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High schoolers that jumped to NBA :: the what ifs ....
in the recent rush of all this ncaa tournament talk and everything, i just compiled this through searching the net, and reading ....
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shawn kemp -- (Concord High School in Elkhart, Indiana, Trinity Valley Community College in Texas; brief stint at University of Kentucky) -- 1988-89
kevin garnett -- Mauldin, SC(Mauldin High School, Farragut Academy, Chicago) -- 1995
jermaine o'neal -- Columbia, SC() -- 1996
kobe bryant -- Philadelphia, PA(Lower Marion HS, ) -- 1996
rashard lewis -- Pineville, LA (Alief - Elsik High School, Alief, Tex) -- 1998 (NOTE : possibly could have went to University of Houston)
tracy mcgrady -- Bartow, FL -- Mount Zion Christian Academy (N.C.) (if my mathematics are correct, then he may have ran into amare stoudemire at mount zion when tracy was leading the team, and amare was a lost freshman traveller looking for guidance) -- 1997
amare stoudemire -- Lake Wales, FL ( Lake Wales High School
(Fla.), Mount Zion Christian Academy (N.C.), Emmanuel Christian Academy (N.C.),
Dr. Phillips High School (Fla.), West Orange High School (Fla.) before he finished at
Cypress Creek "If he did not enter the NBA Draft he was committed to attending the University of Memphis." ) -- 2000
kwame brown -- (notable, since he was a top 5 pick) .. Glynn Academy High School -- Charleston, SC -- 2001 .. did commit to Florida Gators, but then said nevermind, and went for the draft ..
lebron james -- Akron, OH -- St. Vincent-St. Mary (OH) -- 2003
j.r. smith -- (i noted this guy, because he is with the new orleans hornets, and is getting plenty of playing time now, which is rare with rookie players coming out of high school) .. Freehold, NJ -- t. Benedict's Prep (Newark, NJ) -- 2004 .. notable :: was about to commit to North Carolina Tar Heels ..
al harrington -- ( St. Patrick's HS (NJ)) Orange, NJ -- 1998 (NOTE : Seton Hall, Georgia Tech, St. John's, Ohio State, and N.C. State were possible schools )
tyson chandler -- Hanford, CA -- 2001 -- Dominguez HS (CA) (NOTE : was close to signing with UCLA )
eddy curry -- Harvey, IL -- 2001 -- Thornwood HS (IL) ( NOTE : was close to signing with Depaul )
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here are some teams that could have happened :
north carolina (2005) : jr smith, sean may, rashand mccants, and co. ( i say .. if smith is with the tar heels right now, nc would be an automatic lock for the championship, and no word about illinois)
memphis (2002) : amare stoudamire and dajuan wagner
ucla (2001) : baron davis and tyson chandler
depaul (2002) : quentin richardson and eddy curry
kentucky (1990) : shawn kemp and jamal mashburn (think about that) .. could have beaten duke back then ...
florida (2001) : mike miller and kwame brown and udonis haslem
and think about this .. since kevin garnett and jermaine oneal are both from south carolina, they both possibly could have went to the same college, or opposing colleges .. if they were both on the same team (let's say south carolina university) .. they could have torn up the competition in the sec ..
and tracey mcgrady and amare stoudamire are both from florida .. what if they both went to the same college in florida ... ???
something to think about .. if these guys went to college, the current shape of the ncaa tournament would be way different now, and the college rules could have changed, because of their dominance ...
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