text: how many nba players came straight from high school? can i have the exact up to date answer don't know the exact number but here is a few: moses malone, darryl dawkins, bill willoughby, kevin garnett, kobe bryant, jermaine o'neal, tracy mcgrady, al harrington, jonathan bender, leon smith, darius miles, deshawn stevenson, kwame brown, tyson chandler, eddy curry, desagana diop, kedrick brown, amare stoudamire, lebron james, travis outlaw, ndudi ebi, james lang, dwight howard, shaun livingston, robert swift, sebastian telfair, al jefferson, josh smith, j.r. smith, dorell wright, martell webster, andrew bynum, c.j. miles, monta ellis, louis williams, amir johnson, alex acker  all in all 38 players are here that went from high school straight to the pros.