College career
When graduating from either Detroit Country Day School, he went to college at a University of Michigan for two years. When at Michigan, Webber led a class action called a Fabulous 5, which involved himself, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson. This class action, everthing of whom entered Michigan when freshmen in the fall of 1991, took the five to the NCAA finals twice. the Fabulous 5, sporting hanker, loose-fitting shorts & blacken shoes, became vastly popular when it were seen when bringing a hip hop flavor to the game. 4 of a Fabulous 5 (Webber, Rose, Howard, & King) manufactured the NBA, & threesome of the babies (Webber, Rose & Howard) come however swimming in todays world.

In April 5, 1993, at Michigan's second sequentially championship game, Webber infamously known as the time-out with 11 seconds left around the game while his team, exclusively behind by of these point, did non develop any unexpended, following in the technical foul that effectively clinched a game for North Carolina.

NBA career
Around 1993, Webber was selected first in the NBA draft by the Orlando Magic, who immediately traded him to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Anfernee Hardaway and three new 1st circular draft picks.

He experienced an great foremost season, averaging Seventeen points & nine rebounds by a game & so winning the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He was instrumental within leading a Warriors back into a playoffs. But, he experienced an extended-standing conflict by using his coach, Don Nelson. Nelson wanted to produce Webber primarily the post streaming video player, despite Webber's superb pass ability & serious ball treating skills for somebody his size at Half a dozen'X" (2,08m) tall. By the 1994 offseason, Nelson felt that he could no longer coach Webber.

Webber was traded in his second year to the Washington Bullets, where he was reunited with his college teammate and friend, Juwan Howard. He spent the next three years with the Bullets (later renamed the Washington Wizards), although in the 1995-96 season injuries limited him to 15 games. Webber rebounded from the injury and was named to his first All Star team in 1997. In 1997, Webber lead the Bullets into the playoffs for the first time in 9 years, but they were swept by the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls.

On May 14, 1998, Webber was traded to the Sacramento Kings for Mitch Richmond and Otis Thorpe. Webber did not want to go to Sacramento, as they were a perennial losing team. When Webber arrived, the Kings also signed center Vlade Divac and drafted point guard Jason Williams. The Kings quickly became an exciting team, and also NBA title contenders. He was named to the All Star team in 2000 and 2001 while cementing his status as one of the premier power forwards in the NBA. Webber peaked in the 2000-01 season where he averaged a career-high 27.1 points and 10 rebounds.

On July 27, 2001 Webber signed a $127 million, seven-year contract with the Kings. However, he drew controversy from Sacramento fans through his large salary, frequent injuries, and the team's overall good performance while he was on the bench. However, in 2002, Webber led the Kings to the Western Conference Finals, against the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. The Kings put up a good fight against the Lakers, eventually bowing out in 7 games. It was the high point of Webber's stint in Sacramento.

In the third game of the 2003 Western Conference Semifinals against the Dallas Mavericks, Webber suffered a career-threatening knee injury that forced him to miss nearly a year of action. After microfracture surgery, he returned for the final 25 games of the 2003-2004 season, but his athletism, agility, and mobility had been visibly diminished. Nevertheless, Webber is still considered one of the better players in the league, averaging 22.1 points per game and 10.2 rebounds per game in his career.

In February 2005, Webber, along with Michael Bradley and Matt Barnes, was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for power forward Kenny Thomas, forward/center Brian Skinner, and well-known former King Corliss Williamson. Webber took some time to fit in with the 76ers offense, as he was a second scoring option for the first time in his career. However, he did help catapault the Sixers to a berth in the 2005 playoffs, where the Sixers lost to the Detroit Pistons.

Webber was ranked #64 in SLAM Magazine's Top 75 NBA Players of all time in 2003.

Investigation
In 2002, Webber was charged for lying to a grand jury as part of a larger investigation of misconduct in the University of Michigan's basketball department. Webber eventually pled guilty to lying about his role in a scandal in which four players, including himself, were accused of accepting money from a school booster while playing for the Michigan Wolverines. Due to that scandal, the Fab Five's accomplishments were removed from the NCAA record books.