05-07-2020, 11:00 AM
SamuelMcF, of course you bring up a great point about Taitz. The star rankings are useful, but not perfect predictors. Per 247sports composite, here are the overall national HS recruit rankings of Stanford MBB players since the mid-2000s who have played in the NBA:
2006--Brook Lopez (10), Robin Lopez (23), Landry Fields (245)
2010--Dwight Powell (34), Anthony Brown (64), Josh Huestis (187)
2011--Chasson Randle (62)
2017--KZ Okpala (42)
Regardless of the reasons, it's safe to say that the recruit rankings were big misses on Landry Fields and Josh Huestis.
2006--Brook Lopez (10), Robin Lopez (23), Landry Fields (245)
2010--Dwight Powell (34), Anthony Brown (64), Josh Huestis (187)
2011--Chasson Randle (62)
2017--KZ Okpala (42)
Regardless of the reasons, it's safe to say that the recruit rankings were big misses on Landry Fields and Josh Huestis.
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