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2006 McDonald's All-American Game
at SDSU's Cox Arena (San Diego, CA)
Sports on the Side™ had an all access pass to the 2006 McDonald's® All-American Game week and has produced a film documenting every event starting with Disc I, McDonald's® Week, which includes the Ronald McDonald House visit, 1st practice by both teams and the POWERade Jam Fest. At the Jam Fest Chase Budinger reached the Slam Dunk Contest finals by making two perfect "10" dunks in the 1st round.
Chase Budinger led La Costa Canyon to their inaugural CIF San Diego Section Championship in 2006 v. Eastlake by scoring 50 points at USD's Jenny Craig Pavilion. Budinger was a two-time San Diego Section Player of the Year and 2006 Mr. Basketball.
Disc II, Awards Banquet, is emceed by Dick Enberg and includes the full speech by guest speaker/honorary chairman and retired UCLA coach John Wooden as well as keynote speaker Jerry Colangelo, Phoenix Suns' Chairman/CEO. Jerry Colangelo was the chairman of USA Basketball and he talks about the process of creating the 2008 "Redeem Team". The ring presentation and Morgan Wootten National Players of the Year award are also included.
Disc III, Game Highlights, includes court side highlights of the game, post game press conference and final thoughts by game Co-Most Valuable Player, Chase Budinger. Contact Sports on the Side™ to purchase the 3-disc DVD.
2006 was the first year that the NBA mandated the 1-year out and 19 years old rule to enter the NBA draft. Without this rule the class of 2006 would have had multiple players in the NBA lottery.
In Sports Illustrated's college basketball preview (11.20.06) SI questioned, "Is this year's freshman class the best in history?"
Six of the seven freshman named in the SI article were from the 2006 McDonald's All-American class: Brandan Wright, Spencer Hawes, Kevin Durant, Chase Budinger, Thaddeus Young and Greg Oden.
Jon Scheyer
(Northbrook, IL)
Glenbrook North
Duke
was not drafted
James Keefe
(Rancho SM, CA)
Santa Margarita
UCLA
was not drafted
Sherron Collins
(Chicago, IL)
Crane Technical Prep
Kansas
was not drafted
Demond “Tweety’’ Carter
(Laplace, LA)
Reserve Christian
Baylor
was not drafted
Lance Thomas
(Scotch Plains, NJ)
St. Benedict’s Prep
Duke
was not drafted
Vernon Macklin
(Portsmouth, VA)
Hargrave Military Acad.
Florida
Detroit
West Team
East Team
Overall NBA
Draft Pick #
2007 Draft
1st Round
# 1 Greg Oden
# 2 Kevin Durant
# 4 Mike Conley
# 8 Brandan Wright
# 10 Spencer Hawes
# 12 Thaddeus Young
# 19 Javaris Crittenton
# 21 Daequan Cook
2008 Draft
1st Round
# 9 D.J. Augustin
# 10 Brook Lopez
# 15 Robin Lopez
# 27 Darrell Arthur
2009 Draft
1st Round
# 12 Gerald Henderson
# 14 Earl Clark
# 18 Ty Lawson
# 28 Wayne Ellington
2nd Round
# 44 Chase Budinger
2010 Draft
1st Round
no players drafted
2011 Draft
2nd Round
# 52 Vernon Macklin
The following were
not drafted in the NBA
Tweety Carter
Sherron Collins
James Keefe
*Scottie Reynolds
Jon Scheyer
Lance Thomas
*Scottie Reynolds was the first AP All-American to not get drafted into the NBA since the merger of the NBA-ABA in 1976.
Note: 2006 was the first year that players could not be drafted out of high school but had to wait one year per NBA rules.
Co-MVPs Chase Budinger and Kevin Durant with 95-year old John Wooden
Photo credit: McDonald’s
Harvey Kitani of Fairfax (Los Angeles, CA) was the west’s head coach,
John Wooden is to the left of Kitani
Year: 2006
City: San Diego, CA
Location: San Diego State’s Cox Arena
Attendance: 11,900
Score: West won 112-94
MVP: Chase Budinger & Kevin Durant
Slam Dunk Champion: Gerald Henderson
Three-Point Shootout: Wayne Ellington
School
La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad)
Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita)
San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno)
San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno)
Game Highlights Include
Sherron Collins
Daequan Cook
Javaris Crittenton
Kevin Durant
Wayne Ellington
Spencer Hawes
Gerald Henderson
Tywon Lawson
Robin Lopez
Greg Oden
Scottie Reynolds
Jon Scheyer
Thaddeus Young
2006 McDonald’s All-American POWERade JamFest Slam Dunk Contest
Peterson Gym at San Diego State (San Diego, CA)
Comments: Gerald Henderson was the slam dunk champion, Chase Budinger was the runner-up. Wayne Ellington won the three-point contest at the buzzer by making four of the last five shots.
Participant # 1
Javaris Crittendon
Did not reach final round
Photo credit: McDonald’s
Participant # 2
Sherron Collins
Did not reach final round
Photo credit: McDonald’s
Participant # 3
Darrell Arthur
3rd Place
Photo credit: McDonald’s
Participant # 4
Thaddeus Young
Did not reach final round
Photo credit: McDonald’s
Participant # 5
Gerald Henderson
Champion
Photo credit: McDonald’s
Participant # 6
Chase Budinger
Runner-Up
Photo credit: McDonald’s
Slam dunk runner-up Chase Budinger
Sonny Hill and Howard Garfinkel each gave Budinger a “9” on his final dunk. Pictured above is Budinger’s 2nd dunk in the first round, one of his two perfect score “60” dunks.
Photo credit: McDonald’s
Slam Dunk Champion Gerald Henderson
Gerald Henderson’s father, former NBA player Gerald Henderson Sr., was at the slam dunk contest
Photo credit: McDonald’s
Slam Dunk Rules
1st Round: 2 dunks, 6 judges, 120 points possible
Final Round: 2 dunks, 6 judges, 120 points possible
- judges score an 8, 9 or 10
- 1 missed dunk is allowed per dunk
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-1st round dunk scores do not carry over to final round
-
- players could not use props or other players
Player
Gerald Henderson
Chase Budinger
Darrell Arthur
Thaddeus Young
Sherron Collins
Javaris Crittendon
1st Round
54 + 57 = 111
60 + 60 = 120
56 + 53 = 109
56 + 51 = 107
53 + 0 = 53
0 + 48 = 48
Final Round
0 + 60 = 60
0 + 58 = 58
0 + 48 = 48
n/a
n/a
n/a
Slam Dunk Judges
Sonny Hill, Sonny Hill Basketball League
Howard Garfinkel, Five-Star Basketball Camps
Shawne Merriman, San Diego Charger
Antonio Gates, San Diego Charger
LaDanian Tomlinson, San Diego Charger
Nikki McCray, WNBA, Olympic Gold Medalist
Program cover
Photo credit: McDonald’s
Slam Dunk Results
2006 McDonald’s All-American Game Press Conference
at SDSU's Cox Arena (San Diego, CA)
Comments: Press conference includes Co-MVPs Chase Budinger, Kevin Durant and West Head Coach Harvey Kitani. Among the questions: how did they defend player of the year Greg Oden? Was it nice not to worry about the NBA draft? (first year players could not be drafted from high school)
2006 McDonald’s All-American Game Team Rosters
2006 McDonald’s All-American Awards Banquet
Town & Country Convention Center (San Diego, CA)
John Wooden speech on his 7-point creed
Comments: McDonald’s Honorary Chairman, then 95-year old John Wooden, talks about the 7-point creed his father gave to him. Emcee Dick Enberg introduces Wooden. John Wooden passed away on June 4, 2010 at the age of 99.
2006 McDonald’s All-American Awards Banquet
Town & Country Convention Center (San Diego, CA)
Keynote Speaker Jerry Colangelo
Comments: Jerry Colangelo (Phoenix Suns Chairman & CEO) talks about what scouts look for in a player and also talks about how he is currently (2006) organizing the 2008 Olympic team as the newly appointed president of USA Basketball. Colangelo talks about the 2005 meeting in Chicago with the top coaches and players in basketball to discuss organizing the 2008 Olympic team; how to bring back the pride and greatness of USA Basketball.
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