High School Impact

Who is this guy?
Only the next T-Mac

People have been down on this year's high school senior class in regard to their NBA potential. After watching the McDonald's game, I have to agree for the most part. It was actually a very good game and featured some surefire collegiate stars. However, there were only two young guns that looked like lottery picks.

The first, Gerald Green, is the player most have been pointing too as the one guy that could make an immediate impact in the NBA. He's got good size, a flawless jump shot with deep range, and incredible athleticism. He won the dunk contest yesterday and just got done throwing up 24 points while shooting 6-9 from three. He could stand to grab a few more rebounds and appear slightly less greedy during games (he hand his hands out in the "give me the ball" signal pretty much the whole time), but this guy is the closest thing I've seen to Tracy McGrady. He could have moved from late lottery to a top six or seven pick with this performance in the All-Star game.

The other lottery pick-in-the-making is Martell Webster, a bruising swingman with athleticism and a nice jumper from Seattle. I think he could actually make a similar impact because his game seems so mature and tailor-made for the NBA. However, Green is the guy with more star potential.

I'll be interested to see what guys like Chad Ford made of these performances.