Fresh off a Minnesota plane and with a win in game six of the series against the Timberwolves on Friday night, Ja Morant participated in the sixth annual Iverson Classic All-American at Bartlett High School.
Morant is not the only star to appear, as Tee Morant and Ja’s sister Teniya were sitting next to him. Behind them, Michigan coach Juwan Howard and his circle of family members were sitting, watching his son, Jett, play on the All. -All-star game. Jett named Team Honor MVP and Keyonte George named Team Loyalty MVP. Team Honor won 120-110.
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Allen Iverson, whose game is named after him, showed up and even controlled a few shots at halftime. Bonzi Wells, a former NBA player and current LeMoyne-Owens basketball coach, also attended. Wells joined the sidelines last year as coach of the Iverson Classic.
On the bench as coaches, former NBA champion Stephen Jackson and Jason Tatum’s father, Justin, coached Team Honor. And former NBA champion J. R. Smith joined the game’s broadcast.
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In addition to the strength of the stars in the stands, the All-American game featured some of the school’s best players in the class of 2022. Arterio Morris, a former Memphis contractor and Texas signatory, teamed up with Jett, Cason Wallace and Jaxon Kohler. George and his Alabama teammate Brandon Miller, Tennessee’s No. 1 player, have teamed up with single-arm phenomenon Hansel Enmanuel, who has 3 Division I deals, adding Memphis, on Team Loyalty.
The Iverson Classic concluded a week-long show with Saturday’s All-Star Game, which aired on television on CBS Sports, and featured the 24k Showcase and Tennessee Dream Showcase, featuring some of Tennessee’s most sensible high school players, earlier in the week. There were also Iverson’s games on Friday night, which included a triples festival and a dump festival, which Enmanuel won, beating DJ Jefferson in the final round.
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