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Kevin Garnett's high-profile migration from high school to the NBA in 1995 prompted many high schoolers to follow in his footsteps. In 1995, Kevin Garnett, USA Today's high school basketball player of the year, announced his intentions to forgo college, and declared himself eligible for the 1995 NBA draft. The move was highly controversial; the ...
A month out from the 2019 NBA Draft, Field Level Media defines the top draft busts of all-time - not counting those impacted by incident or injury (hello, 2002 No. 2 overall pick Jay Williams.) 10.
This page lists the NBA players who were taken directly out of U.S. high schools, without having either enrolled in a U.S. college or university, played in a foreign professional league, or commit to a secondary league like the NBA Development League before being drafted.
Rookie Wire took a look at the biggest draft busts for every team in the NBA over the years.
Kwame Hasani Brown (born March 10, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who spent 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [2] Selected first overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2001 NBA draft, Brown was the first player to be drafted number one overall straight out of high school.
The 1998 draft is widely recognized as one of the best drafts of all time, as Hall of Famers Vince Carter, Dirk Nowitzki, and Paul Pierce were selected in the top 10. Story editing by Mike Taylor ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. LeBron James, a high school draftee, was one of the most anticipated first overall draft picks. The first overall pick in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the league's annual draft. The first pick ...
NBA history is littered with draft busts — players who were taken high in the draft and never lived up to the hype.