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?

1. Kobe Bryant

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A five-time NBA champ and 18-time All-Star, the great Kobe Bryant made the leap from Lower Merion High School to the Los Angeles Lakers via the Charlotte Hornets, who drafted him 13th overall in 1996.

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