Had read the basics of that Kwame story before in a piece. But will have to check out that book anyway. One of the more interesting things to me about the high school "boom" period was that the last two drafts with them produced way more career players than clear busts. (2004: Dwight Howard, Shaun Livingston, Al Jefferson, Josh Smith, J.R. Smith, Dorell Wright and 2005: Martell Webster, Andrew Bynum, Gerald Green, C.J. Miles, Monta Ellis, Louis Williams, Andray Blatche, Amir Johnson vs. Robert Swift and Sebastian Telfair)
Favorite part of that article though is the opening:
In 1995, the Washington Bullets had the opportunity to select Kevin Garnett with the fourth overall pick in the NBA draft. They bypassed the stringy teenager, largely because the team's owner, Abe Pollin, did not want to draft a high school player out of principle.
Instead they drafted a 20 year old Sheed.