2006 boys high school basketball All-Americans

An All-American team is an honorary sports team that is generally composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". The term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1]

Greg Oden was the first 2006 high school boys' basketball All-American drafted into the National Basketball Association.

Both the McDonald's All-American team selection and the Jordan Brand All-American team selection have associated high school basketball all-star games held in conjunction with them, in which the players are divided into two teams to compete in an exhibition game. The Jordan Brand held its first contest in 2002.[2] McDonald's All-Americans have competed in such contests since 1977, and a girls' game was added in 2002.[3] Both the Parade and USA Today lists included underclassmen, but fifth-year seniors were ineligible for the Parade team.[4] Those lists also both designated ordinal teams as first team, second team, etc., while the McDonald's and Jordan Brand teams were selected without distinction among selectees. In basketball, some All-American teams are composed by position, while others were not.[5]

In 2006, 47 boys' high-school basketball players were selected to major honorary All-American teams. For the 2006 selections, McDonald's selected 24 players to its All-American team; the Jordan Brand included 21 players, and the USA Today All-USA prep basketball team had 15.[2][3][6] The list also includes the 40 Parade All-Americans, the largest of the four teams.[7] The 2006 class of McDonald's All-Americans is regarded as the best class of the decade, with approximately 22 of the 24 expected to make it to the National Basketball Association by the time they have exhausted their collegiate eligibility,[8] which in most cases is four years of competition in five years of enrollment.[9]

Sherron Collins, Kevin Durant, Wayne Ellington, Spencer Hawes, Tywon Lawson, Greg Oden, Brandan Wright and Thaddeus Young were named to all four lists. Among this group, Durant, Hawes, Lawson and Oden were selected to the first team of both organizations that enumerated their selections. Collins was the only one of these to go undrafted. Oden and Derrick Rose were both NBA draft overall number-one selections, in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Gerald Henderson Jr. was the highest selection in the 2009 NBA draft (12th overall). Damion James and Stanley Robinson were the only selections from this group in the 2010 NBA draft. Kyle Singler and Vernon Macklin were the final draftees from this group in the 2011 NBA draft.

All-American teams edit

The table below details the selections for four major 2006 boys' high-school basketball All-American teams. For those teams where teams were enumerated as first, second, etc. team, the number corresponding to this designation appears in the table. For teams where no such enumeration exists, a check mark is used. The following columns are included in the table:

Player – The name of the High School All-American
College – Collegiate affiliation
Draft – The NBA draft Year
Position – Overall position that the player was chosen in his draft year
McD – McDonald's All-American Team
ParadeParade All-America Team
Jordan – Jordan Brand All-American Team
USATUSA Today All-USA Team
N/A – not drafted
TBD – will be eligible for the draft at a future time
??? – remaining eligibility not clear in currently available sources
— – player not named to any team by that selector
Player College Draft
[10][11][12][13]
Position McD[3] Parade[7] Jordan[2] USAT[6] Notes
Darrell Arthur Kansas[14] 2008 27  Y 3
3
D. J. Augustin Texas[15] 2008 9  Y 4
Jerryd Bayless Arizona[16] 2008 11
4
Michael Beasley Kansas State[17] 2008 2
2
3
Chase Budinger Arizona[18] 2009 44  Y 1
3
Tweety Carter Baylor[19] 2010 N/A  Y 3  Y
Earl Clark Louisville[20] 2009 14  Y 4
Sherron Collins Kansas[21] 2010 N/A  Y 3  Y 2
Mike Conley Jr. Ohio State[22] 2007 4  Y 3
Daequan Cook Ohio State[23] 2007 21  Y 3
Duke Crews Tennessee[24]/Bowie State[25][26] 2010 N/A
3  Y
Javaris Crittenton Georgia Tech[27] 2007 19  Y 3
Kevin Durant Texas[28] 2007 2  Y 1  Y 1 2007 NCAA National Player of the Year (AP,[29][30] FOX, NABC,[29] Naismith,[31] Rupp,[32] SN,[33] USBWA-Robertson,[34] Wooden[35])
Wayne Ellington North Carolina[36] 2009 28  Y 1  Y 2 2009 NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player[37]
Eric Gordon Indiana[38] 2008 7
4
Paul Harris Syracuse[39] 2009 N/A
 Y 2
Spencer Hawes Washington[40] 2007 10  Y 1  Y 1
Gerald Henderson Jr. Duke[41] 2009 12  Y 2
Damion James Texas[42] 2010 24
2
3
Mike Jones
N/A N/A
 Y
James Keefe UCLA[43] 2010 N/A  Y 2
Curtis Kelly Kansas State[44] 2011 N/A
 Y
Jon Kreft Florida State[45] N/A N/A
 Y
Tywon Lawson North Carolina[46] 2009 18  Y 1  Y 1
Brook Lopez Stanford[47] 2008 10  Y 3
Robin Lopez Stanford[48] 2008 15  Y 3
Kevin Love UCLA[49] 2008 5
1
3 2007 National Player of the Year (Gatorade,[50] McDonald's, Naismith,[51] Parade,[4] USA Today[52])
Vernon Macklin Florida/Georgetown[53] 2011 52  Y 2  Y
O. J. Mayo USC[54] 2008 3
1
1
Raymar Morgan Michigan State[55] 2010 N/A
4
Obi Muonelo Oklahoma State[56] 2010 N/A
 Y
Greg Oden Ohio State[57] 2007 1  Y 1  Y 1 2005 National Player of the Year (Gatorade,[50] Parade[58])
2006 National Player of the Year (Gatorade,[50] McDonald's,[59] Naismith,[51] Parade,[7] USA Today[6])
Scottie Reynolds Villanova[60] 2010 N/A  Y 3
Stanley Robinson Connecticut[61] 2010 59
2
Derrick Rose Memphis[62] 2008 1
4
Jon Scheyer Duke[63] 2010 N/A  Y 1  Y
DeShawn Sims Michigan[64] 2010 N/A
4  Y
Kyle Singler Duke[65] 2011 33
2
2010 NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player[66]
Jerry Smith Louisville[67] 2010 N/A
4
Edgar Sosa Louisville[68] 2010 N/A
 Y
Alex Stepheson North Carolina/USC[69] 2011 N/A
4
DaJuan Summers Georgetown[70] 2009 35
 Y
Lance Thomas Duke[71] 2010 N/A  Y 2
Bill Walker Kansas State[72] 2008 47
2
Brandan Wright North Carolina[73] 2007 8  Y 1  Y 2
Thaddeus Young Georgia Tech[74] 2007 12  Y 2  Y 2
Brian Zoubek Duke[75] 2010 N/A
4  Y

Notes edit

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  70. ^ "DaJuan Summers #3 F". ESPN. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
  71. ^ "Lance Thomas #42 F". ESPN. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
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  73. ^ "Brandan Wright #34 F". ESPN. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
  74. ^ "Thaddeus Young #33 F". ESPN. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
  75. ^ "Brian Zoubek #55 C". ESPN. Retrieved July 3, 2010.