June 4, 201412 yr Can any draft class in history compare to the 1984 class to build a starting 5? C Hakeem Olajuwon F Charles Barkley F Kevin Willis G John Stockton G Michael Jordan Off the Bench G Alvin Robertson G/F Oscar Schmidt F/C Otis Thorpe What other Draft Classes would compare based on NBA careers?
June 4, 201412 yr The 96 Draft was pretty good too. Those are the top 2 IMO. Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, Steve Nash, Allen Iverson, Antoine Walker, Peja Stojakovic, Stephon Marbury and Marcus Camby
June 4, 201412 yr 1962 was pretty good. Not at the level of '84, but still had 4 Hall of Famers on it. Highlighted by Jerry Lucas and Johnny Havlicek 1962 NBA draft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
June 4, 201412 yr 84 was the best. 96 and 62 are good. 2003 was good too: LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Carmelo, Chris Kaman, David West. Some nice role players too like Josh Howard & Boris Diaw. Nothing tops the talent of 84 though. Four of those guys are top 15-20 players in league history.
June 4, 201412 yr After looking at it, 1966 was pretty good w/ a five HOFs PG Nate Archibald 2G Pistol Pete SF Rudy Tomjanovich PF Dan Issel C Dave Cowen PF/C Bob Lanier PG Calvin Murphy
June 4, 201412 yr 1985 would make for a Top 10 group PG Michael Adams 2G Joe Dumars SF Chris Mullin PF Karl Malone C Patrick Ewing C Arvydas Sabonis PF Xavier McDaniel PF Charles Oakley SF Detlef Schrempf
June 4, 201412 yr 1987 PG Mark Jackson 2G Reggie Miller SF Scottie Pippen PF Horace Grant C David Robinston PG Kevin Johnson SG/SF Reggie Lewis
June 4, 201412 yr 2003: PG - LeBron James SG - Dwayne Wade SF - Carmelo Anthony PF - Chris Bosh C - Chris Kaman 6 - David West 7 - Josh Howard (pre-injury) 8 - Kirk Hinrich 9 - Boris Diaw 10 - Kendrick Perkins 11 - Kyle Korver Lots of depth; star power at the top with LeBron, Wade, Carmelo, and Bosh. I think 1984 is more loaded at the 2-5 slots, but there are a lot of guys in 2003 who've had long NBA careers. The 2003 looks like it has more guys like Kaman, West, Howard, and Hinrich who've either been All-Stars or had a significant role on playoff teams and/or longevity.
June 4, 201412 yr What are the chances that 2012 ends up being one of the better draft classes? PG - Damian Lillard SG - Bradley Beal SF - Harrison Barnes PF - Anthony Davis C - Andre Drummond 6 - John Henson (averaged 11 ppg in his 2nd year) 7 - Jeremy Lamb (sleeper) 8 - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 9 - Draymond Green 10 - Terrence Ross 11 - Maurice Harkless 12 - Terrence Jones (recognition if Houston builds a legacy) Star power at the top with Davis and Lillard. Davis is on pace to become one of the top 5 players in the league (with some arguing that he might already be there). Drummond and Beal are oozing with potential and should be cornerstones of their franchises. They don't have the star power of Davis and Lillard now, but should end up being guys who have a shot at All-Star games, etc. Guys like Barnes, Henson, MKG, and Green have roles where they play significant minutes on playoff teams. I think there are really good things ahead for Jeremy Lamb; he was getting a lot of looks in the playoffs, and he probably replaces Thabo Sefolosha in the lineup next season. One of the trio of Ross, Harkless, and Jones probably ends up being a a guy you'd put at the end of the bench when you make a 9-10 man team from that class.
June 4, 201412 yr From a top-2 picks perspective it would be hard to beat 1960. Big O and Zeke from Cabin Creek.
June 4, 201412 yr What are the chances that 2012 ends up being one of the better draft classes? PG - Damian Lillard SG - Bradley Beal SF - Harrison Barnes PF - Anthony Davis C - Andre Drummond 6 - John Henson (averaged 11 ppg in his 2nd year) 7 - Jeremy Lamb (sleeper) 8 - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 9 - Draymond Green 10 - Terrence Ross 11 - Maurice Harkless 12 - Terrence Jones (recognition if Houston builds a legacy) Star power at the top with Davis and Lillard. Davis is on pace to become one of the top 5 players in the league (with some arguing that he might already be there). Drummond and Beal are oozing with potential and should be cornerstones of their franchises. They don't have the star power of Davis and Lillard now, but should end up being guys who have a shot at All-Star games, etc. Guys like Barnes, Henson, MKG, and Green have roles where they play significant minutes on playoff teams. I think there are really good things ahead for Jeremy Lamb; he was getting a lot of looks in the playoffs, and he probably replaces Thabo Sefolosha in the lineup next season. One of the trio of Ross, Harkless, and Jones probably ends up being a a guy you'd put at the end of the bench when you make a 9-10 man team from that class. Nah, Barnes is on there.
June 4, 201412 yr Author From a top-2 picks perspective it would be hard to beat 1960. Big O and Zeke from Cabin Creek. Isn't it early in the day to be sucking up to GT?
June 4, 201412 yr 1996 - PG - Steve Nash / Allen Iverson SG - Ray Allen SF - Kobe Bryant PF - Jermaine O'Neal C - Marcus Camby 6 - Nash/Iverson 7 - Peja Stojakovic 8 - Zydrunas Ilgauskas 9 - Antoine Walker 10 - Sharef Abdur-Rahim 11 - Derek Fisher 12 - Stefon Marbury 13 - Kerry Kittles (only one not to be an All-Star, All-NBA team, or have 5 rings) Lots of star power at the guard spots with Nash, Iverson, Kobe, & Ray Allen. The class lacks big men who made a significant impact (i.e., in a way that separates them from the 1984 group), but Walker, Camby, O'Neal (probably the most promising, but ran into injuries), and Abdur-Rahim were all either All Stars or selections to an All-NBA team.
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