<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Did the Orlando Magic really take an 18-year-old kid from a Class A private school in Georgia with the No. 1 overall selection in the NBA Draft? Sure did. And if you ask some people who saw the 6-foot-10 big man play, they'll tell you it was a good pick. "I saw Dwight play all four years of his high school career," said Derrick Mahone, a preps writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "With each year, you could tell he worked during the offseason to get better. The best game I saw him play was his final game in the state championship. He was dominant." After three consecutive years of losing in the state semifinals, Howard led his team to a 63-45 victory against Whitefield Academy. Howard scored 26 points, grabbed 20 rebounds and blocked 11 shots. You may scoff at Howard's competition. Sure, he went head-to-rib cage with a handful of 6-foot-3 "big men" but his team also traveled around the country -- to California and Delaware, to name some -- to play teams. Plus, Howard had a formidable opponent right in his own conference. </div> Full Story Although HS numbers are irrelevent, he appears to have the other tools it takes to have a successful NBA career. It also seems like we have a lot of Dwight doubters on the board - which is ashame. We have yet to see him play and all we hear is positive talk, so why the negativity?
