After the NBA and ABA merged, players could come out after high school. Still, there were only a few cases prior to Kevin Garnett coming out in 1995, so Nike and the other companies were only involved in the college game.
Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game.
I think Kevin Garnett is going to be really good at some point.
I've modeled my game after Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan.