NBA team full of players that entered the league out of high school

Just current players off the top of my head.

Monta Ellis/Louis Williams
Kobe Bryant/J.R. Smith
LeBron James/Josh Smith
Kevin Garnett/Amare Stoudamire
Dwight Howard/Tyson Chandler

Not a lot of passing from the guards (lololol) but thats an amazing team.

 

Yea, not too many pass first guards come out of high school...hmm I wonder if there's a correlation there...

 

How do you think they would do if it were all of their rookie seasons? A team full of 17/18 year olds

 

C: Moses Malone / Dwight Howard / Andrew Bynum or Jermaine O'Neal
PF: Kevin Garnett / Shawn Kemp / Amare Stoudemire
SF: Tracy McGrady / Rashard Lewis / J.R. Smith
SG: Kobe Bryant / Tracy McGrady / Monta Ellis
PG: LeBron James (best passer on this team I guess) / Louis Williams / Sebastain Telfair

 

Eddy Curry and Kwame Brown battle for the 15th roster spot?

 

Who wins out of them and the best international players from 1995 to now?

Guys like Manu, Dirk, Nash, Yao Ming, Sabonis, Hakeem, Deng,

 

Put Shaun Livingston in there, just to have a pass-first guard!

 

I would appreciate if I could see Darius Miles bang his fists against his head a few times and make the team if possible.

 

not fair for the highschoolers because most of the int players played organized and competitive basketball against grown men

 

You have Lebron on the high school team. That's quite unfair as well. :grin:

 

Yes, he will probably not last a couple seasons in that high school team and take his talents to an "all non-high school team."

 

Replace JR with T-Mac and gotta squeeze in Jermaine O'neal (prime) in there somewhere.

 

This teams you guys are coming up make a strong case to reevaluate the one and done rule.

Some of these guys where a stolen laptop or rape case away from never having a chance to be in the league.

I wonder if Royce White Would have had a different career if he didn't have college coaches catering to is insecurities and warping his mind.

 

Add Al Harrington to the list.

 

I question the cast of unlikely teammates could be aligned in a peak composition.

 

Interesting point.

A high school-to-NBA prospect is probably willing to make the jump mainly based upon his potential (athleticism, scoring ability, size, etc). Passing ability doesn't necessarily correlate with being a pass-first player (see T-Mac, Lebron, Pau, etc). I think the strongest contributors are BBall IQ, PG body and pass-first mentality. I think High school is probably way too early to tell if a player will end up being primarily a passer.

The other thing I can think of is that the draft values size, scoring ability and athleticism much higher than passing ability. Perhaps this has to do with the fact that you do not necessarily need a PG with elite passing ability to win; a solid defender, good facilitator and strong shooter are likely more valuable.

 

Hakeem, Mutombo, Sabonis, Petrovic, Nash, Parker, (does Duncan count?),
Yao, Ginobli, Al Horford, Batum, Joakim Noah, Nowitzki, Schrempf, Spanoulis,
Rubio, Gallinari, Gasol brothers, Manute Bol, Boozer, Patrick Ewing, Kyrie Irving.

To name a few...
That is one crazy defensive team with some excellent guards in there.

 

C- Moses Malone
PF- Kevin Garnett
SF- Tracy McGrady
SG- Kobe Bryant
PG- Lebron James

Bench

G- Monta Ellis
F- Josh Smith
C- Dwight Howard