“I wanted to go to Southwestern (where friend and future Michigan teammate Jalen Rose would play), but my dad wanted me to go to Country Day to make sure I got an education, ” Webber told Sport magazine. When it came time to start high school, Mayce made a decision that Chris did not like at the time, taking him out of public school and sending him to Detroit Country Day High, a private school located in the upscale suburb of Birmingham. Chris proved early to be a promising basketball talent -in one game in the eighth grade he scored 64 points and had 15 dunks. Mayce, a factory worker in a Detroit General Motors plant, sometimes worked double shifts to ensure that his five children could have clothes that fit. Webber was born Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III, March 1, 1973, in Detroit. By the new millennium Webber was playing for the Sacramento Kings, his crown a bit tilted and tarnished. Webber also started his own record label. In addition, the sport shoe and apparel company, Fila, terminated Webber ’s contract. By the time he was 26 Webber had been released by two teams, had been arrested for assault, resisting arrest, possession of marijuana, and was named in a sexual assault complaint. Webber undoubtedly had the talent to establish himself historically as a basketball figure with celebrity status, but perhaps he was not prepared for the particular demands and temptations that come with that kind of status. While gradually gaining back his good-guy image playing with the Washington Bullets, Webber reached his mid-twenties with a long career in front of him in which to define his place in the game ’s history.
He then gave his last two years of college up to join the National Basketball Association (NBA) and enjoyed one of the greatest rookie seasons in the league ’s history.īefore his second season began, however, a well-publicized rift with his coach forced a trade to another team and left Webber being identified as a crybaby. While he was a high school phenomenon and a member of the celebrated Fab Five University of Michigan team, Webber got his first moment in the national spotlight when he made one of basketball ’s most notable all-time blunders at the end of his sophomore season. Chris Webber reached celebrity status by his early twenties, but it is questionable whe-her any prominent athlete ’s career had as many ups and downs as Webber ’s.
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