I enjoyed this video because he has done the research and avoids absolutes in lieu of reasonable analysis.
I, also, have been interested in high school rankings versus the WNBA draft and college Efficiency. I won’t bore you with another chart, but, again, Hunter Cruse does a good job in this video IMHO.
He doesn’t answer his two questions at the beginning. Well, he answers them the right way, via an operational definition: facts & figures with analysis.
His two questions were:
Do high school recruiting rankings actually matter?
Are they an indication of future NBA success?
My short answers, with both his and my research, are 1) Yes and 2) “an indication”, Yes
One complaint is his definition of “high school recruiting rankings”. I think he falls short by simply using the No. 1 ranked player by HoopGurlz. Try an average or weighted average of many rating services. What makes ESPN’s rating so special? (OK, I know the answer to that—marketing.)
Also, why only use one (the top) example from each class? (OK, I know the answer to that, too, length of the video)
Again, I would suggest a chart :)
As an aside, what I find fascinating (and have always found fascinating) is the number of HoopGurlz No. 1 recruits that go to UConn. From 2010 onward UConn has eight! … in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023! (ND has 0)