Sunday, September 23, 2012

High School Basketball: Fifty-Years of #1 Recruits!!! (2002-1993)

KOBE BRYANT: Class of 1996


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 2002-1993.  Of the ten players, there are three I feel still deserve their #1 status to this day.

Class of 2002
Amare Stoudemire pf / 6'10'' 245 / Cypress Creek / No College


Carmelo Anthony sf / 6'8'' 230 / Oak Hill Academy / Syracuse / Profile



Class of 2001
Eddy Curry c / 7'0'' 295 / Thornwood High / No College

Tyson Chandler c / 7'1'' 235 / Dominguez High / No College / Profile



Class of 2000
Zach Randolph pf / 6'9'' 250 / Marion / Michigan State

Dwyane Wade sg / 6'4'' 220 / Richards High / Marquette / Profile



Class of 1999
Donnell Harvey sf / 6'8'' 230 / Randolph-Clay / Florida

Joe Johnson sg / 6'7'' 230 / Little Rock Central / Arkansas / Profile



Class of 1998
Al Harrington pf / 6'9'' 250 / St. Patrick / No College

Rashard Lewis sf / 6'10'' 230 / Elsik High / No College / Profile



Class of 1997
Tracy McGrady sf / 6'8'' 225 / Mount Zion / No College

Class of 1996
Kobe Bryant sg / 6'6'' 205 / Lower Merion / No College

Class of 1995
Kevin Garnett pf / 6'11'' 240 / Farragut Academy / No College

Class of 1994
Felipe Lopez sg / 6'5'' 200 / Rice High / St. John's

Allen Iverson pg / 6'0'' 165 / Bethel High / Georgetown / Profile



Class of 1993
Jerry Stackhouse sg / 6'6'' 220 / Oak Hill / North Carolina

Tim Duncan pf / 6'11'' 250 / Saint Dunstan's Episcopal / Wake Forest / Profile



#1 Recruits
Class of 2012-2003
Class of 1992-1983
Class of 1982-1973
Class of 1972-1963

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