The Jordan Brand All-American Game featuring high school all-stars isn't the McDonald's All American game... yet. Scheduled for April 18 at the Barclays Center, the game will include the top eleven prospects heading into next year's college basketball season, according to ESPN's rankings. Most of them will be from the nation's most recognizable programs.

But not necessarily the best. Only two players -- 6-foot-6 wing Shaqquan Aaron (Louisville, #33 ESPN100) and 6-foot-7 SF Stanley Johnson (Arizona, #7 ESPN100) -- will play for teams currently ranked in the top five. Thus, such all-star games are typically better predictors of individual success than team success.

The headlining act this year is Jahlil Okafor, the #1 ranked prospect in the country and Emaka Okafor's cousin. Like Jabari Parker two years ago, Okafor is from Chicago, has signed with Duke, and already has a developed skill set.

He isn't, however, as highly regarded. Scouts worry about his lack of explosiveness, which isn't much of a concern in college and the land of guards willing to take charges no matter the physical costs, but will certainly hinder him at the professional level if he can't overcome it in other areas. Otherwise, his power and touch around the rim are beyond Joel Embiid's rare and at least medium-to-well done. Whereas the versatility of current Duke forwards Rodney Hood and Parker make Duke a nightmare for opposing teams and an occasional headache for their coach, Okafor's easier-to-interpret game should make Mike Kryzewski's job a little more straightforward next season.

Reading the names and their future colleges on ESPN's page is depressing from the perspective of creativity and originality. Only one of the players is attending a school somewhere outside the box, or Emmanuel Mudiay (6-foot-5 pg, #5 ESPN100) and Southern Methodist University (SMU). After Mudiay, the next most unusual school in the top 100 is UNLV, which somehow grabbed three players in the top 50.