ORLANDO - What makes this year’s draft class so unique is that many of the top prospects were not well known before college.
Of course, that’s not the case across the board as projected top 10 picks Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett, Cam Reddish and Darius Garland were highly touted prospects in high school.
But for others such as Ja Morant, Jarrett Culver, De’Andre Hunter, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Brandon Clarke, they certainly didn’t get the same type of recognition during their youth.
Clarke’s story is extra unique, considering his name wasn’t listed on most of the national high school basketball recruiting databases when he was at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix.