Ranking 22 basketball players who jumped from high school to the pros

Where does Kobe Bryant rank among players who went straight from high school to the NBA?

Kobe Bryant went straight from Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania to the NBA. Where do some of the biggest names who went from high school to the pros rank?

22. Kwame Brown

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Kwame Brown was a first overall pick by the Washington Wizards in 2001 out of Georgia’s Glynn Academy. He basically was a journeyman, never living up to the draft selection. Brown played for seven teams and averaged 6.6 points per game and 5.5 rebounds.

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