From LeBron James to Kevin Garnett, check the top five most outstanding high school prospects that entered straight into the ...

Instead, O'Neal declared for the NBA Draft and went on to become the 17th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Kemp starred at Concord High School in Elkhart ...

After the Charlotte Hornets drafted Bryant with the 13th-overall pick at the 1996 NBA Draft, the Lakers traded for him in exchange for All-Star big man Vlade Divac. While Bryant had a slow rise ...

Fort Worth native and basketball center Oliver Miller, who helped Arkansas get to the Final Four before playing nine seasons ...

McCarty played at the NCAA level at the University of Kentucky, and was picked up by the New York Knicks with the 19th overall pick of the 1996 NBA draft. The Evansville, Indiana, native played ...

After ending his high school career, O'Neal made the jump directly to the prose, and was picked up with the 17th overall selection of the 1996 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. The Columbia ...

Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest basketball players to have graced the NBA. Bryant was selected as the 13th overall pick by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the 1996 NBA Draft.

The 6-foot-6 swingman was selected by L.A. in a storied 1996 NBA Draft — which included future Hall of Famers Bryant, Ray Allen, Allen Iverson, and Steve Nash — and spent all 20 of his storied ...