He spent the next three years with the Bullets (later renamed the Washington Wizards), although in the 1995-96 season injuries limited him to 15 games. Webber was traded in his second year to the Washington Bullets, where he was reunited with his college teammate and friend, Juwan Howard. By the 1994 offseason, Nelson felt that he could no longer coach Webber.
Nelson wanted to make Webber primarily a post player, despite Webber's superb passing ability and good ball handling skills for someone his size at 6'10" (2.08 m) tall. However, he had a long-standing conflict with his coach, Don Nelson. He was instrumental in leading the Warriors back into the playoffs. He had an outstanding first year, averaging 17 points and nine rebounds per game and thus winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. In 1993, Webber was selected first in the NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic, who immediately traded him to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Anfernee Hardaway and three future first round draft picks. In spite of ESPN's efforts, it should be noted that Webber has never won a major basketball championship, either in college (despite two trips to the NCAA Championship Game, even if it is now officially recognized that this didn't happen) or in the NBA. They noted that North Carolina was favored to win, and that Webber still had a dominating game and without him, Michigan would not have even reached the championship. This caused the NCAA to strike all of the Wolverines accomplishments from his two seasons (1991-93) from their official records.ĮSPN tried to clear up the ongoing controversy that surrounds the incident. During the trial, he admitted to accepting large amounts of cash from a Michigan booster, Ed Martin, during his college career. On April 5, 1993, at Michigan's second consecutive championship game, Webber infamously called a time-out with 11 seconds left in the game when his team, only behind by two points, did not have any remaining, resulting in a technical foul that effectively clinched the game for North Carolina. Four of the Fab Five (Webber, Rose, Howard, and King) made the NBA, and three of them (Webber, Rose and Howard) are still playing today. The Fab Five, sporting long, baggy shorts and black shoes, became immensely popular as they were seen as bringing a hip hop flavor to the game. This group, all of whom entered Michigan as freshmen in the fall of 1991, took the basketball team to the NCAA finals twice. While at Michigan, Webber led the group known as the Fab Five, which included himself, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson. After graduating from Detroit Country Day School (where his number, 44, is retired) and playing for the Yellow Jackets, he went to college at the University of Michigan for two years.
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