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The best high school basketball recruits we have ever seen

An Eastern Conference NBA scout told Paul Biancardi that high school junior prospect LeBron James eventually would be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. Dave Saffran/NBAE via Getty Images

Our college basketball experts have seen the best high school hoops prospects over the past couple of decades. They've seen players go from highly touted recruits to NBA MVPs.

And yet for every recruit they have scouted and been right about over the years, there are a few they have missed on as well.

Paul Biancardi, Adam Finkelstein, Jeff Borzello and Myron Medcalf reflect on the best prospects they have ever seen, those they undervalued, those they overrated and the best high school freshmen they have seen.