Happy Valentine's day readers! I hope that yours will be more interesting than mine, considering I am planning on planting myself in front of the TV and watch the NBA All-Star game and UCLA v. U$C basketball game tonight. As I did on Friday before the Rookie Challenge, I shall provide yet another list of colleges/countries/high-schools that the game's biggest stars hail from. Without more rambling, here it is:
College:
Dwayne Wade - Marquette
Allen Iverson - Georgetown
Derrick Rose - Memphis
Rajon Rondo - Kentucky
Paul Pierce - Kansas
Chris Bosh - Ga Tech
Gerald Wallace - Alabama
Joe Johnson - Akransas
Al Horford - Florida
David Lee - Florida
Steve Nash - Santa Clara
Carmelo Anthony - Syracuse
Tim Duncan - Wake Forest
Deron Williams - Illinois
Chauncey Billups - Colorado
Kevin Durant - Texas
Zach Randolph - MSU
Chris Kaman - Central Michigan
Jason Kidd - Cal
High School:
Dwight Howard
Kevin Garnett
Lebron James
Kobe Bryant
Amare Stoudemire
International:
Dirk Nowitzki - Germany
Pau Gasol - Spain
It is pretty obvious that the majority of the players in this year's All-Star game attended college for at least one year. However, half of the chosen starters are guys who came straight from high-school. And remember, the high school class of 2006 was the first one that was banned from jumping to the pros, but they would be in their 4th year (actual 3rd year) in the league, so it's not like those numbers would be too skewed. Perhaps Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose would have been the only ones to make that jump who made the All-Star roster since 2006.
It should also be interesting to note that four players are from non-BCS conferences, which includes Wade because at the time, Marquette was not part of the Big East. It seems like the SEC actually has the most representatives with five.
And before you go, I will leave you with this video to set the mood for Valentine's Day:
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