When James Worthy was in high school of course, there were no recruiting web sites. You could get newsletters but most people caught wind of recruits like Worthy in the back of magazines like Street & Smith.
You’d get a black and white photo and a capsule and that’s about it.
We found an old issue a while back from his senior year and about Worthy, basically it just said that he was a man among boys.
That was true in college too: at UNC, Worthy was an amazing presence. After UNC won the 1982 national title, he turned pro and was picked #1 by the Los Angeles Lakers.