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With the NBA and college hoops calendars in their August doldrums, there’s no better time to catch up on grassroots and high school basketball and start looking ahead at the best talent coming down the pipeline. This is the third time I’ve ranked the best NBA prospects in high school basketball at this site.
When I did this exercise back in 2015, nine of the 10 players on the list ended up being NBA draft lottery picks. Jayson Tatum (No. 6 on the list) was easily the best player in hindsight, followed by De’Aaron Fox (No. 8 on the list). I also ran this column in 2018. That one had some solid hits — Scottie Barnes, Evan Mobley, Anthony Edwards, and Jalen Green ranked No. 5 through No. 2 — but putting Emoni Bates at No. 1 was a big time whiff I still feel bad about to this day.
So much has changed since the last time I ranked…
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