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Watch: Miami basketball commit celebrates being named a McDonald’s All-American Game with a huge performance

Jalil Bethea showed why he is an elite guard with his performance on Wednesday.

This week, Miami basketball commit Jalil Bethea was named as part of the McDonald’s All-American Game. He celebrated with a performance on Wednesday night that was worthy of the honor.

Committed to Miami since September, Bethea chose the ACC program over offers that included Kansas and Villanova among others. He is the highest-ranked recruit in the 2024 class in Pennsylvania.

Bethea poured in 30 points for Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pennsylvania) in a midweek 81-74 win over St. Joseph’s (Philadelphia). It was a consummate performance from Bethea, who is exciting in the open court and can knock down even contested shots from around the arc.

He is a five-star recruit in the 247Sports Composite and is ranked the sixth-best recruit in the nation.

Not a bad way to celebrate his inclusion in the prestigious all-star game. His performance, however, also underscored why he was named a McDonald’s All-American.

 

Bethea a true engine on the court, able to dictate the pace of play but also a dynamic, elite scorer who can put the ball in the basket in a variety of ways.

Bronny James selected to McDonald’s All-American roster

How badly do you want to see Bronny in the scarlet and gray? #GoBucks

Bronny James, the eldest son of NBA icon, Lebron James, (the “prince” if you will), was named to the McDonald’s All-American games West roster on Tuesday. He currently attends and plays for Sierra Canyon High School in Chatsworth, California, and was one of 24 boys that will be taking part in the festivities. The East and West squads will do battle on March 28 in Houston.

The recruitment of Bronny has been a bit of an unusual one. There’s not a whole lot going on when you look at social media, and he and his father have been pretty tight-lipped about where things stand as the class of 2023’s No. 23 overall gets closer to closing out his high school career. But a report from the Los Angeles Times surfaced last week that Ohio State was in his top three schools that also included USC and Oregon.

Bronny and LeBron have been on the sidelines of Ohio State games, and we’ve seen him pictured in an OSU uniform visiting with Chris Holtmann and staff when Notre Dame came to the ‘Shoe last football season. But aside from that and knowing that LeBron is a huge Buckeye fan and would have likely gone there if he weren’t allowed to go straight to the NBA, where Bronny ends up going is still very open it would appear.

Despite being the son of an NBA legend and sure-fire Hall of Famer, Bronny started out a little slow in recruiting circles but has begun to really show development and has quickly risen up many recruiting services’ rankings as he gets ready to head off to college.

Buckeye fans can cross their fingers that the pride of roots in Ohio and his father’s fandom can help land the 6-foot, 3-inch, 190-pound point guard.

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