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What to watch for at the 2016 McDonald’s All-American Game

One Shining Podcast talks about the best players in the class of 2016.

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Ricky O'Donnell
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

SB Nation’s college basketball podcast is spending the week covering the McDonald’s All-American Game. On this episode of One Shining Podcast, Scott and I are joined by Jonathan Tjarks of The Ringer to discuss the best players and biggest storylines from the week. Topics include:

  • Who is the best player in the class of 2016?
  • There’s a bunch of great point guards in this class between De’Aaron Fox, Lonzo Ball, Kobi Simmons and Markelle Fultz. Have any of those players separated themselves from the pack?
  • Josh Jackson, Jayson Tatum and Miles Bridges give this class an impressive group of combo forwards with great athleticism. Has Tatum lived up to the hype this week? Which school best fits Josh Jackson? Does Bridges actually have the brightest long-term future?
  • Bam Adebayo, Marques Bolden and Udoka Azubuike are the cream of the crop from the big man group. But Scott and Jon like one under-the-radar big even better.
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