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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.
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.
Cameron Boozer, along with Cooper Flagg (the No. 1 player in the 2024 class) are the best two-way players in high school basketball with their size and versatility and have NBA teams scrambling ...
In high school, Garnett was a 1995 McDonald's All-American at Farragut Career Academy and a national player of the year award. [3] [4] He entered the 1995 NBA draft, where he was selected with the fifth overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves and became the first NBA player drafted directly out of high school in 20 years.
Joshua Smith (born December 5, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Entering the NBA straight out of high school, Smith played nine seasons with the Atlanta Hawks, for the Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers between 2013 and 2016.
[29] A decade later, Stern's edict was credited with spawning a style trend among NBA stars toward high fashion. [24] [30] Stern advocated a minimum age limit for NBA players. [31] Starting with the 2006 NBA draft, players could no longer be selected straight out of high school and needed to be at least 19 years old, [32] creating the one-and ...
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