What High School players did you watch live in HS and say 'NBA'

[Kitaman]

On another thread a post by @AidanFan20 made me think of young high school ballers I saw in person (at their HS games), who I knew would make an NBA roster. In my experience, I can only think of two. I'm talking non-Tournament, AAU, camps and other recruiting type events, just traditional high school basketball games.

Chris Smith (had range/handles in HS)

Kelly Tripucka (dominated everyone, just unstoppable)


Which HS ballers did you see young and just knew they would be in the NBA?

 

[husky429]

On another thread a post by @AidanFan20 made me think of young high school ballers I saw in person (at their HS games), who I knew would make an NBA roster. In my experience, I can only think of two. I'm talking non-Tournament, AAU, camps and other recruiting type events, just traditional high school basketball games.

Chris Smith (had range/handles in HS)

Kelly Tripucka (dominated everyone, just unstoppable)


Which HS ballers did you see young and just knew they would be in the NBA?

Cade Cunningham. He had just gotten to Montverde and I'd never heard of him at that point.

A bunch of guys at various HoopHall events really. I only know the UConn or local recruits so any random 5* having a decent game you're going to be awed by.

 

[bobbyinaz]

Kenny Anderson.
Saw him play 4 or 5 times when he was at Molloy.
He could get anywhere he wanted on the floor and nobody could stay in front of him.
He was maybe 150lbs but dominated games.

 

[upstater]

I saw Chris Jackson play live (Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf) and knew he was going to be an NBA player.

On another front, I watched the 84 McDs game on ESPN and thought John Williams (went to LSU) was the best High School player ever (granted, I hadn't seen much basketball). Thought he was going to be great, but he ate himself out of the NBA.

It's funny when you see kids who have that flair. I remember watching the top young women soccer players aged 17 with my daughter and Mallory Swanson (now Pugh) just had this outrageous dynamism that was easy to spot. She was like a cheat code on a video game.

 

[FreeKlaiber]

coached against Kris Dunn thought he had a chance, but thought Allan Chaney was more likely to get a chance to go to the pros

played and covered Vin Baker for 7+ years. Never thought he was NBA til he made Toraino look foolish on ISOs at the game at the civic center playing for UHart

Saw a bunch of guys at Tmore earthgro tourneys, but I thought Charles Minlend and Ed Cota had NBA chances. Wrong on both

 

[BuffaloHusky]

Kenny Anderson.
Saw him play 4 or 5 times when he was at Molloy.
He could get anywhere he wanted on the floor and nobody could stay in front of him.
He was maybe 150lbs but dominated games.

I saw him play in HS as well but thought he was too thin. I was wrong.

 

[UCfor3]

Charles Smith when he played for Harding.

 

[Richmondhsky]

On another thread a post by @AidanFan20 made me think of young high school ballers I saw in person (at their HS games), who I knew would make an NBA roster. In my experience, I can only think of two. I'm talking non-Tournament, AAU, camps and other recruiting type events, just traditional high school basketball games.

Chris Smith (had range/handles in HS)

Kelly Tripucka (dominated everyone, just unstoppable)


Which HS ballers did you see young and just knew they would be in the NBA?

Played against Mike Gminsky…saw Wes Matthew’s. Both did things beyond imagination.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Calvin Murphy

 

[Scottzer]

Tyson Wheeler at New London / URI. I know he was small, but he made it to the league for a game.

 

[borninansonia]

Calvin Murphy

 

[Mister P]

Mike Gminski
Rod Foster
Charles Smith

 

[uconn1999]

Jarret Jack
Ja’Kobe Walter
Cason Wallace

 

[Lafayette]

Terry Dehere

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Tyson Wheeler at New London / URI. I know he was small, but he made it to the league for a game.

Was going to say Wheeler also. I played against him in a summer league and he did…not…miss.

 

[huskiesouth]

John Williamson, Calvin Murphy, Bob Nash,

 

[HooperScooper]

Alex Karaban as a freshman.

O.K. I actually thought he would be a good D3 player for a really good academic school. Shows how much I know.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Scott Burrell.

And it was football. Got the sport wrong, but even a blind man could tell he'd be a pro in something.

 

[Horatio]

Earl Kelly, Tharon Mayes, Martin and Malcolm Huckaby.

 

[Zonepress]

John Williamson, Calvin Murphy, Bob Nash,

now your talkin!!!

 

[huskymedic]

Scott Burrell.

And it was football. Got the sport wrong, but even a blind man could tell he'd be a pro in something.

I’m w/ ya - my bet was MLB tho’… what an arm.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Kinda cheating, but the McD's AA game was at Springfield. Chris Webber and Glenn Robinson were just better than everyone else on the court and it wasn't too hard to predict they'd be going on to the NBA.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Rod Foster. Holy Cross Junior High School, St Thomas Aquinas High School, UCLA and the Phoenix Suns
Corny Thompson, Middletown HS, UConn and Dallas Mavericks
Ray Allen Dalziel HS, UConn, Sonics, Celtics and Heat

 

[Kurebeach50]

Calvin Murphy - inch for inch,pound for pound, the greatest ever.
John Williamson
Darrell Griffith (went 800 miles out of my way to see him Jr. year at Louisville Male 1975)
Charles Smith
Wes Mathews
Missed the boat on -Michael Adams, John Bagley, Scott Burrell and Rick Mahorn
Biggest Crying Shame - Curvan Lewis, Hillhouse. EPIC battles vs. Super John

 

[RuffRuff]

No one saw the Jewish Jordan?