Kevin Garnett High School Draft. With the fifth pick in the draft, garnett became the first player to be drafted directly out of high school since 1975. The last high school player to be drafted into the n.b.a.
1995 and invited the 13 nba teams with the highest draft picks. The trend reached its peak in 2001, with three of the top four draft picks coming straight from high school, including kwame brown, the first preps star to be taken.