Bob McFlurry with Sports:
The year is 1985, there was not a more dominant high school basketball player in the country. Scott Howard a 5 foot 4 inch 17 year old High School student averaged a quadruple double that year, a feat never before done at any level of Basketball. High School coach Bobby Finstock called “The Wolf”, “The best player he had ever seen. Period.”. Though not without some controversy.
A still unknown genetic defect gives Scott the power of a Werewolf and he transferred those increases in strength, speed and endurance to the basketball court. After leading the Beavers to a District Championship, Howard accepted a scholarship to play Basketball at Major University.
Howard played point guard for two seasons at Major U and led the nation in scoring, rebounds, assists , steals and blocks. After his sophomore season Howard declared himself eligible of the draft. Ultimately David Stern did not allow Howard to join the NBA ranks due to the Wolf persona and doubts about Genetic Engineering and possibly Howard’s steroid use. Howard was in the process of appealing Sterns decision when Howard fell off the top of a van while going 30 miles an hour, a stunt known as “Van Surfing”, the Wolf was known to do on a routine basis. Howard suffered both shattered ankles and legs while he and friend Rupert ‘Stiles’ Stilinski were arrested for DUI, public drunkenness and reckless endangerment.
The injuries effectively ended Scott Howard’s athletic career, even though he had super human healing abilities.
Could you imagine Scott Howard in the NBA? He would have been drafted in 1986 (#1 overall presumably) and given the proper surrounding cast, probably would have given Michael Jordan a run for his money in terms of Championships. A Wolf Man that can shoot, jump, rebound and block shots…. What could have been.