Despite the success of numerous high-school players drafted since 1995; the entry of high-schoolers into the NBA remains controversial--as evidenced by the league and the union agreeing to ban the practice. Many say the influx of high-schoolers into the NBA, bypassing college, has caused the collegiate game to deteriorate. Many point out that the collegiate level is useful at "filtering" out players who can dominate against weak competition in high school, but who cannot succeed at a higher level of play. Even among the high-school players who have been successful; many of them took longer to become productive NBA stars than have rookies with four years of college experience. And some question the message that skipping college sends to youth. Furthermore, unlike baseball and hockey (which accept high-schoolers without reservation), basketball has not until recently had an established farm system in which to groom young players.
Darryl Dawkins,
Moses Malone,
Shawn Kemp,
Kevin Garnett,
Kobe Bryant,
Jermaine O'Neal,
Tracy McGrady,
Al Harrington,
Rashard Lewis,
Darius Miles,
Kwame Brown,
LeBron James,
Dwight Howard,
Amare Stoudemire,
Tyson Chandler,
Eddy Curry,
Martell Webster,
Monta Ellis,
Andrew Bynum,
Gerald Green,
and Amir Johnson,
Al Jefferson,
Sebastian Telfair,
A.Blanch,
Robert Swift,
C.J. Miles,
J.R. Smith,
Josh Smith,
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