Garnett, who starts for the Wolves, followed in the footsteps of players like Moses Malone, Bill Willoughby and Darryl Dawkins.

Bill Willoughby would add 14 off the bench to make up for poor shooting by Robert Reid (0 for 7) and Calvin Murphy (4 for 13).

In 1975, Darryl Dawkins and Bill Willoughby both went to the NBA from high school.

Instead he called Bill Willoughby, the celebrated failure from the class of down-underclassmen.

As a prep star, Cartwright was just as highly regarded as fellow preps Darryl Dawkins and Bill Willoughby.

The Hawks used the picks to draft David Thompson and Bill Willoughby.

A year later, two high school players, Darryl Dawkins and Bill Willoughby, applied for hardship and were declared eligible to be selected in the 1975 Draft.

"These guys got it much better today than me, Bill Willoughby and Darryl Dawkins," Malone said of the three most prominent players who skipped college in the 1970's.

DAY after day, Bill Willoughby waits for the telephone to ring and the voice on the other end to offer him a new chance to play professional basketball.

A quarter-century ago Bill Willoughby, the big man with the shy laugh, had quite a game.