Shawn Kemp is one of the most exciting players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). His twisting, turning dunks are regular features on sports highlight shows, and no one finishes on an alley-oop pass like the Seattle Supersonics forward. Although Kemp is only 26 years old, he is a veteran of six NBA seasons. That is because he is one of only six players who have entered the NBA without ever playing a game in college. Though this decision worked out for Kemp, he says he wishes things had been different and would not recommend that anyone else go directly from high school to the pros. A member of "Dream Team II," which won the World Basketball Championships in 1994, Kemp overcame his mistakes to become one of the best basketball players in the world. In 1997 he got a new start when he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in...