Is this rating them how they turned out or how good they were when they got into the league? Kobe sucked horribly when he was a rookie and for the next few years as well. His first all-star appearance was a joke. Lebron was obviously the most NBA ready of anyone who made the jump from high school.
The best players that were drafted straight from high school that are playing now, IMO, have to be Lebron and Kobe. I mean Lebron is huge for his age and in highschool, he was one of the biggest guys in his league. From watching him play at St.Vincent St. Mary, it looked like high school ball was just a game to him. Kobe is probably the best player in the NBA and the best player coming straight from highschool. He has so many accomplishments its ridiculous. Some guys that should'nt have made the jump are Sebastian Telfair, Kwame Brown, and Darius Miles. I think both would've been better if they went to college, especially Telfair.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Iverson3 @ Jan 25 2007, 10:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The best players that were drafted straight from high school that are playing now, IMO, have to be Lebron and Kobe. I mean Lebron is huge for his age and in highschool, he was one of the biggest guys in his league. From watching him play at St.Vincent St. Mary, it looked like high school ball was just a game to him. Kobe is probably the best player in the NBA and the best player coming straight from highschool. He has so many accomplishments its ridiculous. Some guys that should'nt have made the jump are Sebastian Telfair, Kwame Brown, and Darius Miles. I think both would've been better if they went to college, especially Telfair.</div>Ya definitely Kobe and Lebron are awesome just coming out of high school. Also KG came from high school too. But in Lebron's first year his numbers were better then Michael Jordans rookie campaign. Also people doubted that KG and Kobe could play just coming out of high school and they weren't that great in their rookie seasons. But since Lebron came out of high school, he just dominated the sport and improves each year. He's like now the face of NBA could say. Also Dwight Howard is a monster. He's improving each year and is compared to as the new Shaq. He still has plenty of areas to work on like his jump shot and free throws, but overall people are scored of this man. He's a great defender and good at changing many player's shots as well.
Eh, it's asinine to compare kobe's chips to KG's none. That's not the fault of KG, genius. A team's success is almost solely on the shoulder's of it's management.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HoNgKoNgKoBe @ Jan 25 2007, 08:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>in Lebron's first year his numbers were better then Michael Jordans rookie campaign.</div>Jordan averaged 28 ppg, 7 rpg, 6 apg, and 2.5 spg as a rookie. I don't see how you can say that Lebron's 21-5-5 was better than that, especially since LBJ played more minutes.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ginger Jesus @ Jan 25 2007, 10:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Eh, it's asinine to compare kobe's chips to KG's none. That's not the fault of KG, genius. A team's success is almost solely on the shoulder's of it's management.</div> :happy0144: I wonder how many championships Garnett would've won if he had a teammate that was even better than him and with that other superstar he had role players that almost equaled the best supporting cast he ever had. Domination of the league.
Garnett should be a number 7 as of now. Are you crazy? This guy has never lead his team anywhere, not even to the Finals, the only thing I will give you is that he won the MVP in '04 but what else? Eight All Star appearances? What a load of bs. Kevin Garnett's team is not going into serious playoff contention, and besides his MVP year, he has never averaged more than 23 PPG (he averaged 24 PPG in his MVP year) and his rebounding has been down ever since that year. He was contemplating leaving his team, and his team is sub .500 How can he be over Lebron, who in his 3rd year has seen as much playoff action as KG did ?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RaptorFan#1 @ Jan 26 2007, 05:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Garnett should be a number 7 as of now. Are you crazy? This guy has never lead his team anywhere, not even to the Finals, the only thing I will give you is that he won the MVP in '04 but what else? Eight All Star appearances? What a load of bs. Kevin Garnett's team is not going into serious playoff contention, and besides his MVP year, he has never averaged more than 23 PPG (he averaged 24 PPG in his MVP year) and his rebounding has been down ever since that year. He was contemplating leaving his team, and his team is sub .500 How can he be over Lebron, who in his 3rd year has seen as much playoff action as KG did ?</div>I guarantee if sprewell and sam I am stayed in minny the t wolves would've won a title. they went to the conference finals and won 60 games that year. why the hell did they let them go?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (austingriz76 @ Dec 21 2006, 01:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, Bron came straight outve highschool getting 20, 5, and 5.....nobody has ever done that(atleast from what I know)ouve highschool...not KG, not Kobe, not Tmac.</div>Kobe had limited minutes because of Eddie Jones and he wasn't the main option or go to guy yet. He wasn't even top 3 option.1. Kobe Bryant2. Moses Malone3. LeBron James4. Kevin Garnett5. Shawn Kemp6. Dwight Howard7. Amare Stoudamire(injury fucks up his career)8. Tracy McGrady9. Jermaine O'neal10. Eddy Curry/Andrew Bynum?
