<P> The terms of the new agreement ended the practice of drafting high school players, starting in the 2006 Draft . A high school player must wait at least a year to be eligible for selection . However, they are not required to spend that year in college . In 2008, high school star Brandon Jennings decided to skip college and play professional basketball in Italy . After a year, he was eligible for the 2009 draft and was selected 10th by the Milwaukee Bucks . In the 2010 draft, Latavious Williams, who did not qualify academically to go to college, spent a year playing in the NBA D - League before he was drafted in the second round . Emmanuel Mudiay decided to take a route similar to that of Brandon Jennings by skipping college to play professionally in China in 2014 before being selected by the Denver Nuggets at pick 7 a year later . In the 2015 draft, Satnam Singh Bhamara, who did not qualify academically to go to college, went straight to the NBA draft as a post-graduate after being at IMG Academy for five years . He would be taken by the Dallas Mavericks with the 52nd pick in the draft, thus becoming the first high school student to be drafted since the rule changes . Most recently, in the 2016 draft, one of the Top--10 players that was declared eligible for NCAA play in 2016, Thon Maker, decided to enter the draft instead as a post-graduate from Orangeville Prep in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada due to him originally declaring himself as eligible for college in 2015 . Thon would also mark the first player to be drafted directly from a Canadian high school, as well as the second player to enter as a post-graduate . He'd also be the first high schooler to be drafted in the first round since 2005 . He would be drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the tenth pick in the draft, becoming the first high school student to be taken in the first round in that range since 2005 . </P> <P> Some players support the new age limit . Gerald Green called it "a smart move", saying that "(not everybody is) LeBron James...He came in ready and he dominated the league . There's a lot of players that have to get developed . Me, I've got to get developed . But I guess that age limit, that one year of college experience, can get you more developed and I think that's pretty good ." Others, however, strongly criticize the rule . Andrew Bynum said "That's something I'll never understand . Because in no other business can the owner, or a stock trader or a C.E.O. of a company try to protect themselves by putting rules like that ." Former Florida Gators and current Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan believed that the rule made high schoolers feel like they were being punished . </P> <P> There have been 44 high school draftees in the NBA Draft . Three draftees were selected first overall; Kwame Brown in 2001 NBA draft, LeBron James in 2003 and Dwight Howard in 2004 NBA draft . Two draftees went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award in their first season; LeBron James and 2002 draftee Amar'e Stoudemire . Three draftees went on to win the Most Valuable Player Award; Kevin Garnett in 2004, Kobe Bryant in 2008 and LeBron James in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013 . Ten draftees have been selected to the All - Star Game while seven draftees have been selected to the All - NBA Team . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Pos . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Position </Td> <Td> Guard </Td> <Td> Forward </Td> <Td> Center </Td> </Tr> </Table>

How many players went straight from highschool to the nba