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Who went straight from highschool to NBA?
Aside from being star players, they were also drafted from high school into the NBA. Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and Tracy McGrady are all basketball greats that have been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. One other thing they have in common is that they were all drafted from high school.
Are there any NBA players who didn’t play high school basketball?
Mark Eaton is the only famous player that comes to mind. He didn’t play in high school, and was working as a 20yr old auto mechanic when he was discovered by a Chemistry professor who also worked as an assistant basketball coach at Cypress Junior college.
Who was the shortest NBA player in high school?
Muggsy Bogues
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Listed height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Listed weight | 136 lb (62 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Paul Laurence Dunbar (Baltimore, Maryland) |
Has there ever been a 5 7 NBA player?
No. One of the shortest players in NBA history, Spud Webb stands at a mere 5’7”. He was drafted 87th by the Detroit Pistons in large part because of his stellar junior college performance, but played his first six seasons with the Atlanta Hawks.
What NBA players did not go to college?
Moses Malone, Darryl Dawkins and Bill Willoughby did it in the 1970s. Yet it wasn’t until Kevin Garnett in 1995 that the modern movement of players going straight from high school to the NBA began. From 1995 to 2005, 11 NBA drafts, a total of 39 players were drafted directly out of high school.
Why did Muggsy Bogues retire?
Muggsy’s decline was likely since he was past the prime of his career and had a terrible knee injury that kept him out for the entire year after 1995. He started to play fewer minutes and father time got the better of him.
How tall is Chris Paul really?
6′ 0″
Chris Paul/Height
How old was Kobe when he got drafted?
17-year-old
Ultimately, the 17-year-old Bryant made the decision to go directly into the NBA, becoming only the sixth player in NBA history to do so.