30 Years Ago, the greatest NBA draft ever.

[robert_shaww]

1 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston Rockets Houston
2 Sam Bowie Portland Trail Blazers :facepalm
3 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls
4 Sam Perkins Dallas Mavericks
5 Charles Barkley Philadelphia 76ers
6 Melvin Turpin Washington Bullets
7 Alvin Robertson San Antonio Spurs
8 Lancaster Gordon Los Angeles Clippers
9 Otis Thorpe Kansas City Kings
10 Leon Wood Philadelphia 76ers
11 Kevin Willis Atlanta Hawks
12 Tim McCormick Cleveland Cavaliers
13 Jay Humphries Phoenix Suns
14 Michael Cage Los Angeles Clippers
15 Terence Stansbury Dallas Mavericks
16 John Stockton Utah Jazz
17 Jeff Turner New Jersey Nets
18 Vern Fleming Indiana Pacers
19 Bernard Thompson Portland Trail Blazers
20 Tony Campbell Detroit Pistons

Bolded: Hall of Famer

[Marchesk]

I wonder what the average HOF count per draft is.

[9512]

I guess Michael Jordan has a lot to do with its reputation as best draft.

[Jlamb47]

1 CLE LeBron James St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH)
2 DET Darko Milicic Serbia
3 DEN Carmelo Anthony Syracuse
4 TOR Chris Bosh Georgia Tech
5 MIA Dwyane Wade Marquette
6 LAC Chris Kaman Central Michigan
7 CHI Kirk Hinrich Kansas
8 MIL T.J. Ford Texas
9 NYK Mike Sweetney Georgetown
10 WAS Jarvis Hayes Georgia
11 GSW Mickael Pietrus France
12 SEA Nick Collison Kansas
13 MEM Marcus Banks UNLV
14 SEA Luke Ridnour Oregon
15 ORL Reece Gaines Louisville
16 BOS Troy Bell Boston College
17 PHO Zarko Cabarkapa Serbia
18 NOH David West Xavier
19 UTA Sasha Pavlovic Montenegro
20 BOS Dahntay Jones Duke
21 ATL Boris Diaw France
22 NJN Zoran Planinic Croatia
23 POR Travis Outlaw Starkville HS (MS)
24 LAL Brian Cook Illinois
25 DET Carlos Delfino Argentina
26 MIN Ndudi Ebi Westbury Christian School (Houston)
27 MEM Kendrick Perkins Ozen HS (TX)
28 SAS Leandro Barbosa Brazil
29 DAL Josh Howard Wake Forest

This draft here

[robert_shaww]

hall of famers per draft

1978: 1 (Larry Bird)

1979: 1 (Magic Johnson)

1980: 1(kevin McHale)

1981: 1 (I. Thomas)

1982: 2 (Worthy, Wilkins)

1983: 1 (Drexler)

1984: 4 (Olajuwon, Jordan, Barkley and Stockton) :bowdown:

1985: 4 (Ewing, Mullin, Malone and Dumars) :bowdown:

1986: 3 (Sabonis, Drazen Petrovic and Rodman)

1987: 3 (David Robinson, Pippen and R. Miller)

from 1988 to 2013: 0 hall of famers

[NBAplayoffs2001]

1 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston Rockets Houston
2 Sam Bowie Portland Trail Blazers :facepalm
3 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls
4 Sam Perkins Dallas Mavericks
5 Charles Barkley Philadelphia 76ers
6 Melvin Turpin Washington Bullets
7 Alvin Robertson San Antonio Spurs
8 Lancaster Gordon Los Angeles Clippers
9 Otis Thorpe Kansas City Kings
10 Leon Wood Philadelphia 76ers
11 Kevin Willis Atlanta Hawks
12 Tim McCormick Cleveland Cavaliers
13 Jay Humphries Phoenix Suns
14 Michael Cage Los Angeles Clippers
15 Terence Stansbury Dallas Mavericks
16 John Stockton Utah Jazz
17 Jeff Turner New Jersey Nets
18 Vern Fleming Indiana Pacers
19 Bernard Thompson Portland Trail Blazers
20 Tony Campbell Detroit Pistons

Bolded: Hall of Famer

Nope, IMO it was the 1996 draft. A lot of quality all stars and players in it. The 2003 draft is also a good case to being the best as well.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

1 CLE LeBron James St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH) -HOF
2 DET Darko Milicic Serbia -bum
3 DEN Carmelo Anthony Syracuse -allstar/HOF?
4 TOR Chris Bosh Georgia Tech -allstar/HOF?
5 MIA Dwyane Wade Marquette HOF
6 LAC Chris Kaman Central Michigan allstar/role- decent career
7 CHI Kirk Hinrich Kansas -solid pg
8 MIL T.J. Ford Texas -was an ok pg
9 NYK Mike Sweetney Georgetown ... he sucked
10 WAS Jarvis Hayes Georgia
11 GSW Mickael Pietrus France solid role player
12 SEA Nick Collison Kansas solid role player
13 MEM Marcus Banks UNLV
14 SEA Luke Ridnour Oregon solid role player
15 ORL Reece Gaines Louisville
16 BOS Troy Bell Boston College
17 PHO Zarko Cabarkapa Serbia
18 NOH David West Xavier borderline allstar
19 UTA Sasha Pavlovic Montenegro
20 BOS Dahntay Jones Duke meh
21 ATL Boris Diaw France solid role player
22 NJN Zoran Planinic Croatia
23 POR Travis Outlaw Starkville HS (MS) was OK
24 LAL Brian Cook Illinois pretty much a bum
25 DET Carlos Delfino Argentina pretty good
26 MIN Ndudi Ebi Westbury Christian School (Houston)
27 MEM Kendrick Perkins Ozen HS (TX) good defender but an idiot at times
28 SAS Leandro Barbosa Brazil used to be a pretty good scorer on the raptors late 2000s/early 2010s
29 DAL Josh Howard Wake Forest was good when he played

This draft here

Pretty solid draft if you ask me.

[robert_shaww]

1996 draft

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[Manila]

1 CLE LeBron James St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH)
2 DET Darko Milicic Serbia
3 DEN Carmelo Anthony Syracuse
4 TOR Chris Bosh Georgia Tech
5 MIA Dwyane Wade Marquette
6 LAC Chris Kaman Central Michigan
7 CHI Kirk Hinrich Kansas
8 MIL T.J. Ford Texas
9 NYK Mike Sweetney Georgetown
10 WAS Jarvis Hayes Georgia
11 GSW Mickael Pietrus France
12 SEA Nick Collison Kansas
13 MEM Marcus Banks UNLV
14 SEA Luke Ridnour Oregon
15 ORL Reece Gaines Louisville
16 BOS Troy Bell Boston College
17 PHO Zarko Cabarkapa Serbia
18 NOH David West Xavier
19 UTA Sasha Pavlovic Montenegro
20 BOS Dahntay Jones Duke
21 ATL Boris Diaw France
22 NJN Zoran Planinic Croatia
23 POR Travis Outlaw Starkville HS (MS)
24 LAL Brian Cook Illinois
25 DET Carlos Delfino Argentina
26 MIN Ndudi Ebi Westbury Christian School (Houston)
27 MEM Kendrick Perkins Ozen HS (TX)
28 SAS Leandro Barbosa Brazil
29 DAL Josh Howard Wake Forest

This draft here


best draft right there

[K Xerxes]

Best draft is between 84, 96 and 03.

96 is the deepest, 84 had the best players (2 top 10 GOAT, arguably 3 top 15).

[The_Night_Elf]

Nope, IMO it was the 1996 draft. A lot of quality all stars and players in it. The 2003 draft is also a good case to being the best as well.

1996 was good... Iverson, Kobe, Nash, Peja, Ray Allen, Marbury, Camby, Abdur Raheim, Jermain O'neal, Antoin Walker, Ilgauskas...def in the running.

[played0ut]

Nope, IMO it was the 1996 draft. A lot of quality all stars and players in it. The 2003 draft is also a good case to being the best as well.

1996 has more depth than 1984, that's about it.

whether 2003 will end up the best draft ever remains to be seen.



But where 1984 wins:

Each HOF are top 5 EVER in their respective positions.

[robert_shaww]

1996 was good... Iverson, Kobe, Nash, Peja, Ray Allen, Marbury, Camby, Abdur Raheim, Jermain O'neal, Antoin Walker, Ilgauskas...def in the running.

and derek fisher!! goat draft.

[robert_shaww]

1996 has more depth than 1984, that's about it.

whether 2003 will end up the best draft ever remains to be seen.



But where 1984 wins:

Each HOF are top 5 EVER in their respective positions.

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

pd: top 3 ever.

[senelcoolidge]

Looking at that 1984 draft even the non-Hall of Famer's a lot..most of those guys were solid good NBA players. I think that's the best draft ever.

[DonDadda59]

1 CLE LeBron James St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH)
2 DET Darko Milicic Serbia
3 DEN Carmelo Anthony Syracuse
4 TOR Chris Bosh Georgia Tech
5 MIA Dwyane Wade Marquette
6 LAC Chris Kaman Central Michigan
7 CHI Kirk Hinrich Kansas
8 MIL T.J. Ford Texas
9 NYK Mike Sweetney Georgetown
10 WAS Jarvis Hayes Georgia
11 GSW Mickael Pietrus France
12 SEA Nick Collison Kansas
13 MEM Marcus Banks UNLV
14 SEA Luke Ridnour Oregon
15 ORL Reece Gaines Louisville
16 BOS Troy Bell Boston College
17 PHO Zarko Cabarkapa Serbia
18 NOH David West Xavier
19 UTA Sasha Pavlovic Montenegro
20 BOS Dahntay Jones Duke
21 ATL Boris Diaw France
22 NJN Zoran Planinic Croatia
23 POR Travis Outlaw Starkville HS (MS)
24 LAL Brian Cook Illinois
25 DET Carlos Delfino Argentina
26 MIN Ndudi Ebi Westbury Christian School (Houston)
27 MEM Kendrick Perkins Ozen HS (TX)
28 SAS Leandro Barbosa Brazil
29 DAL Josh Howard Wake Forest

This draft here

Carmelo needs to get a slice of dat collusion pie and the Heat would have had ALL the best players from that draft in their primes. But 3 out of 4 ain't bad :yaohappy: