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?

17. Darryl Dawkins

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The big man from Maynard Evans HS in Orlando, was the Philadelphia 76ers’ first pick in 1975. Dawkins averaged 12 points and 6.1 rebounds per game in a long NBA career that saw him play for four NBA teams. One of he largest players and personalities in pro basketball history was “Chocolate Thunder.”

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