Comments on: High School Recruiting Ranking vs. NBA Success

By: Ryan.

Ryan. — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:38:46 +0000

#100: Longar Longar - Did not play

He does however, have a shot at the throne for Greatest Name of All Time.

By: HighLikeKite

HighLikeKite — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:31:06 +0000

I second the mention of the ABA -- it might be where it's at after this lockout. I yearn for the days of the red white and blue basketballs. Dr J and Deon Taylor have high ambitions to re-launch the legendary league. Let's wish them the best!

By: Devin Black

Devin Black — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:46:50 +0000

Also, and I know it's early in his career still (and that Neil only went to 2003), but Blake Griffin looks like a pretty good bet to break the trend of no one outside the Top 10 ever reaching the superstar level. In 2007, Blake's RSCI was #16.

By: Devin Black

Devin Black — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:41:48 +0000

Has anyone ever taken a look back similar to this, but individual to each ranking site.

For example, breaking down the above findings to see if overall Scouts Inc. has been better than Rivals, or Scout.com better than All Star Report, etc.

I imagine they'll all kind of be mushed together in there, but it would be interesting to see if perhaps one stood above the others.

By: BALLplayer

BALLplayer — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:32:50 +0000

Deon Taylor and Dr.J have revamped the ABA and it will be interesting to see with the nba lockout looming and how this effects players going oversee's and coming directly out of college. Cant wait to see how they produce good luck Dr. J and Deon Taylor.

http://abalive.com/aba-featured-news/the-iconic-american-basketball-association-aba-ether-marketing-and-6sports-announce-the-formation-of-%E2%80%9Caba-classics-%E2%80%9D/

By: Panic

Panic — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:57:18 +0000

This is really fun stuff. Add me to the list of people interested in whether years of college, controlling for HS ranking, significantly predicted NBA success. My intuition and a quick look at the list tells me it didn't.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:56:41 +0000

Steve Hunter, #36, 1999, is possibly Steven Hunter . Thanks for your work Neil. Also, Ronald Curry, became a pro football player. There maybe others in this list that switched sports.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:42:23 +0000

Neil, You also missed the other Bobby Jones, 2002, #97.

By: alvin

alvin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:09:16 +0000

Very informative article. You will see that hard work is the key, if you love this game you must start at your young age and practice makes you not as perfect but the best as you can be!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:18:37 +0000

Good to see that the BBR blog isn't locked out.