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There are 15 active players among the list of 35 of the Greatest McDonald’s All Americans announced Tuesday by the McDonald’s All American Games.

The active players are Grant Hill (1990) of Phoenix, Jason Kidd (1992) of Dallas, Jerry Stackhouse (1993) of Atlanta, Vince Carter (1995) of Dallas, Kevin Garnett (1995) of Boston, Paul Pierce (1995) of Boston, Kobe Bryant (1996) of the LA Lakers, Carmelo Anthony (2002) of New York, Amar’e Stoudemire (2002) of New York, LeBron James (2003) of Miami, Chris Paul (2003) of the LA Clippers, Dwight Howard (2004) of Orlando, Tyler Hansbrough (2005) of Indiana, Kevin Durant (2006) of Oklahoma City and Derrick Rose (2007) of Chicago.

There also is one active coach – Boston’s Doc Rivers (1980), whose son, Austin, was a McDonald’s All American last year.

The class with the strongest representation was 1979, with five players – Clark Kellogg, Ralph Sampson, Isiah Thomas, Dominique Wilkins and James Worthy.

Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin represented the 1981 class, and Carter, Garnett and Pierce represented the 1995 class. No other class has more than two representatives.

There are 11 top overall picks on the list – Magic Johnson (McDonald’s Class of 1977), Sampson, Worthy, Ewing, Danny Manning (1984), Larry Johnson (1987), Shaquille O’Neal (1989), Glenn Robinson (1991), James, Howard and Rose.

The first McDonald’s All American Team was chosen in 1977 and the first McDonald’s All American Game was played a year later at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. This year’s game is March 28.

Here is the entire list, with the year they played in the high school showcase game:

Magic Johnson (1977)

Clark Kellogg (1979)

Ralph Sampson (1979)

Isiah Thomas (1979)

Dominique Wilkins (1979)

James Worthy (1979)

Sam Perkins (1980)

Glenn “Doc” Rivers (1980)

Patrick Ewing (1981)

Michael Jordan (1981)

Chris Mullin (1981)