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Message: [QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 5204041, member: 60"] It's not the minor league thing, it's so veterans can keep their job. The NBA hasn't been bad at picking HS kids. I'm not sure why this is perpetuated. 41 HS guys have been drafted. Three are in the HoF and another 3 are going to get into the HoF. Another 4, on top of that, made at least an all star game. Some of the guys outside of those ten are CJ Miles, Monta Ellis, Darryl Dawkins, Al Harrington, Shaun Livingston, Al Jefferson, Josh Smith, JR Smith, Lou Will, Amir Johnson. Against where they were picked, the picks have a very good hit rate. 11 of the 41 were second round picks. Kwame Brown was picked by Michael Jordan, one of the worst personnel people in the history of the NBA. If Kwame went third or fourth, his career would be fine. He played 12 years and made over $60M. [/QUOTE]