Nba Draft 1984 - Michael Jordan

[TheKarkax]

they have no fucking idea what they drafted..

[charlieshelds]

guy at :36 sounds like JoePa



[jrzy49]

#3 lololol

[dnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

#1 pick was Hakeem the dream, so they weren't completely fucked, but yeah blazers fucked up in 1984, but i dont think in 2007, if they picked durant, i think Durant would'nt have been the same guy he is today, with brandon roy and Lamarcus aldridge with him, i don't think he would've been that much of a scorer, Durant belongs to OKC

[GBDazzler]

lmao number 1 and 2 fucked up.

[fenomnx]

@GBDazzler houston picked Hakeem as #1 and they won 2 championships with him, so I wouldn't say they fucked up.

[mountainheel13]

@fenomnx Well the Bulls won 4 more than that, so yeah they fucked up

[GilbertSkar]

@damod15 Houston had first pick Portland had second

[damod15]

who were the first 2 picks

exactly i dont know either

[hobo1245]

@damod15 Last time I checked Hakeem Olajuwon was a pretty good player. He wasn't Jordan, but they got 2 titles with him so they're probably pretty happy with that pick in the end.

[MrSlik25]

The Rockets were satisfied with their pick that year...Just the moronic Blazers who took the loss...Hakeem stayed with them his whole career...i think 4 Finals appearences...Lost to legendary dominant Celtic teams...Bird & co.

[2legit2quit6]

@ TheDriveBy: "03: Lebron Wade Bosh" just stop there until they win a championship lol

[GreatkingAlexander]

the greatest pick ever

[oreed8]

Blazers pass up G.O.A.T WOW FOR Bowie

[AtTheDriveBy]

84 Draft vintage? or 2003?

84: Stockton, Olajuwon, Barkley, Jordan,

03:Lebron, Wade,Bosh,Melo,

[marcoantonioflores88]

@AtTheDriveBy

96:Kobe, nash, ray allen, allen iverson.

That was pretty good too

[NiNtenBricK]

third pick wasnt so bad. first that year was hakeem, which was also a good pick.

second pick, however....

[spartan1021]

well to be fair the rockets were probably happy with hakeem. he turned out ok and the blazers did have clyde drexler at the time so you cant blame them

[RetepAdam]

Does anyone know how this Jordan guy ended up being?

[lahmzak]

@RetepAdam

Well.. he went to play baseball xD

[kosull5b]

Sam Frickin Bowie...

[sreamdevil]

STERN LOOKS LIKE A PEDOPHILE LOOL

[cheez80]

Hakeem the dream was #1 sir charles was #5 john stockton was #16 and of course air jordan #3... all hall of famers u never know what a pick will turn out to be but boy are those bulls lucky

[Mr28Ruslan]

Bet the teams that passed him up felt so retarded

[iamhungey12345]

@Mr28Ruslan

Rockets choice were justified.



[myquill23]

@Mr28Ruslan

Well, Hakeem was not a bad pick after all.

[NextLaker11]

so how did this guy turn out?... ;)

[SirPiche]

Little did people in this room know Chicago had just picked the player who would become the greatest of all time.

[shivakrishnarama]

Kobe>Jordan. Flame On !

[chubbyjenks]

@shivakrishnarama no need to flame, anybody who's not retarded knows MJ is the greatest of all time.

[scapicoco]

@shivakrishnarama not flame on... dream on!

[stevieray351]

Hindsight is always 20-20... But at the time Olajuwan was the best player available... as for picking bowie 2nd, that was not the smartest move to say the least

[PaperExplosives]

two teams FUCKED up

[professorintellect]

@PaperExplosives technically no, only one team did. Olajuwon went first, and for good reason, he was a dominant big man in college, universally he was looked at as the best player in the draft. And Houston did win 2 titles with him. Portland though, they REALLY FUCKED UP! Bowie had bad legs (notice a theme with Portland choosing Big men with bad legs over scorers that would've put them over the top?)

[oreed8]

@PaperExplosives Olajuwan WAS BEAST HE GOT YOU SOME RINGS

[Cedrico21]

Which two teams pass him?????

[Kn1ghtGM05]

@Cedrico21 1. Houston Rockets picked Akeem Olajuwon ... 2. Portland Trail Blazers picked Sam Bowie

[animetrix90]

proud to be a Chicagoan lol 

[NerdyFerdy]

biggest steal in nba history LOL

[hnoors]

i wonder what the basketball world was thinking at this time lol.. 20 years from that point in time he would retire as not one of the best... THE BEST of ALL TIME!!

[MrTronvas]

ohh my goodness how long was david stern the nba comissioner !

i wonder if they realized then that this man would be the best player to ever pick up the basketball

[xIFLawILessx]

With the 3rd pick in the 1984 NBA Draft the Chicago Bulls select... Michael Jordan...greatest of all time....

[lawrencewash2]

who r the 1 and 2 pick

[sznj94]

@lawrencewash2

1. Hakeem Olajuwon

2. Sam Bowie

Also mentionable: Charles Barkley at 5th and John Stockton at 16th.

[juumdd]

best #3 pick ever.

[lardo276]

god they had noooo idea how good he would be...

[amirghorbani]

back then they said his name without expectation without knowing his greatness....now his name is worshiped and known as being the greatest of all time

[notagain001]

Those 2 have one awesome crystal ball.

[susupoosa]

Back, then ,they had no idea what was coming with Jordan

[23THEchoosenOnE23]

at number 3 :D:D:D

[MrChrisk97]

micheal jordans last name is ever and his first name is greatest

[ANTBOND004]

@MrChrisk97 lmfao ur soo fuckin gay get the fuck outta here with that lame ass shit

[MrChrisk97]

@ANTBOND004 fu

[elloelloello111]

how right that commentator guy was

[hiphoplegend1]

G.O.A.T.

[dxjack3]

2 teams f*cked drafting

[APizzle90]

Should have went to NC State IMO

[lilthor62]

GREATEST OF ALL TIME

GO BULLS!!!!

[Boobr]

Second best player... ever

[Afrika511]

Just imagine if the Bulls traded him away that night... Makes me shiver...

[07thematrix]

they had no idea what was going to happen to the NBA thanks to him

[PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD]

The Blazers passed up MJ in '84, and passed up Durant in '07. Enough said.

[FlyinSpaghettiMnstr7]

bust

[Dahead2head514]

@FlyinSpaghettiMnstr7 i know right. ;)

[jerjeremy]

he changed chicago

he changed nba

he changed basketball

[jayou87]

@jerjeremy he changed the world.

[patsfan2522]

mike mike mike mike mike!

[FlyinSpaghettiMnstr7]

gonna be a bust...

jk

[s1lverstorm]

3th... LOLs)))))

[Richie2k6]

the rockets and blazers look back on this day and shake their heads... especially the blazers

[yournightmarept]

@Richie2k6 Who was picked the blazers ?

[Richie2k6]

@yournightmarept sam bowie i believe

[yournightmarept]

@Richie2k6 Never heard of him. :S

[nelics]

@yournightmarept Which Is sad... right? XD

[yournightmarept]

@nelics Yeah. xD

[starwarsnspiderman30]

@Richie2k6 not really the rockets cause they got 2 championships w/ hakeem. though when MJ was playin baseball

[dolphinbuc]

If you watched this live like I did,I'll bet you had no clue of what you were about to bare witness to.He's the main reason I still play ball at 41 yrs of age.This is when I considered basketball mostly a sport.Thanks ESPN for ruining basketball for thousands of pure hoop fans.

[SIHIAIDIY]

i know portland wanted to keep drexler as they're SG, but damn they fucked up with sam bowie lmao. coulda had barkley, 100x the big man then what bowie turned out to be

[JastrzaBBB]

best pick ever :]

[aznplayersz]

What a waste of a third pick, coulda picked a better franchise player

[Raayn07]

thats how you know that kids that talk about michael jordan know nothing at all. so many of these comments are so ignorant. yes, the 2nd pick was a bust with sam bowie. but the 1st pick was hakeem olajuwon which is arguably one of the greatest of all time, along with jordan.

[walteur]

lengendary momentt..

[jrsam25]

Hakeem, Jordan, and Barkley in the top 5 of this draft. That's incredible.

[jayou87]

@jrsam25 dont forget bowie. :(

[Scampbell32]

HAHAA FEEL BAD FOR THE FIRST TWO TEAMS THAT PICKED...

[funnytyp]

3rd pick?! hes the best player ever. the other teams were so stupid

[kutobuki00]

who are the first and second picks?

[omgFEX]

HAHAHA, 3RD PICK!

fuck me those other teams heavily missed out!

[LanzJ11]

@omgFEX nah first pick went to hakeem 'the dream' olajuwan one of the greatest centers to play the game

[armykidgrace]

Horrible pick

[alaiddin2009]

Man u got the best video ever in the history

[bigcritic69]

"The Chicago Bulls pick the best player ever!"

[RaptoRsAreTecMo]

poor portland lmfao

[FlyinSpaghettiMnstr7]

i feel bad for the teams who passed on him

[supermex93]

Lol they had NO idea who he would become in 10 years.

[killerofthecentury]

I am just what the other two teams who picked the first round picks WERE THINKING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!.  HOw could they miss on a talent like this.......

[BoierMofleasiVoda]

@killerofthecentury in 84 he wasn't a big force and portland wanted him , but they needed a big man

[JackWillowbee]

2nd best NBA draft player ever!

[Qnzballer93]

Portland didnt want to draft jordan cuz they drafted drexler like a year or two b4 this draft same thing with detroit when they didnt want to draft carmelo anthony cuz they drafted tayhaun prince the year b4 so both teams r fuckin stupid

[TheN1M]

LMAO @ David Stern's porn stache

[78th78th]

Best Draft Pick ever by any team in any sport, PERIOD!

[richann1985]

mj,hakeem,and other was a legendary player of NBA no more conversation they are all best of the best...

[MessiahSkywalker]

They didn't know that they pick a God.

[Qnzballer93]

wtf was portland thinking

[TheN1M]

@Qnzballer93 They did it a second time when they took Oden over Durant.

[ragingmonkey909]

i get chills every time i hear his name announced in this video.

if they had only known back then. if they had only known...

[kingcroatia]

not a good draft for the bulls ;)

[MVowns]

Best player....ever

[frillinho]

First 2 teams, biggest fail of all time

[thesheaux]

I wouldn't call Houston grabbing Hakeem a failure at all. They needed a center and got one of the best ever.

[ragfanx]

yeh but olajuwan wasnt a bust though he's one of the greatest centers of all time

[GabJero]

@frillinho only portland. houston got a good pick......haha we got a bandwagoner here! wahahaha

[baron12345678910]

@GabJero wtf the dreams not comparable to mj

[GabJero]

@baron12345678910 yeah i know ..ofcourse. but come one u gotta respect hakeem dawg

[MrPweezy15]

and the rest is history

[Spursrule1969]

who the hell was NO.1 and NO.2

[cboule1]

hakeem olajuwon to the rockets, and sam bowie to the trail blazers. not bad for the rockets.

cant say the same for them blazers :P

[ragfanx]

Hakeem Olajuwan was no 1 and he was one of the greatest centers of all time with prolly the best back to the basket move ever made

[amodelchurro]

best pick, man jordan may miss those days

have u seen that jordan and kobe have the same height

[ant2293]

Wow no wonder he got so good. LETS GO TO NORTH CAROLINA! :D

[ShinAkuma21]

best pick in the world of all picks

[begoyboy]

Michael Jordan? he is best of the best..!

[superdrum3]

and with the 3rd pick, i made the earth sick...

[milannoel86]

well i think the 2003 draft was the best draft in nba history

[TheRatedIX7]

1996 was right up there with it.

[marklarkark]

i certanly hope you are kidding?

the 84 draft had MJ Olajuwom Stockton and Barkley.

melo wade bosh and james got nothing on them

[tommybrown2068]

go 'head and testify my brotha.....

[GabJero]

@marklarkark well ofcourse their careers arent over yet. dumbo.

[getemnate11]

good pick

[Elmaln]

The best pick, heh

[Alex234b]

and nobody knew at that time what he will become:),the best player of all times :D

[wue2117]

David Stern rockin the porn 'mo haha

[NationalPro]

best player of all time!

[mistuhsparkles]

THA KING

[homey1230]

look at david stern lmao his mustache is so old school definitely the early 80s

[MMustyMMan]

da greatest

[77scary77]

to think that he became the greatest of all time.......that draft is history

[CescoPisicoli]

LOL I was just thinking that myself!

[Elmaln]

that draft had so many great players come in, olajuwon, jordan, stockton and barkley in one draft.

[brown671]

hahahah..... kobe was drafted 13th in the 96 draft....the top 5 where ...... (1) Allen Iverson (2) Marcus Camby (3) Shareef Abdur-Rahim (4) Stephon Marbury (5) Ray Allen ......just goes to show that the greatest  players dont have to be the # 1 pick

[CescoPisicoli]

agreed, only time will tell!

[MrDhoose]

think these guys had no clue what has become now look at him now he is one of the best to ever play the game ever

[pinoykidcris23]

he was 3rd because everyone goes 4 the big men

[TerribleJames]

This moment was history

[viketaker]

was he any good?

[destroyallnerds]

It would be the best draft ever for the Chicago Bulls!

[DaaNBB]

3RD Pick WTF!!

[laid2rest]

word haha who was 1st n 2nd?

[jetsung89]

i dunno 2nd, but lst was Sam perkins haahaa wtf!!?

[idster7]

@jetsung89 1st was hakeem olajuwon, 2nd was sam bowie.

[jeffreysam]

hakeem first by houston, so nobody can really complain about that one, but sam bowie second by portland was one of the biggest draft mistakes in nba history

[ReadyFreddie2009]

he just averaged 19.5 ppg , what the hell! lol Nobody knew that God had just arrived!

[Choolo]

Who's this guy?

[FriendsBeren]

@Choolo are u seriously asking that question?

[retsam001]

lol i wonder who the first 2 picks were and how much are their teams kicking themselves now

[jijgfidjidhh]

Houston Rockets & Portland Trail Blazers. and the rockets were ok with their pick Hakeem Olajuwon (hall of famer), but Portland was kicking themselves.

[jaykia]

lol Rockets drafted Dream Hakeem with the first pick! HOF, Dominated the Center position like no other. He won 2 nba championships with the Rockets and was named to 12 all stars, 1 MVP and 2 finals MVP. He was going to get drafted first pick and I think, given the circumstances of the time, it was a very good first round first pick. Comparing the two players is like apples to oranges, 2 different positions.

[gasona456]

And so a legend was born...

[whalesands]

Agreed.

[jijgfidjidhh]

Michael Jordan? Who?

[acemillenium]

you were still up your mothers ass at the time

[jijgfidjidhh]

????

[mikech78]

tell me you're joking

[revskull]

look at the cockduster on the commish!!

[Nuanceqwest]

None of these pretenders today can live up to MJ.

Lebron is the only won with a chance.

[FriendsBeren]

@Nuanceqwest not even lebron my friend...takes a lot more than muscle to play this game...today's players cant hold a candle to them...

[1heblackmamba]

haha right before jordan portland picked some other dude cant believe portland passed on michael jordan what were they thinking

[Juicy24Lord]

Jordan chi town!!!! 6 Rings

[justanotheraccounton]

what a mistake !!!! ...................... jk

[irdaoNE]

Rudy Fernández is the best player of Portland and he will be the best of NBA!

[josephstra]

Oh sorry LOL. You meant now! OK I get it.

[skooboy11]

fuck all ginobili haters

hes baddass bottomline

[dimedropper1992]

2 people ahead of him

3rd pick of the draft what do you get?

23 lol

THIS IS THE GREATEST DRFT CLASS OF ALL TIME!

84' >96'>03'

[brydix5]

Check out david sterns porn mustace. i think he might have been doing 80's porn around this time. lol

[onlyballer]

LoL, Porn Moustace. haha.

[natureboyinyourface]

ruthless but sooooooooo right!

[Sangha40]

lol 6 years ago haha lol nomercy u think ginobili is the best player in the league ure on crack ahaaaa

[GREGNASTY]

LMAO.......

"In a mold of a dr. J. NOT as BIG, but he's in that class......"

I think if he could look into the future he would've bit his tongue!!