16 minutes of play for the East team. He was the fifth consecutive McDonald's All-American Tom Crean was able to recruit to play at IU.

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Answer 8

Travon Bryant

Travon Levar Bryant (born February 5, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player who currently works as an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for Missouri.

Bryant attended David Starr Jordan High School in Long Beach, California where he was coached by Ron Massey Sr. He was a McDonald's High School All-American who played his college basketball under coach Quin Snyder with the Missouri Tigers at the University of Missouri from 2000 to 2004. Bryant contributed to Missouri's success as a role player in his four years there. Bryant made four three pointers against the University of Illinois's Fighting Illini in the Mizzou-Illini rivalry game in St. Louis in his senior year.

In November, 2015, Bryant joined the Oklahoma City Blue as an assistant coach.

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Answer 9

Bradley Buckman

Bradley Bond Buckman (born January 11, 1984) is an American retired professional basketball player.

After playing high school basketball at Westlake, in West Lake Hills, Texas, Buckman played 4 seasons of college basketball at the University of Texas at Austin, with the Texas Longhorns.

Buckman went undrafted in the 2006 NBA Draft. In November 2006 he was assigned to the Austin Toros of the NBA D-League.

In January 2008, he signed with the Romanian team CS Universitatea Mobitelco Cluj-Napoca.

He started the 2008–09 season in Cyprus with Keravnos Strovolos, but was released in December 2008. In January 2009 he moved to Israel and signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil for the rest of the season. For the 2009–10 season he signed with Kepez Belediyesi of Turkey.

In September 2010, he signed a short–term deal with the German team Fraport Skyliners. He left Skyliners in October 2010. In January 2011, he moved to Turkey and signed with Antalya BB for the remainder of the season. In June 2011, he signed a one–year deal with another Turkish team Tofaş S.K.

In August 2012, he signed a one-year deal with the Spanish team Cajasol Sevilla. In December 2012, he parted ways with Sevilla. In January 2013, he moved to Germany and signed with Artland Dragons for the rest of the season.

In July 2013, he signed a one-year deal with the Turkish team BeÅŸiktaÅŸ.

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Answer 10

Steve Bucknall

Steven Lee Bucknall (born 17 March 1966 in London, England) is a retired English professional basketball player, and former head coach of British Basketball League expansion franchise London Capital.

A 1.98 m (6'6") and 97.5 kg (215 lbs.) shooting guard, Bucknall was the third English-born player in the United States' NBA. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he had a brief stint after graduating from the University of North Carolina.

Prior to matriculation at the University of North Carolina, he played high school basketball for Governor Dummer Academy, now known as The Governor's Academy, which is part of the ISL(Independent School League).

He subsequently went on to play in a number of European countries including Greece, France, Italy as well as his native UK.

Prior to his retirement, Bucknall played for the bronze medal-winning English basketball team in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006.He also has a son Marcus Bucknall who plays for Mandoulides Thessaloniki.He follows his father's footsteps,playing for the All-Thassaloniki team

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