5*, as used here, is nothing but a very crude proxy for playing winning basketball (i.e. this is the misuse of "talent" sans the word itself). And we know that playing winning basketball is affected by many other factors than those taken into account in star rankings of high school players, such as experience, continuity, skill, conditioning, etc... so this exercise would be good to measure exactly what it states, but largely irrelevant to the implied argument.
Put another way, you don't look your best when you're echoing Mr. Baracus's posts.