Back then, NBA rules prevented those not yet four years removed from graduating high school from playing. Haywood signed with the SuperSonics, who offered to pay him while he sat out a year until his eligibility. Instead, Haywood launched an antitrust suit that’d eventually go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court ruled 7-2 in favor of Haywood, and the league reached an out-of-court settlement with the power forward.