Since this is a video about McDonald’s All American high school basketball players, please mention that Milt Wagner, his son Dajuan Wagner and his grandson DJ Wagner are the first and only family with three generations to become McDonald’s All American.

@RickyFrech404

Ай бұрын

Haha, I plan to keep mentioning that as I go, but you're right, I should've said something here!

@user-gq6sf3ir3r

Ай бұрын

Thank you sir. I enjoy your content. Keep up the good work 👍🏽

@NeumsFor9

Ай бұрын

Go South Jersey!

With Ewing going to Georgetown. Chris Mullin to St John's. Ed Pinckney to Villanova helped a 3 year old conference, The Big East, secure a tv contract with a 3 year old company called ESPN. They helped each other become real big. Created the golden age of college basketball. 3 great players in Washington DC, New York City & Philadelphia led to high tv ratings & exposure. Their senior season in 1985, all 3 teams made the Final Four

@Bighjr88

Ай бұрын

The best conference in the 80’s.

@teeerealsirrdee

Ай бұрын

They had an ESPN Contract before those three. Most of the Big East teams were already good. Georgetown went to the elite 8 the year before Patrick..

@mongoslade277

Ай бұрын

@@teeerealsirrdee Georgetown went to the Elite 8 in 1979-80. Two years before Patrick Ewing. 1979-80 was the first season for The Big East. 1979-80 was the first season for ESPN. Neither was established yet. ESPN showed highlights and odd sports like Frisbee Throwing & Horseshoes

@teeerealsirrdee

Ай бұрын

@@mongoslade277 are you stupid or just this damn slow? They had an ESPN DEAL BEFORE ANY OF THESE GUYS SIGNED. BETWEEN GOOGLE AND EVEN THE 30 FOR 30 THIS WELL DOCUMENTED. AND THE YEAR BEFORE IS IE THE YEAR BEFORE HE SIGNED. LET ME HELP YOU THEY WENT TO THE ELITE EIGHT IN 80. EWING SIGNED IN 81. SEE HOW SIMPLE THAT MATH IS???

THE SECOND BEST HIGH SCHOOL CLASS BEHIND THE 79 HIGH SCHOOL OF RALPH SAMPSON AND ISAIAH THOMAS AND JAMES WORTHY

I honestly can’t get enough of these. I hope you do more because these are interesting too. This has to be one of the greatest McDonald’s all American class.

@RickyFrech404

Ай бұрын

I plan to go through them all. At least the one's that make sense. Hard to do a "Where are they" for the 2023 class haha

It actually makes me sad to watch these because I remember how great college basketball used to be. I was one of those kids who couldn't wait for Street & Smith's annual to come out and knew the names of the recruits before they got to college. It enhanced my NBA viewership because I knew where they all went to college. Now I feel no connections. Used to know every player on college All-American 3rd teams. Now I don't know first-teamers. "One & Done" has ruined everything.

@ram0666

Ай бұрын

i feel you pal. Im from the same school. I remember Marcus Liberty was so hyped up and went to Illinois.I remember when hustling to get that mag gave you the goods on hoops and everybody wanted the goods first.

@amancalledhawk5575

Ай бұрын

With the 1 and dones we don’t feel like we know the players

@carseye1219

Ай бұрын

@@amancalledhawk5575 And the transfer portal isn't making it any easier.

@ram0666

Ай бұрын

@@amancalledhawk5575 That is the truth. No longer drafting on whether somebody can play but drafting on potential instead. To guys like us the players are strangers in a sense.

@raywin6178

Ай бұрын

And it has made the NBA weaker...my opinion. ​@@amancalledhawk5575

What a class! I saw every one of them! Street and Smith's was loaded that year.

Thank you Ricky. This is MY senior year and I was a huge BIG EAST fan. Ewing is my favorite college player of all time. The main reason MJ didn't get the MVP is because his name wasn't as big as Branch ( who's HS coach was on the committee) and Sherrod ( game played in his hometown). This was straight up highway robbery and I heard his mom was livid and had to be restraint from going down to give the voters /committee a piece of her mind. I'm 1000% sure this added extra fuel to MJs motor. I wonder what his attitude was towards Branch and Sherrod when they were around the Bulls. Great job as usual. Keep em coming.

@RickyFrech404

Ай бұрын

Haha, that's a good story about MJ's mom. Thanks for sharing!

Great video!! A few fun facts: 1) Michael Jordan started wearing a wristband around his forearm. He got that from his roommate Buzz Peterson 2) Barkley wanted to go to UAB (Alabama-Birmingham) but they made deep tournament runs the years prior and had everyone coming back. Considered Alabama but they bought Bobby Lee Hurt & got Ennis Whatley. He went to Auburn and the rest his history 3) Ed Pinckney led Villanova to that "upset" over Georgetown in the 1985 championship game. Villanova didn't miss a shot in the 2nd half. They played twice in the regular season and lost 2 close games & 1 went to overtime. The Big East played With a shot clock that season. Both games were in the 50's. The 1985 championship game Without a shot clock was played in the 60s. They could play with Georgetown bc of Ed Pinckney & Gary McLain

@sareight

Ай бұрын

Villanova shot 90% (9 of 10) in the 2nd half.

@mongoslade277

Ай бұрын

@@sareight You're reading stats. I saw the game on April Fools Day 1985. VILLANOVA DIDN'T MISS A SHOT IN THE 2nd half. It was scored wrong. They counted a blocked shot as a missed field goal. Everything Villanova shot at the rim went in

@Biggdoom344

Ай бұрын

As a big east and Georgetown Hoyas fan I watched Mullins, Wennington, Pickney, and Ewing four years, unheard of in today’s game. By the standards today none of them would have played past their Jr year. Regarding the Villanova upset, as good as they played it could have been avoided however John Thompson was stubborn and arrogant. He wanted to beat Villanova at their own game. Having already played two very close games v the wildcats, conventional logic would have been to go more up tempo..like they did to beat St John’s three times. But no, Thompson let Villanova slow the game down and stubbornly sat in a zone defense. Georgetown went 9 deep and could have simply wore Villanova down playing a up tempo game mainly because Villanova only played 6 players most of the time. Probably one of the worst displays of coaching I have seen.

@mongoslade277

Ай бұрын

@@Biggdoom344 Agreed. Just like Georgetown beat St John's 3x that season, St John's beat Villanova 3x that season by playing uptempo. Styles Makes Fights. John Thompson was full of himself in this period. He learned the hard way

@Biggdoom344

Ай бұрын

@@mongoslade277 I’m not sure he ever did if you at his Olympic team selections and the fact the #1 seeded Hoyas in 1989 almost lost to Princeton in a similar fashion.He chose Stacy Augman ,Dan Majerle, Willie Anderson, Charles Smith of Georgetown, and Bimbo Coles over Danny Ferry, Sean Elliott, Jerome Lane, Steve Kerr, Mark Macon, and Fennnis Dembo. The international game is about offense not defense.

Great video! I know Manuel personally from when I lived in Louisville, loved hearing his stories of playing alongside MJ and Ewing on this McDonald's team, and professionally in Argentina

@RickyFrech404

7 күн бұрын

Very cool and I am a little jealous haha

I like your videos, but you seemed to kind of downplay Patrick Ewing's NBA career. Ewing was an ALL-TIME GREAT NBA center, who took prime if not peak MJ to 7 games in the 92 ECSF and was a blocked John Starks possible buzzer beating 3-pointer in game 6 of the 94 NBA finals, from literally winning the Knicks an NBA title against Hakeem and the Rockets, had the shot gone in. Ewing had far more than "not a bad career all and all". I'm sorry, I'm defensive about Pat Ewing lol

@RickyFrech404

Ай бұрын

Fair criticism! I do try to keep it moving so that I'm not blathering on about the really really great players for a long time and barely touching the guys who didn't make it. You could spend an hour talking through MJ, Big Pat, and probably even Mullin alone, but I want to give everyone a roughly equal time in the spotlight, which probably does the top-end guys a slight disservice. No disrespect meant though!

@Riles3152

Ай бұрын

@@RickyFrech404No worries! Appreciate the response. Like I said, I like your videos on these former McDonald’s all American teams. All the best. Keep them coming!

@andrem.thomas332

23 күн бұрын

Alot of people front on Ewing. He never played with another HOF player and that's a shame. The Knicks wasted his prime years surrounding him with players past their prime.

@mergspvy

20 күн бұрын

​@@andrem.thomas332 that was due to Ewing's contract which stipulated he'd be the highest paid center in the league. M.J. pushed money forward so the Bulls could afford the needed improvements. Ewing just needed to be paid a dollar more than whoever's contract superseded his.

This is/was a solid McDonald's All American class, headed by arguably, the greatest player to ever lace up a pair of sneakers...🙂

@mongoslade277

Ай бұрын

Can't believe Buzz Peterson beat Jordan out for Mr Basketball of North Carolina. Peterson only started his sophomore year at UNC. Wasn't even in the rotation his senior year

@missayawk

Ай бұрын

​@@mongoslade277MJ had a lot of " slights" his senior year. Didn't make any of the 6 teams in Street and Smith magazine and got robbed of the MVP in the McDonald's game when he clearly should've won. No wonder he took things personal

@mongoslade277

Ай бұрын

@missayawk 😂😂😂. Makes sense why Jordan always dominated Adrian Branch when he was at Maryland

@Chck314

Ай бұрын

3 members of the 1992 Dream Team, this has to be the best class of the 80s

@mongoslade277

Ай бұрын

​@@Chck314All 3 of those members made the 1984 Olympic team also. The last 🇺🇸 amateur team to win the Olympic gold medal

first rate, well done!

Bill Wennington always been 50.

Ricky, you should do a series on the brothers who were drafted by the nba throughout the years

@RickyFrech404

13 күн бұрын

This is a good idea! I will add it to my list, though that list is very long right now lol

Small facts. Nigel Miguel can be seen on the episode of Martin when Martin was voted Man Of The Year at his H.S reunion. His name was Clarence on the episode and he was the one who made the announcement: " The Man of The Year is.....Martin Payne ?"......Also its the " Pretty Ricky is what they called him" episode 😂. Also it was rumored that Greg Dreiling could " palm" the ball with TWO FINGERS and used to drink a gallon of milk daily ( as per Street and Smith magazine aka The Bible for us hoop junkies back then). Another fact: Although he was a McDonald's All American. Ewing never played in the game.

@RickyFrech404

Ай бұрын

I read that about Dreiling! Should have included it.

@mongoslade277

24 күн бұрын

😂😂. Now that you mention it Niguel Miguel looks familiar. I think that's him in White Men Can't Jump. Funny how I did Not recognize Marques Johnson in that movie. "Pretty Ricky Is What They Called Him". Those were the days

@mongoslade277

24 күн бұрын

Niguel Miguel was Flight in White Men Can't Jump. He was Duane Martin's partner

@missayawk

24 күн бұрын

@@mongoslade277 My man Mongoslade. What's good my dude?

@mongoslade277

24 күн бұрын

@missayawk Now THOSE are some fun facts. Wouldn't have recognized Niguel Miguel in that Martin episode until you mention it. Martin is on Netflix. Gotta watch that episode now. Not sure if he got a credit but Freeman Williams was in White Men Can't Jump too. He was either King or Duck Johnson in that last game. His partner was the lead singer of The Temptations after Dennis Edwards

See if you can do one on the 1991 Arby’s All-Mexican class.

@RickyFrech404

Ай бұрын

Wait, is this real?!

@mongoslade277

24 күн бұрын

​@@RickyFrech404😂😂. Najera of Oklahoma is the only Mexican player I've heard of. Eduardo Najera. Some people say Mark Aguirre is Mexican though

Wow dude you're good thanks

I bet that Jordan guy was pretty good

@RickyFrech404

Ай бұрын

meh

Every time I see videos like this I always wonder how the NBA played out if Gathers found his right meds and Len Bias stayed out of trouble that night.

@RickyFrech404

Ай бұрын

Yeah, it's sad how many of those stories there are. I don't think he was as highly-touted in high school, but Reggie Lewis is somewhere on that list too

Dc public school own , Anthony Jones. When I told people about a player from dc that was ranked higher than Jordan. Back when dc had hoopers.

@ram0666

Ай бұрын

Anthony Jones was prolly great im not debating that. I respect his rep but a ranking is nothing more that a persons opinion.Everybody and anybody has one and if the platform is right they seem to always mean more than they really should.

@Bighjr88

Ай бұрын

@@ram0666 He from the city(dc) and was ranked higher than Jordan. That's not my opinion it's factual.

@ram0666

Ай бұрын

@@Bighjr88 I never said it wasnt fact. I just said the people that did the ranking gave their opinion. Not saying dude wasnt better but rankings sometimes can be suspect.

@missayawk

Ай бұрын

​@@Bighjr88Actually quite a few players were ranked higher than MJ, at least prior to the start of their senior year.

@Bighjr88

Ай бұрын

@@ram0666 I know that.

Just because the players mentioned in the beginning of the video werent Mcdonald's all americans doesnt mean they were snubbed. Sometimes players develop a lil later and come into their own so to mention guys that ended up with better pro careers as somehow would have made the class better is just talk or better yet nonsense. High School all american is just that high school. It has zero to do with college and professional. Every year there are busts on all these fancy all american teams. Social media is the main driver of the idea nowadays that making the Mcdonalds all america team means thaat you have made it. This couldnt be the furthest from the truth. All America teams are just accalades but by no means are they a measurement of actual success.

Ahsmwm Someone please post the 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2001, 2002, and 2017 Mcdonald's All American Men's games.

Still baffled how mj didnt win the mvp of that game 🤦🏿

@missayawk

Ай бұрын

Straight up poliTRICS. The game was played in Wichita ( Sherrod's hometown) and Morgan Wooten was the chairman of the McDonald's game committee and also Adrian Branch's HS coach. As unbelievable as it may be now MJ was just a country bumpkin from N.C who came out of nowhere the summer before his senior season ( dominated at Five Star camp at 2 separate sessions) and these guys were ranked ahead of him entering this game. The committee probably thought Sherrod and Branch had better projection to be pros than MJ and when voting for MVPs of this game it looks better years down the line to say " NBA All Stars so and so were former McDonald's All Americans" . I'm sure this SNUB fueled MJ more than the cut from his HS team, but ironically I've never heard him talk about it. A formal apology should be issued by that committee. I heard his mother wanted to go after someone and had to be restrained from going onto the court because of this total disrespect. This could never happen today. If I could meet MJ this would be a conversation I would love to have with him. How does the first person to score 30 points in this game AND hit the game winning free throws not win MVP? HOW????

The best college player I ever seen still till this day “The Hoya Destroya”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@missayawk

Ай бұрын

The most intimidating college player ever. You could see the fear on non Big East schools when they face Georgetown and when Michael Graham got on board they became the scariest front line along with a smaller version of KD named Reggie Williams.

@Bighjr88

Ай бұрын

@@missayawk I still think if Graham, would’ve played the next season maybe we would’ve won back to back.

@Bighjr88

Ай бұрын

@@missayawk It was nothing like the city(dc) in the 80’s because of a lot of things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keith Lee of Memphis State wasn’t on that team?

@mongoslade277

24 күн бұрын

Keith Lee was a Great player. I thought Sam Perkins was the 1st 4x all american in college. It was Keith Lee

I don't think Barkley was snubbed, he was not even ranked in the top 3 in Alabama.

@RickyFrech404

Ай бұрын

Yeah, someone else pointed it out that snubbed is probably the wrong word. I'll probably change it to "missed the cut" or something like that in the future because I want to highlight some of the stars that didn't make it briefly

@mongoslade277

24 күн бұрын

Joe Dumars wasn't even Mr. Basketball of Louisiana his senior year. That was Benny Anders. Snubbed is a good word

@missayawk

24 күн бұрын

Ennis Whatley, Bobby Lee Hurt, and Alphonso Johnson were at least 3 guys ahead of him. But Barkley says when he played against Hurt in some tournament he more than held his own and was more confident that he could play in any major conference.

@cysmith2347

23 күн бұрын

@@missayawk ironically they didn't guard each other.

lol, I was gonna say we all know there they're @

Man alot of son's and grandsons. It's been a long time. I can remember. Larry Bird, did he have a son or daughter 🤔? Because if so he or she could be a big deal. If you think about it. Lebron James and his two sons are like now, The best, Click bait stuff around for a basketball fan. 🏀. But if you can play you can make it to the league. Jordan kids didn't make it. But maybe they will who knows.

@RickyFrech404

17 күн бұрын

haha, Marcus and Jeffrey Jordan are in their 30s, but maybe their kids will make it! I know Bird has a daughter, but I don't know much more than that