Yeah, Lebron James, too. Congratulations for citing the one inarguably brilliant high school player in the NBA. Need I list all the "can't miss" highschoolers who burnt out? Or the fact that Kobe Bryant was a mid first rounder? You just don't know. And as someone else said, comparing a guard/forward's talent in high school to a seven footer is apples and oranges. Did you intentionally cut out the rest of 1908's post because it proved the first half of your post wrong? No, I'm not ignoring it. I'd like to see some actual numbers to back this up though. There is also a matter of sample size here, as many, many more college players were drafted in the same span as a smaller group of high schoolers, and clearly only the best of the best high schoolers would even declare.