The 2002 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Thursday, April 4, 2002 at the

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in New York City, New York. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 2002. The game was the 25th annual version of the

McDonald's All-American Game The McDonald's All-American Game is the all-star basketball game played each year for American and Canadian boys' and girls' high school basketball graduates. Consisting of the top players, each team plays a single exhibition game after the concl ...

first played in 1978.

2002 game

The game was telecast live by ESPN. For the 25th game, McDonald's chose a prestigious venue: the

. 2002 was also the inaugural year of the McDonald's Girls game. The East team was led by JJ Redick, who earned the MVP award by scoring 26 points, which included 5 3-point shots made. Other players who starred were Carmelo Anthony, who entertained the crowd with several dunks and scored 19 points; Rashad McCants, who scored 22 points;

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, who recorded a double double with 16 points and 11 rebounds; and Chris Bosh, who had 14 points and 7 rebounds. 2002 game and rosters at page 83. Of the 24 players, 13 went on to play at least 1 game in the

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. Two players declared their eligibility for the 2002 NBA Draft: DeAngelo Collins and Amar'e Stoudemire. Stoudemire was selected with the 9th overall pick by the

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, while Collins, who was by far the oldest player in the All-American game at almost 22 years of age, went undrafted and never played in the NBA, opting to play professionally overseas.

East roster

2002 roster at page 9.

West roster

Coaches

The East team was coached by: * Head Coach Bob Farrell of Seton Hall Preparatory School ( West Orange, New Jersey) * Asst Coach T.J. Whitaker of Seton Hall Preparatory School ( West Orange, New Jersey) The West team was coached by: * Head Coach Gary McKnight of Mater Dei High School (

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) * Asst Coach David Taylor of Mater Dei High School (

)

All-American Week

Contest winners

* The 2002 Slam Dunk contest was won by Carmelo Anthony. * The 2002 3-point shoot-out was won by JJ Redick.

References

External links

McDonald's All-American on the webMcDonald's All-American all-time rosters

Game stats at Realgm.com
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