[valentine]

Guy was giving people 50 and needed contacts the whole time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYRzZDNooaA

[JoeWolf1]

Most infamous probably, he’s the guy who dropped 100 in a game and faded into nowhere, by no fault of his own, might I add.  It was a shame about his illness, but I feel this list of players were better high school players. It’s sad, but I feel he’d be remembered more if he would have accomplished more after high school.

 Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabber, Lebron James, Oscar Robertson, Patrick Ewing, Pete Maravich, Kenny Anderson, Kobe Bryant, KG, Bill Walton, Jerry West Moses Malone, Ralph Sampson, Magic Johnson I feel surpass him.

[meirmeir13]

He averaged 42 points a game in highschool and scored close to 3,500 points. Worthy of top 5 all time

[Da1potParticipant]

Wagner is not even in the top 5 for me…..

1. Lew Alcindor

2. Wilt Chamberlain

3. Lebron James

4. Oscar Robertson

5. Connie Hawkins 

[ItsVictorOladipoParticipant]

1. Lew Alcindor 2. Wilt Chamberlain 3. Lebron James 4. Oscar Robertson 5. Connie Hawkins

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Great list but some other guys that I would throw up their for consideration are:

 

Patrick Ewing: "As a high school student at Cambridge’s Rindge and Latin School, Ewing not only led his team to three state championships, he also tried out for the 1980 Olympic team. Although Ewing would have to wait until the 1984 Olympics to represent the United States, no other high school athlete had ever been invited to Olympic basketball tryouts."

 http://www.answers.com/topic/patrick-ewing#ixzz1iWv2u2iO

 

Kenny Anderson: "As a 16-year-old high school sophomore he was considered one of the best basketball prospects in America. Collegiate recruiters began scouting Anderson in sixth-grade and he was on the front page of the New York City sports section when he was 14. By the end of his high school career, he was a three-time Parade All-American, a feat not accomplished since Lew Alcindor and the first player to be named All-City four times. In addition, he was a McDonald’s All-American, Gatorade’s high school player of the year and Player of the Year by the New York State Sportswriters Association, and was named New York State Mr. Basketball by the New York State Coaches Organization. He was also named Parade, Naismith, and USA Today player of the year.^[4] Despite his coach, Jack Curran, benching him for the first quarter of all of his games during his freshman year at Molloy, Anderson set the all-time state record for scoring in New York, with 2,621 points. This record stood until 2004, when Lincoln High School guard Sebastian Telfair eclipsed the mark late in his senior season."

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Anderson

 

Greg Oden: "He attended Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis where he won three straight Indiana state titles, while winning 45 consecutive games under coach Jack Keefer. Oden was named Parade Magazine High School Co-Player of the Year 2005 (along with Monta Ellis) and 2005 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year, becoming the first junior since LeBron James to be so honored. In 2006 Oden was again named Parade Magazine High School Player of the Year and Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year in 2006."

 

http://hoopedia.nba.com/index.php?title=Greg_Oden

 

 

 

 

[Meditated StatesParticipant]

Would have liked to see what he did if he stayed healthy. Him and Jason Williams looked like cant miss players that year but injuries took them both out

[bballjunkie09Participant]

i dont remember his name, but there was a guy who was supposed to be the lebron james, before lebron even existed! haha that doesnt really help but yeah i saw an article in slam magazine about this dude if that does.. also, what about the man who made the documentary unguarded? Chris Herren was a pretty hyped highschool baller who never reached his potential.

[JmosleyParticipant]

 He was a 6’6 guard out of NY…just never panned out unfortunately…overseas now…

[the microwaveParticipant]

 

. I can say being from NJ, which is a b-ball hotbed, he is the best HS player ive ever seen there.. HS that include some NBa pros as well such as Bynum, Al harrington, troy Murphy, Lou roe (going way back for some of the older heads in here), Chris Ford (old head), Jr Smith… Some of you may remember the "crispin brothers" who were awesome in NJ high school ball too.. Either way from 1980- to current date I can say Wagner was the  NJ has seen on the HS level…I cant speak nation wide, but i can from my own backyard..

 

[McDunkin]

 Dalen Qualls…’nuff said

[Game760Participant]

I believe your thinking of Shea Cotton
He was Lebron before Lebron

[Tobe BryantParticipant]

Louis Williams was tooooooo nice at South Gwinnet! He’s having a monster year so far, and in high school, he was doing 5 times the scoring then.

[meirmeir13]

Thats pretty much sums up  what happen to lenny

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