NBA Finals 2022: A look back at the Warriors' and Celtics' high school basketball highlights

The top seeds are out, as the No. 3 Golden State Warriors in the West take on the No. 2 Boston Celtics in the East starting today in the NBA Finals.

The Celtics are back in the finals for the first time since 2010, while the Warriors return from a three-year hiatus. 

Watch: Jaylen Brown vs. Payton Pritchard in the 2014 Les Schwab Invitational

Earlier we took a state-by-state look at where all the Celtics and Warriors played their high school basketball, and now we'll go a little deeper.

Here's a quick snapshot of the players' high school basketball achievements along with YouTube highlights. The Celtics' Daniel Theis (Germany) and the Warriors' Nemanja Bjelica (Serbia) are the only two who didn't play high school basketball in the U.S.

Golden State Warriors

Chris Chiozza, White Station High School (Tennessee)

Chiozza averaged 15 points and eight assists per game as a senior point guard in 2014 for White Station and chose Florida as the No. 45-ranked player in Tennessee. 

Stephen Curry, Charlotte Christian School (North Carolina)

Curry led Charlotte Christian School to three conference titles and three state playoff appearances, but he was lightly recruited as a senior in 2006. Davidson ended up pretty happy with the player it got.

Draymond Green, Saginaw High School (Michigan)

As a senior in 2008, Green led Saginaw to a 27–1 record, a No. 4 national ranking by USA Today and a Class A state championship for the second straight year.

Andre Iguodala, Lanphier High School (Illinois)

As a senior in 2002, Iguodala averaged 23.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists to lead Lanphier to a runner-up finish at the Illinois High School Association Class AA state tournament. He was a runner-up behind Dee Brown as Illinois Mr. Basketball.

Jonathan Kuminga, The Patrick School (New Jersey)

Kuminga started at Huntington Prep in West Virginia, then transferred to Our Savior New American School in New York and finally The Patrick School, where he reclassified as a junior in 2020 to enter the NBA G League.

Damion Lee, Calvert Hall College High School (Maryland)

Lee was a a first-team All-Baltimore Catholic League selection in his senior year in 2010 at Calvert Hall and played a year of prep school basketball in Connecticut before starring at Drexel and Louisville (not Towson as the video below suggests).

Kevon Looney, Alexander Hamilton High School (Wisconsin)

As a senior in 2014, Looney averaged 27.9 points, 12.7 rebounds, seven assists and eight blocks per game playing primarily point guard despite being Alexander Hamilton's tallest player.

Moses Moody, Montverde Academy (Florida)

Moody played his first two years of high school basketball in Arkansas before transferring to Montverde Academy. He averaged 11.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game as a senior in 2020 for the No. 1 team in the nation.

Gary Payton II, Spring Valley High School (Nevada)

The "Young Glove" played basketball and swam competitively at Spring Valley, where he graduated in 2011 before playing at prep school and community college before getting a shot at his dad's alma mater, Oregon State.

Jordan Poole, La Lumiere School (Indiana)

Poole was a member of the 2017 Dick's National High School Champion La Lumiere team that beat Montverde Academy for the title. He played his first three years of high school ball with Rufus King in Wisconsin.

Otto Porter Jr., Scott County Central High School (Missouri)

Porter earned all-state honors as a junior and senior and led the Braves to three straight Class 1 state championships. He averaged 30 points and 14 rebounds a game his senior year in 2011.

Klay Thompson, Santa Margarita Catholic High School (California)

As a senior in 2008, Thompson averaged 21 points per game and led Santa Margarita to a 30–5 record and a Division III state championship appearance, earning honors as Division III California player of the year.

Juan Toscano-Anderson, Castro Valley High School (California)

Then known only as Juan Anderson, he led Castro Valley to a record-setting 2010-11 season, posting the program's most wins with a record of 30-2 and claimed its first league and North Coast Section titles.

Quinndary Weatherspoon, Velma Jackson High School (Mississippi)

Weatherspoon won state titles in his first three years at Velma Jackson — 2012, 2013 and 2014 — graduating in 2015 as a three-star recruit.

Andrew Wiggins, Huntington Prep (West Virginia)

Known more for his Canadian roots, Wiggins did play two years of high school basketball in the United States. He averaged 24.2 points and 8.5 rebounds as a junior and 23.4 points and 11.2 rebounds as a senior. He chose Kansas as the No. 1-ranked prospect in the class of 2013.

James Wiseman, Memphis East High School (Tennessee)

After averaging 25.8 points, 14.8 rebounds, and 5.5 blocks as a senior in 2019 at Memphis East, Wiseman was named Gatorade National Player of the Year and Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year.

Boston Celtics

Jaylen Brown, Wheeler High School (Georgia)

Brown was named Gatorade Georgia Boys Player of the Year and Georgia Mr. Basketball after leading Wheeler to the Class 6A state championship as a senior in 2015.

Malik Fitts, Damien High School (California)

Fitts helped lead Damien to a CIF Division III state title as a senior in 2015, averaging 16 points and eight rebounds per game. He played one postgraduate year at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire.

Sam Hauser, Stevens Point Area Senior High School (Wisconsin)

Hauser helped Stevens Point Area to an undefeated season and a second consecutive Division 1 state championship as a senior in 2016. He averaged 18.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, four assists and 3.1 blocks per game and was named Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year.

Al Horford, Grand Ledge High School (Michigan)

Horford has the most career points in Grand Ledge history with 1,239. As a senior in 2004, he was named Class A Player of the Year after averaging 21 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks per game.

Luke Kornet, Liberty Christian School (Texas)

Kornet starred at Liberty Christian, a private school just outside of Dallas and off the radar of college recruiters — even small Texas colleges — despite being 6-foot-10 with a lethal outside shot.

Juwan Morgan, Waynesville High School (Missouri)

Morgan averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks in his senior year at Waynesville in 2015, finishing as a finalist for Mr. Basketball in Missouri.

Aaron Nesmith, Porter-Gaud School (South Carolina)

Nesmith left Porter-Gaud in 2018 as a three-time Class 3A player of the year and three-time state champion.

Payton Pritchard, West Linn High School (Oregon)

Pritchard starred immediately as a freshman at West Linn and won state championships in Oregon's highest classification in all four years at West Linn, graduating in 2016.

Matt Ryan, Iona Prep (New York)

Ryan led the Gaels to the program’s first Class 2A Archdiocesan Championship while averaging 20 points per game as a senior in 2015, earning honors as New York Mr. Basketball.

Marcus Smart, Marcus High School (Texas)

The McDonald's All-American amassed a record of 115-6 through three seasons at Marcus and was a two-time 5A state champion. He was the top-ranked shooting guard in the nation leaving high school in 2012.

Nik Stauskas, St. Mark's School (Massachusetts)

Stauskas started his high school career in Canada, then moved to Connecticut and finally St. Mark's in Massachusetts, where he earned the reputation as one of the best 3-point shooters in the nation.

Jayson Tatum, Chaminade College Prep (Missouri)

Tatum was a four-year star at Chaminade College Prep. As a senior in 2016 Tatum averaged 29.6 points and 9.1 rebounds to lead Chaminade to its second Missouri Class 5A state championship.

Brodric Thomas, Bolingbrook High School (Illinois)

Thomas had such an unheralded high school career that we couldn't find any footage of his highlights at Bolingbrook. He grew 4 inches in college at Division II Truman State (highlights below) on his astonishing ascent toward the NBA.

Derrick White, Legend High School (Colorado)

White's story is a lot like Thomas'. Barely 6 feet tall as a senior, White earned little attention from college recruiters, but he grew 4 inches while playing for Division II Colorado-Colorado Springs, eventually transferring to Colorado.

Grant Williams, Providence Day (North Carolina)

During his senior season in 2016, Williams averaged 15.8 points and 10.1 rebounds per game en route to Associated Press All-State honors and the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association 3A state championship.

Robert Williams III, North Caddo High School (Louisiana)

Williams graduated from North Caddo High School in 2016 as the Class 2A Player of the Year, but without much recruiting fanfare despite being the top-ranked player in Louisiana.