2024 McDonald’s All American Boys Game | Full Game | April 2, 2024
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Queen, a bruising 6-foot-9 center and teammate of Flagg’s at Montverde Academy in Florida who is committed to Maryland, had 23 points and eight rebounds for the East. He was chosen the game’s co-MVP, along with Dylan Harper of the West team.
“It’s definitely a blessing to come out here and be around some great guys, some talented guys,” Queen said. “Now, hopefully, me and Dylan will become one of those legends that they’ll remember.”
Harper, a 6-6 guard from Don Bosco Prep in New Jersey and the No. 3 recruit in the 2024 class, according to the ESPN100 rankings, led first-half scorers with 14 points and finished with 22 points, six rebounds and five assists.
“This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to come out here and compete with the 24 best players in the whole country,” Harper said. “We were showing who were really are in the matchups, and it was the best.”
Flagg, the 2024 Gatorade Player of the Year who will play at Duke next year, thrilled the crowd in the second quarter with a step-back 3-pointer. A few plays later on the defensive end, Flagg swatted a layup 25 feet the other way into the first row. The 6-9 forward is from Newport, Maine, but played his last three years of high school basketball at Montverde Academy. He finished with eight points, six rebounds and three assists.
No. 2 recruit Ace Bailey and Harper will play together for Rutgers next season and played on the same West team on Tuesday night. Bailey, a 6-10 forward from McEachern High School in Georgia, had six points and five rebounds.
Boogie Fland, a 6-3 point guard signed with Kentucky, had 17 points for the East team and also won the game’s sportsmanship and leadership award.
“I feel like what separates us, yeah, we’re the best 24, but we have to be able to adjust to who we’re playing with,” Fland said. “We know when to take over and we know when to share the ball. We came out here, and we were playing within ourselves and playing within our team. I feel like that’s what stood out the most about us.”
Tre Johnson, a 6-6 shooting guard from Dallas who will play at Texas next season, hit a few big 3-pointers, including one that tied the game at 86 with a minute remaining. He tried one more at the buzzer for the win but missed, finishing with 17 points for the West.
Ian Jackson, a 6-4 small forward signed to North Carolina, had 21 points for the East team.
Jalil Bethea, a 6-5 guard committed to Miami, won the dunk contest on Monday night. He had three points on Tuesday.
All Comments (21)
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The best game in 20 years. Everybody is legitimately good.
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Dylan Harper is gonna be my guy for this class, he’s incredible.
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Jayden quaintance only 16, but he is probably the most talented big on either roster. That kid is going to be special. 6'10 230 lbs that can dribble qnd shoot. He is another joel embid in the making.
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The McDonalds All-American has been more competitive than the NBA All-Star game. That’s a damn shame. 2023 McDonalds game was competitive also
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Wtf bro the first 35 seconds of the game and these kids already look like they are in the NBA LOL. WTF is going on here. Is this how far basketball has advanced now? Jeez. Number 11 has a massive IQ for that first play. Dude is going places no matter what he does in life.
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Bro I love these commentator’s 😂
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When this class comes into the league, there’s going to be talent everywhere. You still got prime Tatum, Luka, d Mitch, brunson, Maxey and more. While having a 24 year old Ant, a 22 year old wemby, and don’t forget about Chet. And you still have jokic, giannis, and embiid in their early 30’s. That’s scary
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Dylan harper the best player from this class
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Just imagine Ian Jackson in the pick and roll and open floor smh Tar Heels got a special one
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PG- Zoom, Diallo - All-star
SG-Tre Johnson- scoring champ
SF- DJ edgecomb- DPOY
PF- ACE Bailey- got all the physical tools -
Boogie fland came in after the west was up by double digits and single handedly brought the east back by hitting multiple 3s, and making plays to queen in the post. Queen is the best big on the floor, and boogie was the best guard on the floor whenever he was out there. Cooper flagg was aight, but IMO the two best players on the floor was boogie and Queen..until ian Jackson came out in the second half and exploded.
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Both Rutgers commits looked good imo. Thought Jackson, Queen, and Fland all looked solid as well. No one truly exceptional, but a lot of solid players.
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Tre & Fland & Ian all really stood out to me the most, u kinda know what ur getting with the top 3-4 guys but I guess what surprised me most is Ian’s activity was impressive , I knew Fland was very quick off the dribble but his shot has got much better and Tres shot is next level hes probably one of the better spot up shooters I’ve saw at this level , I was impressed bye Ace&Harper also Rutgers is gonna be fun this year but they both have been like that , and as stated in a few other comments Quintenence is unbelievable for his age he’s gonna be really good , Queen has really soft hands for a big and uses his body really well to his advantage and not to take a shot at him but I guess what surprised me most was how ordinary Cooper looks beside other 5*s , he’s very athletic but everything else looks average at best .
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A lot great talent in this game
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Very competitive and entertaining to watch. Might be the best game yet
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Bro dropping gems‼️💎
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Jayden Quaintance is special, exceptional two way player, him and Drake along with Fland shooting got the East back in the game. Harper, Ian Jackson & Fland are the best guards in this class. Tre Johnson is a pure scorer. Flagg played okay not number 1 like. VJ, Ace & Queen played good. Overall, solid game from each player, the was extremely competitive.
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Ian Jackson and Drake Powell are gonna be tough at UNC.
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48:10 the glaze was CRAZY 🤦🏾♂️
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So tuff🙏
