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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.
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]
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 ...
Eddy Anthony Curry Jr. [1] (born December 5, 1982) [2] is an American former professional basketball player. Coming directly out of Thornwood High School in South Holland, Illinois, Curry was selected fourth overall in the 2001 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.
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 ...
He played high school basketball at Henninger High School and South Kent School before he was drafted in the second round of the 2005 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards. Born in New York and an American by birth, Blatche became a naturalized citizen of the Philippines in June 2014, enabling him to join the country's national basketball team .
Before free agency opens in full at 5 p.m. Sunday, here’s our list of the biggest names to sign with the Thunder in free agency. Again, not necessarily the best, but the biggest.