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This Friday, No. 1 pick Flag may make his debut after landing in the NBA, when the Mavericks will usher in the first summer league game against the Lakers. This 2.03-meter striker is talented and was the number one high school student in the United States in high school. His future has made fans full of expectations.

Today, Lao Zhen will take a look at the number one high school students in the United States in the past 10 years to see how they are currently in the future.

Darling Peterson

For those teams in the league who are still in the early stages of reconstruction, next season is worthy of their bad performance. The 2026 draft is regarded as a year of draft by many people, and there are many young geniuses. Darling Peterson is one of them. He is 1.96 meters tall and can play in both positions in the backcourt. Some scouts use Lillard as his template, and some scouts believe that his technical characteristics are similar to Booker and Alexander.

This year, Peterson was elected as the Naismith Award for High School Player of the Year, which both Kobe and James have won. He has promised to join the University of Kansas and is about to start his college career. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be in the NBA next year.

Frager

Frager, from high school to college, Flag has demonstrated strong strength. In addition to being the No. 1 high school student in the United States, he also won the ACC League Player of the Year, the ACC League's Rookie of the Year awards for a season with Duke, and was also selected as the ACC League's Best Team Team, the ACC League's Best Defensive Team and the ACC League's Best New Team Team, as well as the National College Student Player of the Year awards awarded by multiple different institutions.

At this year's draft, Flag was elected No. 1 without any suspense. The NBA is a bigger stage and he has the opportunity to achieve greater success.

Ronald Holland

As the No. 1 high school student in the United States in 2023, Holland was selected by the Pistons in the 5th overall pick in the 24th NBA Draft. In his rookie season, Holland's performance was not outstanding. He played in 81 regular season games, averaged 15.6 minutes per game, scored 6.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1 assist, with a shooting percentage of 47.4%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 23.8%.

Nick Smith

Nick Smith was a top high school student in the United States, but his injury seriously affected his freshman season. He only played 17 games in his freshman year, averaging 25.8 minutes per game, scoring 12.5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists, shooting percentage of 37.6% and three-point shooting percentage of 33.7%. Finally, in the 2023 draft, he was not selected by the Hornets until the 27th pick in the first round.

Rookie season, Knicks Smith averaged 5.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game; last season he made significant progress, playing 60 games, averaging 22.8 minutes per game, scoring 9.9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists, shooting percentage of 39.1% and three-point shooting percentage of 34%.

Homegren

Chett's NBA career started not smoothly. After joining the Thunder as the second-place winner, he was reimbursed for the season without a game. However, since the 23-24 season, he has slowly proved his strength and has averaged 15+7 per game in the past two seasons.

Last season, Homegren played only 32 regular season games due to injury, but played 23 playoff games, averaging 15.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game, becoming the team's hero to win the championship.

Cningham

Cningham is not the kind of player who makes a big splash. However, after entering the NBA as the No. 1 pick in 21 years, he has improved every year. He officially entered the ranks of stars last season, averaging 26.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 9.1 assists per game. He was selected as the All-Star and was selected into the third team.

On the economic level, Cningham signed a five-year maximum salary contract of 269 million yuan last summer, and also achieved great success.

Edwards

Edwards is the No. 1 pick in 2020, and he is the best player in this class so far. The second-place Wiseman has become a base salary player, and LaMelo Ball has also been ups and downs. Perhaps only Halliburton, who is 12th overall, can match him. Last season, Huazi averaged 27.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game, shooting percentage of 44.7%, three-point shooting percentage of 39.5%, and scored 320 three-pointers, making him the league's three-pointer.

In the fiercely competitive West, Edwards has led the team to the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years. In the 2019 draft, Barrett was selected by the Knicks in the third pick in the first round. His development has been smooth since the 21-22 season, and his average score per game has remained at around 20 points per season.

However, he is not indispensable for every team that Barrett has played for so far in his career. In 2023, the Knicks sent him, Quickley and a second round to the Raptors in exchange for Anunobi, Achuva and Flynn. This summer, the Raptors have also explored his trading market. As the second pick in 2018, Bagley's NBA career has been declining. Last season, he played for the Wizards and the Grizzlies, playing 31 games, averaging 8.5 minutes per game, scoring 4.4 points and 2.7 rebounds.

Bagley's contract has expired. He is currently a full free agent. When the 22-year rookie contract expired, he signed 37.5 million yuan with the Pistons for three years, but now such a contract has become a luxury. Even if he can continue to stay in the NBA next, he may be a basic salary in front of him. In the 2017 NBA Draft, the Suns selected Josh Jackson in the fourth pick. Now the forward has been completely labeled as a squad. After 2022, he has never appeared in the NBA again.

There is another anecdote about Josh Jackson. Before the draft, the Celtics (with the No. 3 pick) were very interested in him and invited him to try out the team, but he refused. After being rejected, the Celtics were not discouraged. They made a special trip from Boston to Sacramento to see Jackson training, but were still turned away. Danny Angie, then general manager of the Celtics, was very angry about this, and they finally chose Tatum in the third pick. Fans know what happened afterwards that the Celtics, who have double-Tanhua, successfully won the championship last year.