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?

4. Kevin Garnett

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The Big Ticket was the fifth overall pick in 1995 from Farragut Academy to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Kevin Garnett is a 15-time All-Star, one-time MVP, NBA champ and All-Star Game MVP. He has become a pretty good actor, too, if you have seen “Uncut Gems.”

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