Best High Schoolers Basketball (2024)

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Flagg is ESPN's No. 1 high school basketball prospect. He will attend Duke University in the fall and is projected to be the potential No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.

But just how many high school basketball players are labeled as 5-star prospects, and what does this designation really mean for their future? According to 247Sports, one of the top recruiting ranking services in the industry, there were 29 players in the class of 2022 who were labeled as 5-star prospects.

New Mikey Williams Blog: New offers, Workouts with Bronny, 3.8 GPA and More. Williams said he's vastly improved his ball-handling skills during the quarantine. Mikey Williams is widely regarded as the No. 1 player in the 2023 class with the “next big thing” buzz that accompanies such an appointment at an early age.

ESPN released its final 2023 player rankings last month, with James coming in at No. 19, which is the highest mark of all major recruiting sites.

James, a top-20 recruit in the class of 2023, committed to USC over the Ohio State Buckeyes, Oregon Ducks, Kentucky Wildcats, Memphis Tigers and Michigan Wolverines. He bolstered one of coach Andy Enfield's most anticipated recruiting classes, which included the top player in James' class, Isaiah Collier.

32 nationally by Rivals, No. 39 by ESPN and No.

Seven-foot-six Olivier Rioux, from Montreal, announced that he'll be joining the men's basketball team, which represents the University of Florida(opens in a new tab), last week. “I am proud to announce that I have commited to the Florida gators for the 2024 season,” Rioux wrote on Instagram(opens in a new tab).

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Listed at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and is considered by many to be the greatest European player of all time. In 2021, he was selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.

No. It is never too late. The only time it becomes too late to make it in basketball is when you decide that it is too late for you.

The 1972 season was not the first that freshmen were eligible to play varsity basketball or football—freshmen were given varsity status during the Korean War from 1950-51. In 1970, freshmen were allowed to play varsity in sports other than football and basketball.

Zach Edey, the consensus national player of the year and a projected lottery pick, has submitted paperwork to the league office making him eligible for the 2024 NBA draft, he told ESPN. "I felt like it was time," Edey said.

Four-star prospects are also very talented players and in the top fraction of a percent of high school players nationwide. There will be a few hundred in this category, and these players are expected to have a significant impact on whichever college team he or she heads to.