I have searched all over and can't seem to find the answer. My guess would be Dunbar H.S. in Baltimore, but I have no clue if any high school has produced more NBA players. Dunbar has produced 5 NBA players:
* Muggsy Bogues
* Sam Cassell
* Reggie Lewis
* Reggie Williams
* David Wingate
2007-09-17 23:27:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
I'll take Overbrook High School of Philadelphia.
Start with:
1) Wilt Chamberlain, former NBA player (50 Greatest players in NBA history, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 4 NBA MVP awards, 2 NBA rings, University of Kansas All American; 2 Big Seven [now Big Twelve] basketball titles, MVP of the NCAA Final Four, 3 Big Seven high jump championships)
2) Walt Hazzard, former NBA All Star player and UCLA All American (1 NCAA championship and 1 MVP of NCAA Final Four)
3) Wali Jones, former NBA star on the 1967 Philadelphia 76ers NBA championship team as that team had a 68-13 record and won 1 NBA ring with Wali Jones being a starting guard and previous to that Wali Jones playing for the Baltimore Bullets was on the NBA All rookie team. Wali Jones' son Ski Jones of San Antonio John Marshall High School was on the 1989 AAU Junior Olympics boys basketball championship team when San Antonio defeated #1 seed Indiana as San Antonio outplayed the starting five of Indiana who all had scholarships to IU under Bobby Knight including Calbert Cheney with San Antonio star players in that championship game being San Antonio Cole High School star Shaquille O'Neal, Ski Jones, San Antonio East Central High School star Robert Keno, Sam Houston High School Cherokees star Sidney Kimball, and San Antonio John Jay High School star Bo Outlaw as 1989 was a good year for San Antonio high school basketball.
4) Malik Rose, current NBA basketball player with the Knicks and a long time San Antonio Spurs basketball player where Malik Rose was the "Shaq Killer" being about the only NBA player capable of stopping Shaq in spite of Malik Rose's 6' 7" height as Malik Rose won 2 NBA rings with the Spurs in 1999 and 2003 in both of those playoffs, it was Malik Rose's vital defense against San Antonio Cole High School grad Shaquille O'Neal which led the Spurs past the Lakers in both of those playoffs for Spurs NBA championships.
5) Mike Gale won one ABA championship as a teammate of Dr. J with the New York Nets. Then, Mike Gale, as a San Antonio Spurs player, was one of the tandem of original "Point Guards" in all of pro basketball history as San Antonio Spurs starting guard James Silas was the very original point guard with his backup guard being Overbrook High School's Mike Gale. In the 1976 playoffs against Dr. J and the New York Nets as starting Spurs star player and leading scorer and point guard (before the name of point guard was ever invented) broke an ankle in the opening minutes of Game One in the playoffs against Dr. J and the Nets forcing Mike Gale to play the starting point guard position for the 1976 playoffs against Dr. J and the New York Nets which ended up being a, I believe, 7 game series. The San Antonio Spurs started the point guard/shooting guard concept in the spring of 1976 when the Spurs moved 6' 9" forward George Gervin (often listed as 6' 7" tall, but was 6' 9" tall in reality as a basketball player) to shooting guard; although, starting point guard and Spurs star player James Silas continued to be the team's leading scorer. Using this point guard/shooting guard concept several years later, Overbrook High School's Mike Gale was the San Antonio Spurs starting point guard (before that term of "point guard" was ever invented) when the Spurs' original shooting guard in pro basketball history, George Gervin, won his first of four NBA scoring titles which would soon place Gervin within a matter of a few years at second on the all time number of scoring titles in NBA history behind only Overbrook High School's Wilt Chamberlain. So, Overbrook High School's Mike Gale was an original point guard in the first ever point guard/shooting guard lineup ever used in pro basketball while also being the starting point guard in Spurs shooting guard George Gervin's first of four NBA scoring titles.
6) Tony Costner, NBA from Overbrook H.S.
7) Wayne Hightower, NBA from Overbrook H.S.
8) Rich Laurel, NBA from Overbrook H.S.
9) Hal Lear, NBA from Overbrook H.S.
10) Lewis Lloyd, NBA from Overbrook H.S.
11) Andre McCarter, NBA from Overbrook H.S.
12) Jackie Moore, NBA from Overbrook H.S.
Certainly if Philadelphia's Overbrook High School's 12 former NBA players are not the record, then Overbrook's impact on the NBA is most influenced by Overbrook High School's Wilt Chamberlain, Overbrook High School's Wilt Chamberlain and Wali Jones stopping the Boston Celtics 8 straight NBA championships in 1967, and Overbrook High School's Mike Gale being part of the first and original pro basketball "point guard" scheme long before the term of "point guard" was ever invented.
Philadelphia's Overbrook High School can claim at least 4 NBA regular season MVP awards, at least 5 NBA rings and one ABA ring divided among four different former Overbrook High School basketball players in close to 10 NBA and one ABA Finals appearances of Overbrook High School graduates, a number of NBA scoring championships and NBA records, having two Overbrook High School graduates (Chamberlain and Wali Jones) as starters on the 1967 Philadelphia 76ers that put an end to the Celtics 8 straight NBA championships, having two Overbrook High School players being named both college All Americans and MVPs of the NCAA men's basketball Final Four (Chamberlain and Hazzard), and, last, but not least, having an Overbrook High School grad involved in the first professional point guard/shooting guard strategy ever in pro basketball history which has revolutionized the NBA ever since.
I would say that Philadelphia's Overbrook High School has had a definite impact on the NBA and basketball at all levels including Mike Gale being a part of the original point guard/shooting guard strategy at the pro basketball level. Plus, obviously, Wilt Chamberlain helped revolutionize basketball tremendously.
Few high schools can begin to compare to Philadelphia's Overbrook High School when it comes to the NBA.
Will Smith is also an Overbrook High School grad but obviously not a former NBA player.
2007-09-17 23:42:39 · answer #1 · answered by Score 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oak Hill Academy in Virginia:
1. Carmelo Anthony, NBA All-Star for the Denver Nuggets
2. Steve Blake, NBA player for the Portland Trail Blazers
3. DeSagana Diop, NBA player for the Dallas Mavericks
4. Kevin Durant, (transferred to Montrose Christian School before graduating) NBA player for the Seattle Supersonics; 5. Jeff McInnis, NBA player for the Charlotte Bobcats
6. Ron Mercer, played for 7 NBA teams
7. Rajon Rondo, NBA player for the Boston Celtics
8. Josh Smith, NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks
9. Jerry Stackhouse, NBA player for the Dallas Mavericks 10. Stephen Jackson, NBA player for the Golden State Warriors
11. Marcus Williams, NBA player for the New Jersey Nets
12. William Avery, former NBA player for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
2007-09-18 06:59:12 · answer #2 · answered by Muffin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Overbrook High School Basketball
2016-10-29 06:55:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oak Hill Academy, But this school shouldn't count because the players move here after there Junior year they come from all over the world to play at Oak Hill. Its basically legalized cheating
2007-09-18 07:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by Rick S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oak Hill and DeMatha come immediately to mind, but there are also schools like McClymonds High in Oakland (Bill Russell, Paul Silas), Overbrook High in Philly (Wilt Chamberlain and Wayne Hightower) and Boys High in Brooklyn (SiHugoGreen, Connie Hawkins and others).
2007-09-17 23:34:25 · answer #5 · answered by Beef 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The five year high school that Kobe went too! Inorder to avoid college many players with not enough credits too graduate went to a small school in Virginia --
2007-09-18 00:54:16 · answer #6 · answered by Sports Maven 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Started to say St. Anthony's of Jersey City, NJ, but that would fall more into the college realm, so I'll say Overbrook based on the evidence shown.
2007-09-18 10:04:09 · answer #7 · answered by zebbie g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
High school has nothing to do with them being a pro basketball player.
That just tells you where their mom and dads were living when they were still in school
2007-09-17 23:36:57 · answer #8 · answered by cgriffin1972 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋