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High School Players Career Arc

I found vjl110's model predicting career arcs for draft picks fascinating and put together a snapshot of every drafted high school player from Kevin Garnett on according to his thresholds.

Star= Greater than 10 WS

Stud= Greater than 7.5 WS up to 10 WS

Starter: Greater than 5 WS up to 7.5 WS

Bench: Between 2.5 and 5 WS

Bust: Anything below 2.5 WS

Important Note: I made no distinction between WS and WS/48 minutes. If a guy played 10 games, even ten great games, I only went with total WS. Obviously guys who were injured or played limited minutes when young suffered. This is only meant to be a snapshot, not an entirely comprehensive account.

Kevin Garnett: Star 9x, Stud 2x, Starter 6x, Bench 1x, Bust 1x

Kobe Bryant: Star 11x, Stud 2x, Starter 3x, Bench 0x, Bust 2x

Jermaine O'Neal: Star 1x, Stud 1x, Starter 3x, Bench 5x, Bust 8x

Tracy McGrady: Star 4x, Stud 2x, Starter 2x, Bench 3x, Bust 4x

Al Harrington: Starter 2x, Bench 7x, Bust 7x

Rashard Lewis: Stud 8x, Starter 2x, Bench 2x, Bust 4x

Korleone Young: Bust 1x

Jonathan Bender: Bust 8x

Leon Smith: Bust 2x

Darius Miles: Bench 3x, Bust 4x

DeShawn Stevenson: Bench 2x, Bust 11x

Kwame Brown: Bench 4x, Bust 8x

Tyson Chandler: Stud 6x, Starter 1x, Bench 4x, Bust 2x

Eddy Curry: Bench 5x, Bust 6x

Desagana Diop: Bench 3x, Bust 9x

Ousmane Cisse: n/a

Amar'e Stoudemire: Star 4x, Stud 1x, Starter 2x, Bench 4x, Bust 1x

Lebron James: Star 10x, Starter 1x

Travis Outlaw: Starter 1x, Bench 1x, Bust 9x

Ndudi Ebi: Bust 2x

Kendrick Perkins: Starter 3x, Bench 1x, Bust 7x

James Lang: Bust 1x

Dwight Howard: Star 4x, Stud 6x

Shaun Livingston: Bench 2x, Bust 7x

Robert Swift: Bust 4x

Sebastian Telfair: Bust 9x

Al Jefferson: Stud 4x, Starter 2x, Bench 3x, Bust 1x

Josh Smith: Stud 1x, Starter 3x, Bench 5x, Bust 1x

J.R. Smith: Starter 2x, Bench 6x, Bust 2x

Dorell Wright: Starter 1x, Bench 3x, Bust 6x

Martell Webster: Starter 1x, Bench 3x, Bust 5x

Andrew Bynum: Stud 2x, Starter 2x, Bench 2x, Bust 2x

Gerald Green: Starter 1x, Bust 6x

C.J. Miles: Bench 4x, Bust 5x

Ricky Sanchez: n/a

Monta Ellis: Stud 1x, Starter 1x, Bench 4x, Bust 3x

Louis Williams: Starter 3x, Bench 3x, Bust 3x

Andray Blatche: Bench 4x, Bust 5x

Amir Johnson: Starter 3x, Bench 4x, Bust 2x