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Article: Absentees dull high school Roundball Classic's luster.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- March 26, 2002
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Byline: David Carrillo
CHICAGO _ The EA Sports Roundball Classic has boasted some of the biggest names in basketball, including Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Shaquille O'Neal, Antoine Walker and Chris Webber.
But the game's overall talent pool declined this year and the Roundball Classic, which originated in 1965 as the Dapper Dan, didn't get all the best high school players.
But don't tell that to Roundball Classic founder Sonny Vaccaro. He steadfastly maintains this game has the most talented players in the country and ticks off the names of Julian's Sean Dockery, who is headed to Duke next year, and Jason Fraser from Amityville, N.Y.
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