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Originally Posted by flames_1987
There was a ton of backlash for taking a High School player in Howard, especially when Okafor was thought of as a more proven commodity. He faced a ton of heat and I would assume the history he is referring to is Wesibrod's past draft history which you can feel free to educate yourself on and see why he's so highly talked about.
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At the time of the draft, Howard was the 3rd high schooler taken number 1 in the previous 4 years. The other two were Stoudemiere and LeBron.
the criticism of that pick was purely conjecture about Okefor. The two were interchangeable going into the draft with many people split on the two.
If any NHL draft has a parallel, its the Taylor vs Tyler draft.
The comparison here is much different.