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Article: PREPS DOMINATE NBA DRAFT\ 8 HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS PICKED.(Sports)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2004
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Byline: Milton Kent Baltimore Sun
Armed with the first pick in Thursday night's NBA draft, the Orlando Magic believed it would get the best player in an evening that was longer on promise than proven product.
In the end, the Magic went with promise, taking Dwight Howard, a high school forward from Atlanta, over another 6-foot-10 big man, Connecticut junior center Emeka Okafor.
The Magic, which had the league's worst record at 21-61 last season and won the draft lottery, had wavered between taking Okafor, the co-National College Player of the Year, and Howard, the consensus high school Player of the Year.
Stung by the 2001 signing of ...