Following yet another exciting McDonald’s All American Game, where recent University of Arizona commit Aaron Gordon won MVP honors, comes the 12th annual Jordan Brand Classic, held this year at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Jordan Brand moved the event from Charlotte, North Carolina to the new home of the NJ Nets in Brooklyn, which coincidentally was the birthplace of Michael Jordan.
While the annual McDonald’s Game has a longer history, the Jordan Brand Classic truly features the very best high school prospects entering college next year with the inclusion of 5th year seniors. Eight former Jordan Brand Classic players have gone on to be #1 NBA Draft picks.
Around this time last year, UCLA bound Shabazz Muhammed and NC State guard Rodney Purvis delighted the fans, taking home MVP honors in the 2012 Jordan Brand Classic.
Following in the footsteps of current Jordan athletes and former Jordan Brand Classic alumni Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony and recently signed Blake Griffin, the next generation of superstar talent will take the floor in a nationally-televised game live this Saturday, April 13th @ 8PM on ESPN2.
It will be the last time to check out elite prospects like Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle, and Jabari Parker on the high school level before entering college, plus get a performance by Grammy winning artist Drake following the game.
Check out this year’s Jordan Brand Classic Rosters:
East
Tyler Ennis, PG, St Benedicts(NJ) – Committed to Syracuse
Andrew Harrison, PG, Travis HS(TX) – Committed to Kentucky
Aaron Harrison, SG, Travis HS(TX) – Committed to Kentucky
Kuran Iverson, SF, Fishburne Military(VA) – Committed to Memphis
Rondae Jefferson, SF, Chester(PA) – Committed to Arizona
Kennedy Meeks, C, W. Charlotte HS(NC) – Committed to UNC
Bobby Portis, PF, Hall HS(AR) – Committed to Arkansas
Julius Randle, PF, Prestonwood Christian(TX) – Committed to Kentucky
Wayne Selden, SG, Tilton School(NH) – Committed to Kansas
Chris Walker, PF, Holmes County(FL) – Committed to Florida
Andrew Wiggins, SF, Huntington Prep(WV) – Undecided
West
Joel Embiid, C, The Rock School(FL) – Committed to Kansas
Aaron Gordon, PF, Archbishop Mitty(CA) – Committed to Arizona
Kasey Hill, PG, Montverde Academy(FL) – Committed to Florida
Dakari Johnson, C, Montverde Academy(FL) – Committed to Kentucky
Matt Jones, SG, DeSoto HS(TX) – Committed to Duke
Marcus Lee, PF, Deer Valley HS(CA) – Committed to Kentucky
Jabari Parker, SF, Simeon(IL) – Committed to Duke
Noah Vonleh, SF, New Hampton School(NH) – Committed to Indiana
Troy Williams, SF, Oak Hill Academy(VA) – Committed to Indiana
Nigel Williams-Goss, SG, Findlay Prep(NV) – Committed to Washington
James Young, SF, Rochester HS(IN) – Committed to Kentucky
2013 Jordan Brand Classic Day 1 Highlights:
Allen Moll has been a lifelong NBA and NCAA College Basketball fan who watches and studies games religiously, and coaches youth basketball in his native Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Allen has also provided content to Bleacherreport.com, Upperdeckblog.com, Cleveland.com, CSN Philly.com, Buckets Magazine, in addition to being a tenured NBA and NCAA columnist for TheHoopDoctors.com.