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The main difference between football/basketball and baseball/hockey is the existence of a robust minor league system where newly drafted players are placed with other players at the same level they are.
Major League Baseball regularly drafts HS players, but who was the last HS player drafted that was sent immediately to the Major League club?
Hockey works much the same with all of the Junior Legues and minor league teams.
As far as the NBA, I think the long term plan is for the NBDL to serve as a minor league, but that is still years away from what I understand. The NBA draft has now shifted focus from demonstrated talent to potential. No team wants to be the one that passed on Joe HS player only to see the kid become a superstar in 3-5 years.
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