Son Of NBA Legend Gets "Snubbed" By McDonald's All-American Game
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And some NBA stars are reaching out to the elite recruit to cheer him up.
The rosters for the 2018 McDonald's All-American Game were released on Tuesday afternoon. There was a big name missing from the list.
Shareef O'Neal, the son of NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal, was not named a McDonald's All-American. The 6-foot-9, 204-pound prospect is a four-star power forward ranked the No. 31 overall recruit in the class by 247Sports' Composite Rankings.
There are only 24 players who made the game, so O'Neal's "snub" isn't that ridiculous. Multiple recruits ranked ahead of him also were "snubbed."
But he's the son of Shaq, so it's getting some attention.
LeBron James took to Instagram to write him a motivational message.
"Nephew listen, Even though we all know you should have made that McDonalds game use it as motivation to prove not to those who didn’t vote you in, not to those who is actually in the game but more importantly to yourself that u belong! Keep grinding, studying and working daily! The light is always brighter at the end of the tunnel," he wrote.
O'Neal took the snub in stride.
"Didn’t make the McDonald’s all American game.. thank you for the nomination ! Good luck to everyone who made it," he wrote on Twitter. "Everything can’t go perfect ! I just gotta move on.. this hurt me but it ain’t stopping me."
Here are the full rosters for the game:
East Team
R.J. Barrett — Duke
Moses Brown — Undecided
Darius Garland — Vanderbilt
Louis King — Oregon
Romeo Langford — Undecided
David McCormack — Kansas
E.J. Montgomery — Undecided
Immanuel Quickley — Kentucky
Naz Reid — LSU
Jalen Smith — Maryland
Coby White — North Carolina
Zion Williamson — Undecided
West Team
Darius Bazley — Syracuse
Bol Bol — Oregon
Jordan Brown — Undecided
Devon Dotson — Kansas
Quentin Grimes — Kansas
Keldon Johnson — Kentucky
Tre Jones — Duke
Nassir Little — North Carolina
Reggie Perry — Mississippi State
Jahvon Quinerly — Undecided
Cameron Reddish — Duke
Simi Shittu — Vanderbilt
