{"id":1230,"date":"2018-06-19T18:27:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T23:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleide.com\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2022-09-04T08:54:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T13:54:09","slug":"1984-nba-draft-best-draft-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/1984-nba-draft-best-draft-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"1984 NBA Draft: Best Draft Ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-2945 size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1984-nba-draft.jpg\" alt=\"Was The 1984 NBA Draft The Best Ever?\" class=\"wp-image-2945 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/1984-nba-draft.jpg\" alt=\"Was The 1984 NBA Draft The Best Ever?\" class=\"wp-image-2945 lazyload\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption>The 1984 Draft featured studs Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-was-the-1984-nba-draft-the-best-of-all-time\">Was the <strong>1984 NBA Draft<\/strong> the best of all-time?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the last draft to be held prior to forming the NBA Draft Lottery for the following season. The picks were assigned in reverse order of how the teams had finished the previous season. The draft was actually ten rounds long, which seems excessive considering the two rounds total of the current draft format. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--contrast); background-color: var(--base-3);\">It\u2019s amazing how talented and similar as far as impact the classes of the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--contrast); background-color: var(--base-3);\">1984 NBA Draft<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--contrast); background-color: var(--base-3);\"> and the <\/span>1985 NBA Draft<span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--contrast); background-color: var(--base-3);\"> were. It was undoubtedly the most talented two year run in draft history. Picking a better class between \u201984 and \u201985 is difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>1984 NBA Draft<\/strong>, four of the first 16 picks eventually became Hall of Famers; Olajuwon, Jordan, Barkley and Stockton. In 1985, four of the first 18 did; Ewing, Mullin, Malone and Dumars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15 of the 24 picks in the 1984 NBA Draft played eight or more years, 19 of the 24 picks in 1985 did. The 1985 draft contained two future league MVPs while 1984 (just like the class of 1996) contained three future league MVP\u2019s; Olajuwon, Jordan and Barkley. Seven of the 24 picks in 1984 became NBA All Stars, while nine of the 24 picks in 1985 accomplished All-Star status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A few of the better picks<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Akeem Olajuwon at one<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Michael Jordan at three<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Sam Perkins at four<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Charles Barkley at five<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Alvin Robertson at seven<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Otis Thorpe at nine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Kevin Willis at 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; John Stockton at 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A few solid picks that weren\u2019t great<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Jay Humphries at 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Michael Cage at 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Vern Fleming at 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A few that didn\u2019t pan out<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Mel Turpin at six<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Lancaster Gordon at eight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Leon Wood at 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any discussion of the <strong>1984 NBA Draft<\/strong> would be incomplete without touching on the Portland Trailblazers selection of Kentucky big man Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People often look back and laugh about this and Portland took a lot of heat for several years over the decision, but when you really break it down, it\u2019s not hard to see why Portland did what they did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7-1 inch centers who are fresh off dominating one of the best conferences in the collegiate ranks don\u2019t grow on trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The success the Rockets had with drafting Ralph Sampson the previous year and how it changed the franchise in one season was hard to ignore and undoubtedly had some impact in the decision. Plus, Bowie had outplayed Sampson in high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also consider that the Blazers at the time were solid at guard. They had drafted Clyde Drexler the year before and their point guard Jim Paxson was coming off any All-Star year, so it wasn\u2019t as if they snubbed Jordan by not picking him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bowie wasn\u2019t awful; he averaged 10.0 ppg, 8.6 rpg and 2.7 bpg in 29 mpg as a rookie. 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