2004. Ironically a high schooler was taken number one that year, Dwight Howard. Although he is NOT the last high school player drafted into the NBA. Late in the second round of that years draft the Detroit Pistons selected Amir Johnson and Amir is the last high school player drafted into the NBA.
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The NBA stopped drafting out of high school in 2005. They stopped after Lebron got into all that legal trouble about accepting gifts.
Moses Malone Actually Moses was the 2nd player to skip college. The first was Reggie arding 12 years before Moses did it. So, the list of the first few is: 1. Reggie Harding 1962 NBA (had graduated high school when drafted) 2. Moses Malone 1974 ABA (drafted while in high school) 3. Daryl Dawkins 1975 NBA Draft 5th pick (drafted while in high school) 4. Bill Willoughby 1975 NBA Draft 19th pick (had graduated high school when drafted) It did not happen again until 1989 with Shawn Kemp (1989, attended University of Kentucky and Trinity Valley Community College but did not play college basketball. Was kicked off the University of Kentucky basketball team after pawning a teammate's necklace.)
Michael Jordan's scoring average in his senior year in high school was 30 points per game.
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There is one right now. Danny Green of UNC was always a 6 man and he was drafted just last year.