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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.
Thon Maker, the 7-foot Sudanese basketball phenom trying to jump straight from high school to the NBA, has officially been cleared for the 2016 NBA Draft.
In 1975, Darryl Dawkins and Bill Willoughby both went to the NBA from high school. Dawkins had a solid 14-year career in the NBA, while Willoughby played for eight NBA seasons. While underclass draftees are too numerous to list, it can be noted that among the 50 Greatest Players, 10 left college early for the NBA. [6]
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he was hopeful for a change to the current 19-year-old age-limit rule, which requires draft-eligible players to be one year removed from high school, when he ...
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.
Sasser played basketball for Red Oak High School in Red Oak, Texas under the coaching of his uncle, Jason. [1] As a senior, he was named District 14-5A most valuable player and Class 5A All-State. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Sasser committed to playing college basketball for Houston over offers from Colorado State , SMU and UTEP .