Everyone is well aware of the tradition of the McDonald’s All-American Game. Countless young men and women have played in this event over the years and have gone on to be very productive members of society. Some have gone on to become stars in basketball here in America and abroad. USTE will be in Miami, FL watching the stars of tomorrow this week as we have been giving full media credentials to cover this event. USTE will be giving its readers the kind of insight that only we do here on our site. Look for our exclusive pics, audio and scoop in the coming days.
Bradley takes slam dunk contestTexas-bound guard Avery Bradley won the McDonald's All-American slam dunk contest.
Ryan Kelly and Skylar Diggins won the 3-point shootout while Dante Taylor and China Crosby took the skills competition.
Bradley, from Puyallup, Wash., defeated Mason Plumlee and Derrick Favors in the finals.
Bradley earned a perfect score in the first round with two impressive dunks. On his first dunk he was on the baseline, caught the ball off the bounce, and did an impressive double-pump reverse dunk. On his second dunk he caught it off the bounce again and did a one-handed windmill.
"I talked to my friends to find out what dunks I was going to do," Bradley said. "I made it and I knew those dunks were going to give me perfect scores."
His best dunk in the final was when he threw it off the backboard, caught it in mid-air, and did another windmill.
Favors and Plumlee each recorded perfect scores on dunks in the first round, but were unable to put together a top score in the finals to pass Bradley.
But Plumlee tried as he picked up three balls and twice attempted to dunk all three at the same time.
"I didn't know what to think, but if he would have made it, he would have won it," Bradley said.
USC's Demar DeRozan won last year's dunk contest. Other former winners include LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Vince Carter.
Former NBA star Dominique Wilkins, NFL stars Ed Reed, Shawne Merriman and Steve Smith as well as Grammy-Award winning singer Jon Secada were among the judges in the dunk contest.
Kelly, a 6-foot-10 shooter from Raleigh, N.C. who is headed to Duke, defeated Tommy Mason-Griffin 20-18 in the finals.
Diggins, bound for Notre Dame, defeated TaShauna Rodgers in the finals on the girls side.
"Someone said just shoot it and have fun with it," Diggins said.
Taylor defeated Milton Jennings in the finals of the skills competition and Crosby defeated Dara Taylor.
"It's big for me because I'm a big man and I don't really do guard stuff like that," said the 6-foot-9 Taylor.
The McDonald's All-American games are on Wednesday.
Asheville's Mason Plumlee finishes second in McDonald's All American slam dunk contest
Asheville's Mason Plumlee, of Christ School, is headed to Duke University to play basketball and competed in the McDonald's All American slam dunk contest, called the Powerade Jam Fest, on Monday night. Going up against some stiff competition, he finished second. 
Plumlee showed some real power and athleticism. He'll be fun to watch at Dook.
Other stories:
Tony Bennett Headed to Virginia
Pistachio Recall
Tiger Woods Bay Hill
frankie delgado:no romance with rihanna
No comments:
Post a Comment