<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If the three ?Ds? ? desire, determination and development ? carry any weight with the talent sleuths, Carlos Powell will hear his name called during the National Basketball Association?s draft of college players Tuesday night. ?People don?t really appreciate his talents until they realize where he was, see where he is and understand where he will be,? said Tommy Johnson, Powell?s high school coach at Wilson High in Florence. Johnson is biased, of course. But he has watched Powell blossom from a player who took up basketball late, at age 15, into an outstanding college performer at the University of South Carolina. He believes the pro game will follow. ?Relentless,? a rival Southeastern Conference coach called the 6-foot-7, 225-pound Powell, and the pro scouts have said he will need more than that attribute to advance to the next level. He must adjust to playing on the wing full time and his outside shooting will require more consistency. Since helping the Gamecocks win the National Invitation Tournament title this past season, Powell participated in the Portsmouth and Chicago pre-draft camps and showed his skills in individual tryouts with seven teams. ?(The scouts) have been encouraging,? Powell said. Now, he waits to see if they have been convinced.</div> Source
