Dereck Lively can vividly recall watching James Wiseman dunking balls and taking names in the McDonald’s All American Game in 2019. Lively also watched Duke’s dominant quartet of Tre Jones, Cam Reddish, Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett in 2018 and he always thought it was cool to see the different YouTube clips of the players visiting the Ronald McDonald House during the week of the game.
“I just wanted to be a part of it all,” said Lively, a center at Westtown School (West Chester, Penn.), who is ranked No. 1 overall in the SI99. “Definitely one of my goals.”
On Tuesday, Lively and 23 of the top players in the country learned that it’s finally a goal they can cross off their vision boards as they prepare to converge on Wintrust Arena in Chicago on March 29 for the McDonald’s All American Game.
