Best player that went straight from high school?

Mine would be kobe...

and if you were to form a team composing of players that went straight from high school, who will be the starting five??

You aren't making your own starting 5?

C - Dwight Howard
PF - Amare Stoudamire
SF - Kevin Garnett
SG - Kobe Bryant
PG - LeBron James

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Best? KB, Bron-Bron, KG, JO, Amare (aka STAT), Howard.

Worst? Kwame Brown.

Worst? Kwame Brown.

he sure wins it, hands down.

Tracy McGrady.

Tracy McGrady.

Yeah, the best injured one.

Worst? Kwame Brown.

he sure wins it, hands down.

Telfair...

Worst? Kwame Brown.

he sure wins it, hands down.

Telfair...

Robert Swift...

Worst? Kwame Brown.

he sure wins it, hands down.

Telfair...

Robert Swift...

Korleone Young...

And the best? I'd say Lebron or Kobe.

Moses Malone anyone?

The best right now is Garnett...

just for the fact that he has one ring...

but kobe and lebron are so closee

Kobe does have 3 rings remember and in saying that id have to say he is the best player to come out of high school.

Jonathan Bender ftw

Kobe does have 3 rings remember and in saying that id have to say he is the best player to come out of high school.

The Los Angeles Lakers are the best player to come straight from high school?

Moses Malone anyone?

WINNAH.

In terms of career, Kobe, but coming off highschool in his first year in the NBA, gotta be LeBron.. Right from the start, he showed greatness..

In terms of career, Kobe, but coming off highschool in his first year in the NBA, gotta be LeBron.. Right from the start, he showed greatness..

that's because cleveland doesn't have any superstars back then, while the lakers have shaq in their team...

Agree with wazee with the LeBron thing

Kobe needs to win by his own, Shaq in LA was at his prime so Kobe didn't do a lot like Shaq or Garnett in the Finals with his D

That's what separates LeBron from other players coming off highschool in their first year.. With a body like LeBron, and the skills he has, the Cavs immediately gave him the opportunity to play a big role for the team.. He showed that he doesn't need 2-3 more years to develop into a star..

i love kebe's play,but i think i'd have 3 nomenees:
1. best from school, who is the best now: Kobe
2. best from school, who is the most respected by me: KG
3. best from school, who has deleloped in one of the greatest players faster that anyone: LBJ

Those who have already won a championship and played a major role in getting it and those who have already won an MVP.

Ah, so Moses Malone. Good to see a third person realizes this is the correct answer.

To Benji,

Moses Malone:
Career 1,329 1,157 33.9 .491 .100 .769 5.10 7.10 12.20 1.4 .82 1.30 2.86 2.30 20.6

Kobe:
Career 866 36.5 7456-16450 .453 1086-3192 .340 5621-6703 .839 1.2 4.1 5.3 1.53 .59 2.94 2.70 4.6 25.0

KG:
Career 998 37.9 8109-16404 .494 164-578 .284 3996-5117 .781 2.7 8.5 11.2 1.38 1.67 2.53 2.52 4.4 20.4

Use tablez plz.

Moses Malone anyone?

WINNAH.

Fo Fo Fo Fo sho.

I too will have to go with the player who won back to back MVPs with two different teams.

Moses Malone, Legacy wise because he was the first one to jump from high school to the nba. Not only was he the first to do that, he was the first one to do it well and proved that moving from prep to pro and still being great in the nba could be done.His accomplishments in his 19 years in the nba proves it, 3 time nba MVP very impressive!!

Here are his career acomlishments:

Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (1999)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2001)
NBA champion (1983)
NBA Finals MVP (1983)
3x NBA MVP (1979, 1982, 1983)
3x Sporting News NBA MVP
ABA All-Rookie Team (1975)
4x All-NBA First Team (1979, 1982, 1983, 1985)
4x All-NBA Second Team (1980, 1981, 1984, 1987)
1x NBA All-Defensive First Team (1983)
1x NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1979)
ABA All-Star (1976)
12x NBA All-Star (1978-1989)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996)
ABA's All-Time Team (1997)