How many of these 1992-94 high school All-Americans do you recognize from CBB and NBA?

[iowajerms]

 

[CitySushi]

A lot

 

[SJ76]

About 10


Marbury was so nasty in HS. That crossover was pretty bad ass

 

[shopson67]

I had completely forgotten about Evan Eschmeyer, lol.

 

[antone112]

Jess should shave his head. Those plugs are horrendous.

 

[CitySushi]

I don't even watch college basketball really outside of the tournament, but the names I recognized were:

Ray Allen
Mark Blount
Evan Eschmeyer
Cedric Henderson
Allen Iverson
Marc Jackson
Trajan Langdon
Randy Livingston
Stephon Marbury
Jeff McInnis
Roshown McLeod
Scot Pollard
Lorenzen Wright
Raef Lafrenz
Keith Van Horn
Brevin Knight
Sam Jacobsen
Erick Dampier
Antonio McDyess
Jahidi White

 

[shopson67]

I don't even watch college basketball really outside of the tournament, but the names I recognized were:

Ray Allen
Mark Blount
Evan Eschmeyer
Cedric Henderson
Allen Iverson
Marc Jackson
Trajan Langdon
Randy Livingston
Stephon Marbury
Jeff McInnis
Roshown McLeod
Scot Pollard
Lorenzen Wright
Raef Lafrenz
Keith Van Horn
Brevin Knight
Sam Jacobsen
Erick Dampier
Antonio McDyess
Jahidi White

Same here, I just stopped looking because the pics were hard to look at lol.

 

[tducey]

Only a few. Interesting to see lists like this and see who panned out and who never.

 

[thunderc]

About 10


Marbury was so nasty in HS. That crossover was pretty bad ass

And that was when most guys still dribbled from on top of the ball, you know like you are supposed to.

 

[trojanfan12]

And that was when most guys still dribbled from on top of the ball, you know like you are supposed to.

After reading a lot of your posts...I'm convinced that you're posting from the 1950's. lol

And that's not a slam either. I agree with a lot of what you say.

 

[thunderc]

After reading a lot of your posts...I'm convinced that you're posting from the 1950's. lol

And that's not a slam either. I agree with a lot of what you say.

Lol, it’s funny how it just happens too. I’m 55 and I’ve seen some great things in my life. Hopefully I got a lot more to see but I know I’ve seen greatness and I don’t like seeing things cheapened. These guys are so athletic they don’t need shortcuts but that’s the world we live in now days.

 

[RobToxin]

Lol, it’s funny how it just happens too. I’m 55 and I’ve seen some great things in my life. Hopefully I got a lot more to see but I know I’ve seen greatness and I don’t like seeing things cheapened. These guys are so athletic they don’t need shortcuts but that’s the world we live in now days.

Change the number 55 to the number 52 and I could be making this exact same post.

 

[msgkings322]

Lol, it’s funny how it just happens too. I’m 55 and I’ve seen some great things in my life. Hopefully I got a lot more to see but I know I’ve seen greatness and I don’t like seeing things cheapened. These guys are so athletic they don’t need shortcuts but that’s the world we live in now days.

Sorry I couldn't resist. It's just change...if they are all doing it, it's just the new way of doing it. It's not a shortcut, because your opponent is doing the same.

 

[tlance]

I recognize about half the names there, but I also watched college basketball religiously during that era.

I even played against one: Joey Beard from South Lakes High School. He went to Duke and pretty much never played once there. Think he eventually transferred somewhere.

Not sure what OP’s point was, but once the 1 year rule is rescinded, if more than the absolute cream of the crop (top 4 or 5) try to make the jump to the league out of high school, we are going to see a lot of these never was guys with G league careers and no college education.

 

[trojanfan12]

Lol, it’s funny how it just happens too. I’m 55 and I’ve seen some great things in my life. Hopefully I got a lot more to see but I know I’ve seen greatness and I don’t like seeing things cheapened. These guys are so athletic they don’t need shortcuts but that’s the world we live in now days.

Agree. I'm 57, so we've seen a lot of the same things.

 

[shopson67]

I recognize about half the names there, but I also watched college basketball religiously during that era.

I even played against one: Joey Beard from South Lakes High School. He went to Duke and pretty much never played once there. Think he eventually transferred somewhere.

Not sure what OP’s point was, but once the 1 year rule is rescinded, if more than the absolute cream of the crop (top 4 or 5) try to make the jump to the league out of high school, we are going to see a lot of these never was guys with G league careers and no college education.

It will self-correct within a few years. Kids will get better advice and go to college where needed. The last 2 years kids could jump directly to the NBA, you had some that really should not have skipped college (Josh Smith, JR Smith, CJ Miles, Ricky Sanchez, Andray Blatche, Amir Johnson, even Lou Williams, etc).

 

[tlance]

It will self-correct within a few years. Kids will get better advice and go to college where needed. The last 2 years kids could jump directly to the NBA, you had some that really should not have skipped college (Josh Smith, JR Smith, CJ Miles, Ricky Sanchez, Andray Blatche, Amir Johnson, even Lou Williams, etc).

I mean...

None of those guys were superstars. Most were successful NBA players.

But all but Ricky Sanchez made a lot of money in the NBA.

If the purpose of college is to find a good job, those guys all made more money than most normal people will in a lifetime.

What I think might happen, at least initially, is that you might get 15 high school players declare, and like 5 of those will be like Ricky Sanchez where they just aren’t NBA players. Because it is too hard to evaluate all but the super elite off high school tape.

 

[shopson67]

I mean...

None of those guys were superstars. Most were successful NBA players.

But all but Ricky Sanchez made a lot of money in the NBA.

If the purpose of college is to find a good job, those guys all made more money than most normal people will in a lifetime.

What I think might happen, at least initially, is that you might get 15 high school players declare, and like 5 of those will be like Ricky Sanchez where they just aren’t NBA players. Because it is too hard to evaluate all but the super elite off high school tape.

Sure, but most of those kids were not close to ready and bounced around a while before settling in.

 

[tlance]

Sure, but most of those kids were not close to ready and bounced around a while before settling in.

No high school kid is ready. Even guys like Kobe and KG took time to work their way into prominent roles.

Still, it is only a mistake to enter the league early if the player washes out early.

 

[CitySushi]

No high school kid is ready. Even guys like Kobe and KG took time to work their way into prominent roles.

Still, it is only a mistake to enter the league early if the player washes out early.

Lebron and Moses were two guys that came to mind.