Kevin Durant

By Adam Lindemer Jennings was given slack after he graduated high school, when he decided to hop on a plane to Europe and play ball overseas, rather than spend a year in college like a Greg Oden or Kevin Durant. In his very first NBA game, Jennings flirted with a triple-double, finishing with 17 points, n...

Clark came out of Rahway, NJ, in the talented high school class of 2006 that was headlined by Greg Oden and Kevin Durant but also included Thaddeus Young and many of the players who'll hear their names called on draft night this season. ...

Adkins, who spent 16 years as a high school coach, is credited with helping develop former Montrose Christian standouts Greivis Vasquez (Maryland), Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder) and Linas Kleiza (Denver Nuggets). The Radford University graduate ...

By Kyle Williams 19. Atlanta Hawks: Austin Daye, F, Gonzaga 21. New Orleans: Chase Budinger, G/F, Arizona 30. L.A. Lakers: Darren Collison, G, UCLA 46. Cleveland Cavaliers: Greivis Vasquez, G, Maryland 49. Atlanta Hawks: Chris Johnson, F/C, LSU 52. Indiana Pacers: Leo Lyons, F, Missouri

 MD It was rumored after the departure of Park that Dave Adkins, a former boy's high school coach at Montrose Christian and Dematha and personal trainer for the likes of Kevin Durant, Michael Beasley, Marissa Coleman and others, would be in line for a job ...

 VA Many of the nation's top high school boys annually attend the camp, at which they're tutored by current and former NBA players on the court and in the classroom. Camp alumni include Rashard Lewis, Dwight Howard, Lamar Odom, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant ...

 FL Even Kevin Durant and Michael Beasley spent some time of their high school careers in these hills, although both transferred out. This is where almost every high school basketball athlete only dreams to play. Welcome to Oak Hill Academy. ...

 PA Despite being one of the nation's top players in high school – when he played with stars like Kevin Durant and Michael Beasley at Oak Hill Academy – and on loaded college teams, Lawson has continued to expand his overall game. “He's improved each year. ...

 NY On one side you’ve got Texas’ Rick Barnes; a master of the recruiting game (see Dime #47) who readily admits he’s been able to turn the Longhorns into a national power thanks to landing some of the country’s top high school talent (Kevin Durant, ...

By dberri Based on Draftexpress.com's current mock draft, Michael Beasley is the top NBA prospect.  His emergence at Kansas State lives up to all the the hype and so does his Win Score (adjusted for position played).  So far, his marks exceed those posted last year by Greg Oden and Kevin Durant.

By Sal Marinello Kevin Durant, former Texas Longhorn basketball player and one of the top prospects in the upcoming NBA draft, supposedly couldn’t bench press 185 pounds at the recent NBA pre-draft camp. Durant ranked 78th out of 80 players at the pre-draft camp, and as a result some people are questionin...

There is no graduating high school basketball player in the country as explosive as Kevin Durant or as dominant as Greg Oden. But that doesn't mean The Courier-Journal's Super Five — the nation's best high school basketball prospects — lacks talent.

The NBA's draft-age rule is not universally liked by the top high-school players. Texas' Kevin Durant and Ohio State's Greg Oden are the "what-if?" poster children for this season's new NBA age minimum.