Ballislife All-American Game

The Ballislife All-American Game is an annual American all-star game featuring high school basketball players. It was founded in 2011 by Ballislife.com to provide a stage for West Coast players who were not selected to other All-American games.[1] At the time, few players from the region were selected for the McDonald's All-American Game in Chicago or the Jordan Brand Classic in New York.[1][2] Over time, the Ballislife game evolved to include top players throughout the nation.[3][4]

A slam dunk contest is also held in conjunction with the game.[4]

Game MVPs

Following are the most valuable players (MVP) from each year:

Year Players Ref
2011 Amir Garrett, Keaton Miles [5]
2012 Gabe York, Prince Ibeh
2013 Elijah Brown, Jordan Bell
2014 Shaqquan Aaron, Stanley Johnson
2015 Thon Maker, Skal Labissière
2016 Mustapha Heron, Lonzo Ball
2017 Collin Sexton, Brandon McCoy [6]

Slam dunk champions

Zach Lavine won the dunk contest in 2013, and used the same moves as a professional to win the Slam Dunk Contest during the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend.[4]

Year Players Ref
2011 Amir Garrett [7]
2012 Anthony January [8]
2013 Zach LaVine [9]
2014 Iziahiah Sweeney [10]
2015 Derrick Jones [11]
2016 Terrance Ferguson [4]
2017 Jaylen Hands [12]

References

  1. 1 2 Mejia, Stephanie (May 2, 2013). "2013 BallisLife All-American Game Preview". Slam. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016.
  2. "Lonzo Ball among stars on final rosters for Ballislife All American Game". USA Today. April 12, 2016. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016.
  3. Flores, Ronnie (April 5, 2016). "2016 Ballislife A-A Game April 30". CalHiSports.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Guardabascio, Mike (April 30, 2016). "Lonzo Ball earns MVP honors at Ballislife All-American Game in Long Beach". Long Beach Press–Telegram. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016.
  5. "Individual Records". BallisLife. Archived from the original on May 20, 2016.
  6. Ugland, Devin (May 7, 2017). "BallIsLife All-American Game: Collin Sexton again shows Alabama what it's getting". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017.
  7. Rodriguez, Matt S. (September 20, 2011). "Crazy High School Dunk Contest W/ Amir Garrett, Jahi Carson & Nick Johnson; Presented By Y & R". BallisLife. Archived from the original on May 20, 2016.
  8. Arek (April 9, 2012). "Anthony January & Glenn Robinson III Shut Down Deuce Brand Dunk Contest! Best High School Dunk Contest of the Year!?". BallisLife. Archived from the original on May 20, 2016.
  9. Arek (May 6, 2013). "UCLA Committ Zach Lavine Wins Ballislife Dunk Contest". BallisLife. Archived from the original on May 20, 2016.
  10. Arek (May 8, 2014). "2014 Ballislife All American Dunk Contest Feat. Stanley Johnson, Iziahiah Sweeney, Isaac Copeland & More!". BallisLife. Archived from the original on May 20, 2016.
  11. Arek (May 3, 2015). "Derrick Jones Shuts Down Ballislife AA Dunk Contest Presented BY Eastbay!!". BallisLife. Archived from the original on May 20, 2016.
  12. Ugland, Dan (May 7, 2017). "Jaylen Hands' ridiculous 360 windmill clinches BallIsLife All-American dunk contest". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017.
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