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Since that entire class has been removed 5 years from their HS graduation (so a 4 yr college SR had a chance to get into the NBA) lets review the top 50.
1. LeBron James
2. Luol Deng
3. Ndubi Ebi
4. David Padgett
5. Shannon Brown
6. Kendrick Perkins
7. Charlie Villanueva
8. Leon Powe
9. Chris Paul
10. Mustafa Shakur
11. Brian Butch
12. James Lang
13. Linas Kleiza
14. Brandon Bass
15. Von Wafer
16. Dorell Wright
17. Travis Outlaw
18. Kris Humphries
19. Trevor Ariza
20. Olu Famutimi
21. J.R. Giddens
22. Michael Jones
23. Dion Harris
24. Demetris Nichols
25. Darryl Watkins
26. Sean Banks
27. Regis Koundija
28. Brandon Cotton
29. Drew Lavendar
30. Martin Iti
31. Guillermo Diaz
32. Richard McBride
33. Jackie Butler
34. Taurean Minor
35. Rodrick Stewart
36. Gary Ervin
37. Aaron Brooks
38. Ronnie Brewer
39. Courtney Sims
40. Dameon Mason
41. Terrence Roberts
42. Thomas Gardner
43. Chris Taft
44. Chris Richard
45. Lorenzo Wade
46. Ekene Ibekwe
47. Mohamed Abkur
48. Ivan Harris
49. Major Wingate
50. Lodrick Stewart

Notables Outside Top 50
61. Marcus Williams
74. Jamero Davidson
77. Longar Longar
91. Renaldo Balkman
97. Patrick Ewing Jr.
100. DJ Strawberry

Aaron Brooks is a surprise at 37 to me. He is an overachiever in a sense while guys like Ndubi Ebi should have clearly went to school.
Others like Shakur and Padgett have stayed in school yet will never sniff an NBA floor.

strong at the top with Lebron and Paul but a lot of nameless guys

Actually, I could see Padgett coming into the league in a few years, in the same way Brad Miller did. It depends on how "recovered" he actually is from the injuries he endured over the last couple of seasons.

ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:Aaron Brooks is a surprise at 37 to me. He is an overachiever in a sense while guys like Ndubi Ebi should have clearly went to school.

Question: If Aaron Brooks is an overachiever, what is Mustafa Shakur (#10)? If anything, he's a top-25 player from this class.

This one really varies; everything from your NBA superstars (LeBron, Paul) to solid NBA players to solid college players to unmitigated busts, as well as one player that I still don't think really exists (Ndubi Ebi).

actually i liked Ebi coming into the draft. Along with Travis Outlaw. i do think he shoulda went to College though.. obviously as i have no clue to where he is now.

i think he's playing in israel

Wolves fans don't know either.