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In the early years of the NBA draft, a player had to finish his four-year college eligibility to be eligible for selection. Reggie Harding, who had graduated from high school but did not enroll in a college, became the first player drafted out of high school when the Detroit Pistons selected him in the fourth round of the 1962 draft. [3]
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.
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 ...
Seven colleges and 17 Indiana high schools are represented on NBA training camp rosters as the 2023-24 season begins. ... The 19th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft is set to make $3.2 million ...
1. Reed Sheppard. Ht./Wt.: 6-2, 182 pounds | Age: 19 Sheppard, who turns 20 two days before the first night of the draft, will likely be the first shooting guard off the board, going anywhere from ...
According to ESPN in 2010, the expectations for him were "as great as any pre-high school aged player ever, even LeBron James." [9] By the time he was a high school freshman, Cotton had grown to 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg). [10] He started the year at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, where he
Here's a look at draft grades for all 30 teams and what they mean for each franchise heading into the 2024-25 NBA season. 2024 NBA Draft: Grades for all 30 teams, with high marks for Lakers and Knicks
Simons was selected 24th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2018 NBA draft. [15] He would be the third high school player since 2015 to be drafted in the NBA, behind Thon Maker and Satnam Singh Bhamara. On July 2, 2018, the Trail Blazers announced that they had signed Simons. [16]