David West hasn't always had a host of believers in his corner.

"It's the way my life has been going," said West, an NBA Draft prospect who worked out for the Jazz on Tuesday.

"I mean, they said I couldn't play in college," the North Carolina high school product added. "I was only recruited by one school."

It wasn't North Carolina, or Duke, or even Wake Forest. It wasn't any of the ACC schools, for that matter.