Complete List of Players Who Came Directly Out of High School....

[Dro]

Please feel free to add on if anyone is missing...How many of these did you guys not know or maybe forgot?

Reggie Harding, Detroit Eastern High School, Detroit, Michigan (1962, drafted a second time in 1963)

Moses Malone, Petersburg High School, Petersburg, Virginia (1974, made his NBA debut in 1976)

Darryl Dawkins, Maynard Evans High School, Orlando, Florida (1975)

Bill Willoughby, Dwight Morrow High School, Englewood, New Jersey (1976)

Shawn Kemp, Concord High School, Elkhart, Indiana (1989, attended University of Kentucky and Trinity Valley Community College but did not play college basketball. Was kicked off the University of Kentucky basketball team after pawning a teammate's necklace.)

Kevin Garnett, Farragut Career Academy, Chicago, Illinois (1995)

Kobe Bryant, Lower Merion High School, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania (1996)

Jermaine O'Neal, Eau Claire High School, Columbia, South Carolina (1996)

Tracy McGrady, Mt. Zion Christian Academy, Durham, North Carolina (1997)

Stephen Jackson, Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia (2000, attended Butler Community College but did not play college basketball)

Al Harrington, St. Patrick High School, Elizabeth, New Jersey (1998)

Rashard Lewis, Alief Elsik High School, Houston, Texas (1998)

Korleone Young, Hargrave Military Academy, Chatham, Virginia (1998)

Jonathan Bender, Picayune Memorial High School, Picayune, Mississippi (1999)

Leon Smith, Martin Luther King High School, Chicago, Illinois (2001)

Darius Miles, East St. Louis High School, East St. Louis, Illinois (2000)

DeShawn Stevenson, Washington Union High School, Fresno, California (2000)

Kwame Brown, Glynn Academy, Brunswick, Georgia (2001)

Tyson Chandler, Dominguez High School, Compton, California (2001)

Eddy Curry, Thornwood High School, South Holland, Illinois (2001)

DeSagana Diop, Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia (2001)

Ousmane Cisse, Saint Jude Montgomery High School, Montgomery, Alabama (yet to appear in an NBA game)

Amare Stoudemire, Cypress Creek High School, Orlando, Florida (2002)

LeBron James, St. Vincent - St. Mary High School, Akron, Ohio (2003)

Travis Outlaw, Starkville High School, Starkville, Mississippi (2003)

Ndudi Ebi, Westbury Christian School, Houston, Texas (2003)

Kendrick Perkins, Clifton J. Ozen High School, Beaumont, Texas (2003)

James Lang, Central Park Christian High School, Birmingham, Alabama (2006)

Dwight Howard, Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy, Atlanta, Georgia (2004)

Shaun Livingston, Peoria Central High School, Peoria, Illinois (2004)

Robert Swift, Bakersfield High School, Bakersfield, California (2004)

Sebastian Telfair, Abraham Lincoln High School (New York), Brooklyn, New York (2004)

Al Jefferson, Prentiss High School, Prentiss, Mississippi (2004)

Josh Smith, Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia (2004)

J.R. Smith, Saint Benedict's Preparatory School, Newark, New Jersey (2004)

Dorell Wright, Leuzinger High School, Lawndale, California (2004)

Martell Webster, Seattle Preparatory School, Seattle, Washington (2005)

Andrew Bynum, St. Joseph High School, Metuchen, New Jersey (2005)

Gerald Green, Gulf Shores Academy, Houston, Texas (2006)

C.J. Miles, Skyline High School, Dallas, Texas (2005)

Monta Ellis, Lanier High School, Jackson, Mississippi (2005)

Louis Williams, South Gwinnett High School, Snellville, Georgia (2005)

Andray Blatche, South Kent Preparatory School, South Kent, Connecticut (2005)

Amir Johnson, Westchester High School, Los Angeles, California (2006

[MP.Trey]

Perk skippin college :facepalm

[Dro]

Perk skippin college :facepalm
Darius Miles and Gerald Green too....You can tell they have an IQ of zero when they're on the court...:facepalm And I like Gerald Green too....

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

Perk skippin college :facepalm
hard to believe he's just 28. Plays like he's 38...

[no pun intended]

hard to believe he's just 28. Plays like he's 38...
He's 29 today. It's actually his birthday ahahaha

[Droid101]

So... why did they change the rule then? I thought the list was filled with scrubs who never made it, so they had to change the rule so players got adequate college experience.

Looks to me like most of them made it as at least rotation players (better percentage than players drafted out of college at a glance).

[bdreason]

So... why did they change the rule then? I thought the list was filled with scrubs who never made it, so they had to change the rule so players got adequate college experience.

Looks to me like most of them made it as at least rotation players (better percentage than players drafted out of college at a glance).


They changed the rule so the NBA could get an extra year of free scouting, and so the NCAA could make millions off NBA prospects.

[9512]

So... why did they change the rule then? I thought the list was filled with scrubs who never made it, so they had to change the rule so players got adequate college experience.

Looks to me like most of them made it as at least rotation players (better percentage than players drafted out of college at a glance).

Based on what I read the 1year rule was to benefit veterans' job security if that makes sense. Hot shot hs sensations tend to push vets out of roations if not out of teams. Nba business is not unlike the super model business in which youth is important

[Dro]

I agree with the last 2 posters...Its always about the money...

[To4]

can you like post there accomplishments as well? i mean, if some highschool players had the better career over the ones who went to college

[wally_world]

You realise there's a wikipedia page for this right?

[BoutPractice]

That's actually a great track record, which shouldn't be too surprising, since we're looking at a pool of players who were often thought to be so good they could skip college.

[wakencdukest]

Perkins was smart to come out, one year of college would have exposed the shit out of him, and he never would have been able to rob an NBA team blind.

[CeltsGarlic]

Louis Williams in 2005? oh man I though at least 2008..

[Dro]

Perkins was smart to come out, one year of college would have exposed the shit out of him, and he never would have been able to rob an NBA team blind.
:lol true

[jlip]

Perkins was smart to come out, one year of college would have exposed the shit out of him, and he never would have been able to rob an NBA team blind.

This is true. I believe he had committed to Memphis while Caliapari was here. Coach Cal, at that point, didn't really believe in developing or promoting big men. He was all about guards (i.e. Wagner, Rose, Wall, etc.)

[Dro]

This is true. I believe he had committed to Memphis while Caliapari was here. Coach Cal, at that point, didn't really believe in developing or promoting big men. He was all about guards (i.e. Wagner, Rose, Wall, etc.)
So you guys don't think Perkin's game may have improved in college? Like, maybe he would have learned some low post moves or something?

[ihatetimthomas]

So... why did they change the rule then? I thought the list was filled with scrubs who never made it, so they had to change the rule so players got adequate college experience.

Looks to me like most of them made it as at least rotation players (better percentage than players drafted out of college at a glance).

You are comparing less than 50 players to everyone drafted out of college. Not really a fair comparison.