At Trinidad Junior College, he put up insane numbers, averaging 28.1 points and 22.1 rebounds. With players like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Elvin Hayes, and Wes Unseld boycotting the 1968 Olympic team, that kid, Spencer Haywood, earned a tryout. “I figured, hell, I’ll just go down there, get me a lot of gear, go back to Detroit and say: ‘Boys, I tried out,'” Haywood told the Detroit Free Press. “Lo and behold, I was the first player picked.”