Ballislife All-American Game

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The Ballislife All-American Game is an annual American all-star game featuring high school basketball players. It was founded in 2011 by Ballislife.com to provide a stage for West Coast players who were not selected to other All-American games. [1] At the time, few players from the region were selected for the McDonald's All-American Game in Chicago or the Jordan Brand Classic in New York. [1] [2] Over time, the Ballislife game evolved to include top players throughout the nation. [3] [4]

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A slam dunk contest is also held in conjunction with the game. [4]

Game results

YearResultVenueCity
2011Navy 106, White 107 [5] Titan Gymnasium Fullerton, California
2012Black 139, White 140 [5] Darling GymnasiumFullerton, California
2013Blue 135, White 116 [5] Long Beach City College Hall of ChampionsLong Beach, California
2014Black 124, Red 127 [5] Long Beach City College Hall of ChampionsLong Beach, California
2015Gray 107, Orange 114 [5] Long Beach City College Hall of ChampionsLong Beach, California
2016Black 133, White 150 [5] Long Beach City College Hall of ChampionsLong Beach, California
2017Blue 153, White 134 [5] Long Beach City College Hall of ChampionsLong Beach, California
2018Black 143, White 146 [5] Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California
2019Team Elite 123, Team Future 122 [6] Long Beach Convention CenterLong Beach, California
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [7] Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California
2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [8] [9]
2022

Game MVPs

Following are the most valuable players (MVP) from each year:

YearPlayersRef
2011 Amir Garrett, Keaton Miles [10]
2012 Gabe York, Prince Ibeh
2013Elijah Brown, Jordan Bell
2014Shaqquan Aaron, Stanley Johnson
2015 Thon Maker, Skal Labissière
2016 Mustapha Heron, Lonzo Ball
2017 Collin Sexton, Brandon McCoy [11]
2018 Moses Brown, Emmitt Williams [12]
2019 Isaiah Mobley, Jahmi'us Ramsey [6]

Slam dunk champions

Zach LaVine won the dunk contest in 2013, and used the same moves as a professional to win the Slam Dunk Contest during the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend. [4]

YearPlayersRef
2011 Amir Garrett [13]
2012 Anthony January [14]
2013 Zach LaVine [15]
2014Iziahiah Sweeney [16]
2015 Derrick Jones [17]
2016 Terrance Ferguson [4]
2017 Jaylen Hands [18]
2018 Mac McClung [19]
2019 Terry Armstrong [20]

Year-by-year rosters

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Source [21]

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