Sunday, September 23, 2012

High School Basketball: Fifty-Years of #1 Recruits!!! (2012-2003)

LeBRON JAMES: Class of 2003


Written by: Prospect-Central

When recruiting analysts decide who the best high school basketball players are in the country, it's usually just an opinion and done so subjectively.  Since there are a number of recruiting sites that have put out rankings over the years, opinions have varied as to who the best players were from each class.  With that being said, Prospect-Central has put together a video montage of the #1 high school basketball players in the country over the last fifty-years.

Of the fifty recruits, there were fourteen I felt still deserve their #1 status to this day.  The other thirty-six players had excellent careers in their own right, some of them even making the Basketball Hall of Fame, but there still could have been even better selections in my opinion.  Whenever that was the case, I added the player who's career I felt earned him the right to be called #1 in his high school graduating class.  So sit back, relax and take a ride through the last fifty-years of high school basketball's top recruits. * Below are the #1 high school basketball recruits from the Class of 2012-2003.  Of the ten players, there are four I feel still deserve their #1 status to this day.

Class of 2012
Nerlens Noel c / 6'10'' 215 / The Tilton School / Kentucky


Shabazz Muhammad sg/sf / 6'6'' 220 / Bishop Gorman / UCLA / Profile



Class of 2011
Anthony Davis pf/c / 6'10'' 220 / Perspectives / Kentucky

Class of 2010
Harrison Barnes sf / 6'7'' 225 / Ames High / North Carolina


Kyrie Irving pg / 6'2'' 180 / St. Patrick / Duke / Profile



Class of 2009
Derrick Favors pf / 6'10'' 250 / South Atlanta / Georgia Tech

John Wall pg / 6'4'' 195 / Word of God Academy / Kentucky / Profile



Class of 2008
Brandon Jennings pg / 6'1'' 175 / Oak Hill Academy / No College


Class of 2007
O.J. Mayo sg / 6'4'' 210 / Huntington / Southern California

Derrick Rose pg / 6'3'' 190 / Simeon Career Academy / Memphis / Profile



Class of 2006
Greg Oden c / 7'0'' 280 / Lawrence North / Ohio State

Kevin Durant sf / 6'9'' 215 / Montrose Christian / Texas / Profile



Class of 2005
Gerald Green sf / 6'8'' 200 / Gulf Shores Academy / No College
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Monta Ellis sg / 6'3'' 185 / Lanier High / No College / Profile
Andrew Bynum c / 7'0'' 280 / St. Josephs / No College / Profile



Class of 2004
Dwight Howard c / 6'11'' 265 / Southwest Christian / No College

Class of 2003
LeBron James sf / 6'8'' 250 / St. Vincent - St.Mary's / No College

#1 Recruits
Class of 2002-1993
Class of 1992-1983
Class of 1982-1973
Class of 1972-1963

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