Moses Malone was a basketball prodigy many years before it was considered commonplace for a richly talented kid to come out of high school and go directly to the professional leagues. Moses was, in fact, in addition to his sterling Hall of Fame career, a youthful pathfinder in a highly competitive sport many years before prep stars-turned-NBA-superstars like Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant came along. And of course, Moses was an icon well prior to the latest high school prodigy, 19-year-old LaBron James, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, who recently became the youngest player in the history of the NBA to win the "Rookie of the Year" award.

What kind of reception did Moses receive in pro-basketball?

Meanwhile, one of the pertinent questions, in hindsight, is, how was Moses, a kid out of high school competing against some of the best players on the planet, received by the fans and by...
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