amar'e stoudemire was the last high school player drafted.
amar'e stoudemire was the last high school player drafted.
who was the last high school player drafted?
amar'e stoudemire
the westchester comets have an extensive history of athletic prowess. the school's most prominent program, its boys' basketball team, has won 12 los angeles city titles and 6 division i california state championships under its legendary head coach, ed azzam. one of its players, amir johnson, was drafted directly out of high school there, and was originally considered to be the last high school student to be drafted in the nba draft until 2015 and 2016 with satnam singh bhamara and thon maker respectively.
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in the early years of the nba draft, a player had to finish his four-year college eligibility to be eligible for selection. reggie harding, who had graduated from high school but did not enroll in a college, became the first player drafted out of high school when the detroit pistons selected him in the fourth round of the 1962 draft. however, the nba rules at that time prohibited a high school player to play in the league until one year after his high school class graduated. thus, he spent a year playing in a minor basketball league before he was drafted again in the 1963 draft by the pistons. he finally entered the league in the 1963–64 season and played four seasons in the nba and american basketball association (aba).
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