1998 | 1998 in music | 2010 NFL Draft | 1998 FIFA World Cup | 1998–99 in English football | 1998 Winter Olympics | 1998 in baseball | 1998 ATP Tour | 1998 Commonwealth Games | NBA Development League | 1998 United States embassy bombings | 1998 in television | United States House of Representatives elections, 1998 | 1998 Asian Games | The Thin Red Line (1998 film) | NBA Finals | NBA draft | Godzilla (1998 film) | United States Senate elections, 1998 | NBA on ESPN | NBA Fastbreak | 2007 NFL Draft | 1992 NBA Finals | NBA's | 2013 NFL Draft | 2009 NFL Draft | 2002 Major League Baseball Draft | 1998 World's Strongest Man | Ride (1998 film) | NHL Entry Draft |
An athletic 6'7" small forward, Young starred at Wichita East High School and Hargrave Military Academy (Virginia). As a senior at Hargrave, he decided to skip college and declare himself eligible for the 1998 NBA Draft. Hargrave's then assistant coach, Kevin Keats, said, "Normally, when a kid is thinking about something like this, you'll hear about it.