Best Players Drafted Straight from High School?

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  1. SunnyD

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    I went Career-wise with this one. Putting LeBron so high was pretty hard, but he's already a top 3 player in the league.1. Kobe Bryant2. Moses Malone3. Kevin Garnett4. Darryl Dawkins5. LeBron James6. Tracy McGrady7. Shawn Kemp8. Jermaine O'neal9. Amare Stoudamire10. Rashard Lewis
     
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    Whoa, why is Daryl Dawkins ahead of Lebron? His career averages are a modest 12 and 6.
     
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    I believe Kemp went to JC first.
     
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    Get Rashard Lewis off that list, please. He is a one-dimensional 3-point shooter and that's it. Maybe replace him with Dwight Howard?
     
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    Moses Malone goes ahead of Kobe, he was a three time MVP, He is the games fifth all-time leading scorer,, and rebounder; has the NBA all-time record for most offensive rebounds in a game, 11 time NBA all-star, 1 time ABA all-star, his career numbers in PPG are down to 17 because he played so long, but his rebounding is still around 13 a game.
     
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    We have so many young kids on our list that I am going to make my order based upon how I think there careers will end up.1. Lebron James2. Kobe Bryant3. Moses Malone4. Kevin Garnett5. Amare Stoudemire6. Dwight Howard7. Tracy McGrady8. Shawn Kemp9. Jermaine O'Neal10. Darryl Dawkins
     
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    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.
     
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    how about easy eddy? :shifty2:
     
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    I think the two Smiths that were drafted out of high school a couple years ago are going to have great NBA careers. Obviously by "two smiths" I mean JR and Josh. I think the reason that Josh isnt performing to his maximum potential is because he is tentative. I dont think he is being put in to as big of a role as he should be. Everyone saw that when Joe Johnson was out a game, Josh absolutley went off and had an amazing game. He just needs to get more touches, and get more involved in the flow of the game. If that happens, watch out. As for JR, the kid can flat out score the rock. He obviously has a bright future, but he needs to definitely improve his defense and basketball IQ.
     
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    Shawn Kemp went to Juco right?
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DRob-50-Forever @ Dec 21 2006, 02:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Shawn Kemp went to Juco right?</div>He never played a single College Game so he basically came out of High School. He never had that college experience.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SunnyD @ Dec 21 2006, 09:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I went Career-wise with this one. Putting LeBron so high was pretty hard, but he's already a top 3 player in the league.1. Kobe Bryant2. Moses Malone3. Kevin Garnett4. Darryl Dawkins5. LeBron James6. Tracy McGrady7. Shawn Kemp8. Jermaine O'neal9. Amare Stoudamire10. Rashard Lewis</div>WAY overrating dawkins
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tHe_pEsTiLeNcE @ Dec 21 2006, 06:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>WAY overrating dawkins</div>Yeah I know, but the other guys I put him ahead have not had a ton of time to play. I didn't realize he averaged 12 and 6.I like the list Tony has created.
     
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    Kevin Garnett should go over Bryant.... Bryant never won an MVP award, not like Garnett
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RiseofdRaptors @ Dec 21 2006, 08:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Kevin Garnett should go over Bryant.... Bryant never won an MVP award, not like Garnett</div>Yeah and why don't you tell me how many championships Garnett has won. Also, how many times has Garnett scored 81 points in a game?
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LightsOut @ Dec 21 2006, 09:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah and why don't you tell me how many championships Garnett has won. Also, how many times has Garnett scored 81 points in a game?</div>Garnett scores 81 points all the time, Duh....
     
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    Kobe won championship games because of O'neal... He scored 81 points because he is a sell-fish player
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RiseofdRaptors @ Dec 21 2006, 09:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Kobe won championship games because of O'neal... He scored 81 points because he is a sell-fish player</div>Let's see, The Lakers were down by 15 points. They weren't getting it done as a team so Kobe Bryant took over, He put the team on his back and led them to the win. That's not being selfish, He was helping his team.A few weeks earlier he had 62 points in 3 quarters against Dallas, He could have been selfish and played during the 4th quarter to bring up his point total. But he didn't.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC? @ Dec 21 2006, 12:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He never played a single College Game so he basically came out of High School. He never had that college experience.</div>Wow I can't believe I never noticed that.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </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 didn't get enough playing time during his rookie year, come on!
     

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