2006 boys high school basketball All-Americans

Greg Oden was the first 2006 high school boys' basketball All-American drafted into the National Basketball Association.

An All-American team is an honorary sports team that is generally composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". The term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.^[1]

Both the McDonald's All-American team selection and the Jordan Brand All-American team selection have associated high school basketball all-star games held in conjunction with them, in which the players are divided into two teams to compete in an exhibition game. The Jordan Brand held its first contest in 2002.^[2] McDonald's All-Americans have competed in such contests since 1977, and a girls' game was added in 2002.^[3] Both the Parade and USA Today lists included underclassmen, but fifth-year seniors were ineligible for the Parade team.^[4] Those lists also both designated ordinal teams as first team, second team, etc., while the McDonald's and Jordan Brand teams were selected without distinction among selectees. In basketball, some All-American teams are composed by position, while others were not.^[5]

In 2006, 47 boys' high-school basketball players were selected to major honorary All-American teams. For the 2006 selections, McDonald's selected 24 players to its All-American team; the Jordan Brand included 21 players, and the USA Today All-USA prep basketball team had 15.^[2][3][6] The list also includes the 40 Parade All-Americans, the largest of the four teams.^[7] The 2006 class of McDonald's All-Americans is regarded as the best class of the decade, with approximately 22 of the 24 expected to make it to the National Basketball Association by the time they have exhausted their collegiate eligibility,^[8] which in most cases is four years of competition in five years of enrollment.^[9]

Sherron Collins, Kevin Durant, Wayne Ellington, Spencer Hawes, Tywon Lawson, Greg Oden, Brandan Wright and Thaddeus Young were named to all four lists. Among this group, Durant, Hawes, Lawson and Oden were selected to the first team of both organizations that enumerated their selections. Collins was the only one of these to go undrafted. Oden and Derrick Rose were both NBA Draft overall number-one selections, in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Gerald Henderson, Jr. was the highest selection in the 2009 NBA Draft (12th overall). Damion James and Stanley Robinson were the only selections from this group in the 2010 NBA Draft. Kyle Singler and Vernon Macklin were the final draftees from this group in the 2011 NBA Draft.

All-American teams

The table below details the selections for four major 2006 boys' high-school basketball All-American teams. For those teams where teams were enumerated as first, second, etc. team, the number corresponding to this designation appears in the table. For teams where no such enumeration exists, a check mark is used. The following columns are included in the table:

Player – The name of the High School All-American

College – Collegiate affiliation

Draft – The NBA Draft Year

Position – Overall position that the player was chosen in his draft year

McD – McDonald's All-American Team

Parade – Parade All-America Team

Jordan – Jordan Brand All-American Team

USAT – USA Today All-USA Team

N/A – not drafted

TBD – will be eligible for the draft at a future time

??? – remaining eligibility not clear in currently available sources

— – player not named to any team by that selector

Player	College	Draft [10][11][12][13]	Position	McD[3]	Parade[7]	Jordan[2]	USAT[6]	Notes
Arthur, DarrellDarrell Arthur	Kansas[14]	2008	27		3	—	3	—
Augustin, D. J.D. J. Augustin	Texas[15]	2008	9		4	—	—	—
Bayless, JerrydJerryd Bayless	Arizona[16]	2008	11	—	4	—	—	—
Beasley, MichaelMichael Beasley	Kansas State[17]	2008	2	—	2	—	3	—
Budinger, ChaseChase Budinger	Arizona[18]	2009	44		1	—	3	—
Carter, TweetyTweety Carter	Baylor[19]	2010	N/A		3		—	—
Clark, EarlEarl Clark	Louisville[20]	2009	14		4	—	—	—
Collins, SherronSherron Collins	Kansas[21]	2010	N/A		3		2	—
Conley, Jr., MikeMike Conley, Jr.	Ohio State[22]	2007	4		3	—	—	—
Cook, DaequanDaequan Cook	Ohio State[23]	2007	21		3	—	—	—
Crews, DukeDuke Crews	Tennessee[24]/Bowie State[25][26]	2010	N/A	—	3		—	—
Crittenton, JavarisJavaris Crittenton	Georgia Tech[27]	2007	19		3	—	—	—
Durant, KevinKevin Durant	Texas[28]	2007	2		1		1	2007 NCAA National Player of the Year (AP,[29][30] FOX, NABC,[29] Naismith,[31] Rupp,[32] SN,[33] USBWA-Robertson,[34] Wooden[35])
Ellington, WayneWayne Ellington	North Carolina[36]	2009	28		1		2	2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player[37]
Gordon, EricEric Gordon	Indiana[38]	2008	7	—	4	—	—	—
Harris, PaulPaul Harris	Syracuse[39]	2009	N/A	—	—		2	—
Hawes, SpencerSpencer Hawes	Washington[40]	2007	10		1		1	—
Henderson, Jr., GeraldGerald Henderson, Jr.	Duke[41]	2009	12		2	—	—	—
James, DamionDamion James	Texas[42]	2010	24	—	2	—	3	—
Jones, MikeMike Jones	—	N/A	N/A	—	—		—	—
Keefe, JamesJames Keefe	UCLA[43]	2010	N/A		2	—	—	—
Kelly, CurtisCurtis Kelly	Kansas State[44]	2011	N/A	—	—		—	—
Kreft, JonJon Kreft	Florida State[45]	???	TBD	—	—		—	—
Lawson, TywonTywon Lawson	North Carolina[46]	2009	18		1		1	—
Lopez, BrookBrook Lopez	Stanford[47]	2008	10		3	—	—	—
Lopez, RobinRobin Lopez	Stanford[48]	2008	15		3	—	—	—
Love, KevinKevin Love	UCLA[49]	2008	5	—	1	—	3	2007 National Player of the Year (Gatorade,[50] McDonald's, Naismith,[51] Parade,[4] USA Today[52])
Macklin, VernonVernon Macklin	Florida/Georgetown[53]	2011	52		2		—	—
Mayo, O. J.O. J. Mayo	USC[54]	2008	3	—	1	—	1	—
Morgan, RaymarRaymar Morgan	Michigan State[55]	2010	N/A	—	4	—	—	—
Muonelo, ObiObi Muonelo	Oklahoma State[56]	2010	N/A	—	—		—	—
Oden, GregGreg Oden	Ohio State[57]	2007	1		1		1	2005 National Player of the Year (Gatorade,[50] Parade[58]) 2006 National Player of the Year (Gatorade,[50] McDonald's,[59] Naismith,[51] Parade,[7] USA Today[6])
Reynolds, ScottieScottie Reynolds	Villanova[60]	2010	N/A		3	—	—	—
Robinson, StanleyStanley Robinson	Connecticut[61]	2010	59	—	2	—	—	—
Rose, DerrickDerrick Rose	Memphis[62]	2008	1	—	4	—	—	—
Scheyer, JonJon Scheyer	Duke[63]	2010	N/A		1		—	—
Sims, DeShawnDeShawn Sims	Michigan[64]	2010	N/A	—	4		—	—
Singler, KyleKyle Singler	Duke[65]	2011	33	—	2	—	—	2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player[66]
Smith, JerryJerry Smith	Louisville[67]	2010	N/A	—	4	—	—	—
Sosa, EdgarEdgar Sosa	Louisville[68]	2010	N/A	—	—		—	—
Stepheson, AlexAlex Stepheson	North Carolina/USC[69]	2011	N/A	—	4	—	—	—
Summers, DaJuanDaJuan Summers	Georgetown[70]	2009	35	—	—		—	—
Thomas, LanceLance Thomas	Duke[71]	2010	N/A		2	—	—	—
Walker, BillBill Walker	Kansas State[72]	2008	47	—	2	—	—	—
Wright, BrandanBrandan Wright	North Carolina[73]	2007	8		1		2	—
Young, ThaddeusThaddeus Young	Georgia Tech[74]	2007	12		2		2	—
Zoubek, BrianBrian Zoubek	Duke[75]	2010	N/A	—	4		—	—

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