NBA Draft Moments- Len Bias

[yoryi1509]

Este jugador debuto en la NBA SI O NO ?

[kobebryant9981]

did they spell Parish wrong? 1:53

[bb8876]

I get upset sometimes when i see his highlights, After 25yrs I still can't believe what happened! 1986 was the worst NBA Draft EVER! Dennis Rodman Hall Of Famer? Wow! At that time, who would have ever thought! lol. RIP Len & Red.

[bonzie1645]

len bias is capable of playing michael jordan toe-to-toe but jordan's ultra-competitive fire will prevent bias from winning.

[bonzie1645]

listen to those loud cheers :)

[amanitoomer2]

he should have done weed instead

[newjack187]

len bias is basketballs biggest what if...he coulda been bigger then jordan dont believe check the stats out in the ncaa better scorer better rebounder better athlete

[ghi34]

would the celtics have had better success if he actually played for em?

im talkin bout bias being there in the 90's

would it have made a difference to the celtics fortunes in that decade?

[tittyj2020]

I did blow like crazy years ago. I should of died instead of this guy

[84ratpoison]

think how amazing black players would be if they were not on crack.

[Karma2Die4]

@84ratpoison think how amazing American Caucasians would be if they were not on meth, cocaine, heroin, crack and healthyn doses of stupidity, arrogance, they didn't have flat asses, weren't the number group where serial killers are born, liars, thieves, murderers (of native americans, blacks, muslim, etc, etc, etc...) and if most american caucasians weren't such fuckin hillBILLIES...can you hear me HELLO? Buon...

[weweresafe]

@Karma2Die4 "flat asses" lmfao. minority priorities

[Karma2Die4]

@weweresafe Baby gotta have that booty :)

[youtobe12127]

@84ratpoison im.....about to cut you.

[igfromthe323]

Stay away from drugs. I know ya'll hear it and joke about it but one hit can kill you and sorry to say this is what happened to this young man. R.I.P. Len

[lovi23]

love you bias, you would have been one of the best players in the league, RIP.

[cuntwhore100]

LOL

[emembrace]

Listen to Len Bias' clearheadedness. How strong his mentality. No way would he have done cocaine. Damn Illuminati.

[julianoa4l]

poor guy.

partied a bit too soon.

sniffed too much cocaine and died 2 days later.

[HeadlessEye]

Celtic fans are funny. Let's assume that Bias doesn't OD that night, that he simply goes on a cocaine binge and that's all. Are you really banking on greatness from someone who is doing cocaine just days after being drafted?

[wizfan92301]

@HeadlessEye good point...

[kdj997]

@HeadlessEye

I wouldn't be surprised if Michael Jordan tried coke before. Now what do you have to say. Do you understand the time that they lived in. It wasn't a lot of education about it and it was a status symbol.

[bull864]

@HeadlessEye Jordan was a compulsive gambler. Did he achieve greatness?? Lawrence Taylor was a massive cokehead and he is considered the greatest linebacker to ever play the game, and i'm not saying Bias was a cokehead. Bias partied to hard on a drug that no one really knew was dangerous at that point in time.

[MikeForbess]

I'm watching the 1986 Draft on NBA TV right now and this portion was cut out.

[TheMrplayaplaya]

The story of Len Bias is very sad. I always think about what he could have became. I believe he could have been a hall of famer.

[Flipper79able]

I cry when I watch this............ he could have done so much for the Celtics.

[idster7]

@Flipper79able a 22 year old man dies, and you cry because a sports team endures misfortune because of it?

[Flipper79able]

@idster7 Your obviously very quick to think of everything so literally. I don't actually cry, retard..... I just wish Len had not died.

[ENAIZHA]

whats crazy is, when len bias died, the celtics died. the celtic rings stopped in 1986. lenny really altered history in a major way. lakers bulls wouldve never happened

[NBAGOATS]

@ENAIZHA Len wouldn't have got minutes. he would have been second fiddle to Larry.  I think he would have been a good player but not future altering. People get so high in emotions and don't know when to shut up and get back to reality. The guy was good but there was better talent.

[bigeights]

how the hell did the celtics get bias for the 2nd pick.

[Flipper79able]

@bigeights We had to trade Gerald Henderson a guy who helped win the 84 finals.

[Grapes428]

They probably weren't as high as Wayne Embry and the Cavaliers were on Danny Ferry in 1989, trading an all-star Rob Harper up for the 2nd pick.

It seems like the #2 picks in draft are busts (Bias wasn't a bust but I'm just saying). Besides Ferry, Ryan Leaf, Shawn Bradley, Darko Milicic, Wayman Tisdale, Stromile Swift, Jason Williams

[halokid26]

@Grapes428 Kevin Durant, Bob McAdoo, Isiah Thomas, Gary Payton, Alonzo Mourning, Jason Kidd, LeMarcus Aldridge, Evgeni Malkin, Marshall Faulk, Tony Boseilli, Donovan McNabb, Julius Peppers, Calvin Johnson, Jordan Staal, Eric Staal, Dany Heatley, Daniel Sedin, Chris Pronger, Brendan Shanahan, Justin Verlander all disagree

[idster7]

@halokid26 Bill Russell, Joe Carter, Will Clark, Reggie Jackson, Tony Dorsett, Lawrence Taylor, Eric Dickerson, Randy White, Trevor Linden, Alexei Yashin.

[idster7]

@Grapes428 Jason Williams wasn't a bust either.  He got injured. Lots of point guards struggle during their rookie year. Especially cause Bill Cartwright tried to put the triangle offense in....Other #2 busts: Johnny Lam Jones (over Anthony Munoz), Tony Mandarich (over Barry Sanders), Mark Merchant, Tyler Houston, Rick Mirer, Sam Bowie (over MJ).

[vaporize0033]

So sad...

[dunhova]

Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Rom 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Ye must be born again. Joh 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[RySenkari]

He would've learned so much from Larry Bird :(

Bias vs. Jordan in the early 1990s would've made basketball so much fun to watch. We would've had a run of EPIC Boston vs. Chicago playoff showdowns.

[thegov08]

did larry bird end up going to rookie camp?

[MrPresident2032]

and he was dead less than 2 days later, so sad

[a7b7c78]

If Bias would have lived, I think that the 1987 Celtics would have been the first team to win 70+ games, and been considered the best ever. They would have repeated as champs over LA.

However, even with Bias, the Celtics still would have had their hands full with the Lakers, Pistons, Bulls, and Blazers in the coming years.

[idster7]

that is an absolutely fucking ridiculous statement. len bias was not going to be an impact player as a rookie. he was going to be on the BENCH. he was not going to start over bird, mchale or parish. no player contributes 10 wins to a team coming off the bench. geez.

[a7b7c78]

@idster7 I don't think that Bias would have sat on the bench as much as the year went on. That team was close to 70 wins the year before, and Bias's presence would have meant that Bird and McHale don't play too much and develop back and foot injuries. So, knowing that, 70 wins would have been very possible.

[MrPresident2032]

you need to consider his indirect impact, noone is saying he'd start but having a quality player like that on the bench would have meant that bird and mchale would have more oppurtunities to rest, theyd have less injury problems that year and theyd have been available when the celts needed them

[JeffTheFutureJaros]

They were very HIGH on him, how strange were those comments from Aurbauch.

[smoose8]

I still think jamarcus russel is a bigger bust

[slohurdler22]

i wouldn't call len bias a bust.

he never had a chance. and he would have been great to start with larry bird still on the team

[MrPresident2032]

bias wasnt a bust you fool. a bust is someone who doesnt deliver on their hype because of dissapointing play, NOT because of an unplanned death, he died accidently, its a tragedy not a bust

[smoose8]

...your dumb

[Droog13]

"He would have become a great player in the NBA...so sad he passed away "

It's possible, but not a guarantee. A lot of great college players have turned out to be disappointments once they entered the NBA. Not saying Len would have been a bust like Kwame Brown or anything like that, but other things could have gone wrong if he hadn't overdosed, such as injury, team chemistry, etc.

[JeffTheFutureJaros]

Or he could've been one of the greatest of all-time.

[Droog13]

Possibly, but then a lot of people said the same thing about Grant Hill and Penny Hardaway at one point. The world will never truly know.

[xmuscularghandix]

Damn...

[jgrimmel2006]

Len Bias had so much potential to be one of the greats in the NBA, since he overdosed he set the celtics back a whole decade

[vidEvWill]

This was just a shame, the guy couldn't stay away from drugs and ruined his career. Very sad, I wish he could play and we could see what potential he had because he surely had so much.

[pearlfection08]

but that night was his first time using drugs wasnt it?

[tigerwoods232000]

I wonder if the Celtics would have picked him if they knew he would overdose?

[bticket]

Bias' death is the reason why the celtics where not a compeditor in the 90s...they had a great team in the 80s with bird, parrish, mchale and johnson, but they got old and bias should have been the first piece of a new generation to win titles in the 90s as well.

He would have become a great player in the NBA...so sad he passed away

[Thule000]

The first time you mess with drugs could be your last. It was for Len Bias

[kdj997]

@Thule000

I doubt it was his first time. Let's be real here. Crack sucks. Whitney said it best crack is whack. For real. I think what killed Len was mixing high quality and alcohol. Crack itself is horrible but it becomes twice as deadly when you drink heavily.

[DLeeTrois]

Kid's, don't do drugs. Not even a taste...

[TJagwar]

Could you imagine... McHale pulling down the rebound, throwing the outlet to Dennis Johnson, passing to Bird on the wing, who then feeds Bias filling the lane for a monster jam.

So sad. Bias was a 6'8" Jordan with a better jump shot at that time.

[azbaldy5]

i once heard dick vitale say that the closest thing he ever saw to jordan was len bias.

[idster7]

coach k said the same thing.

[bayernmuenchen49]

as a celtics fan...you wonder what could have been. RIP Len Bias.

[bull864]

Bias was the best college player i have ever seen. watching this some 23 years later still tears me up.

[dddiop]

R.I.P. Fritz Massmann

[DKJSNA]

To answer ryanjg34's question the Celtics obtained the second pick because they traded Gerald Henderson to the Seattle Supersonics in 1984 in exchange for their first round pick in the 86Draft. The Sonics posted one of the worst records in the 1985 season which elavated the Celtics pick to number 2 overall. Another Red Auerbach masterstroke, sadly it never paid off.

[Gambino199]

why did you do coke len! why? it fucking killed you! man what a waste of talent and a waste of life

[ryanjg34]

why did the Celtics have the #2 pick that year?

[TMC1982Part2]

The Celtics got the #2 pick following a trade w/ Seattle involving Gerald Henderson and cash two years prior.

[KHayes666]

0:27 says it all, he was the best pure athlete in the draft. Faster than Daughtery, deadlier than Chuck Person....Celtics lost out on at least 3 more titles when he died.

[JLE102191]

bust? who the fuck are you talking about?

[elgrandecaudillo]

Len Bias

[Frasure3000]

that is so sad, hearing how Red Auerbach praises Len Bias. I can't imagine how he felt after hearing about Len's death.

[PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD]

Len Bias... Larry Bird... same time.

Wow, what a great moment that never was.

[FSM2786]

That's just so weird to hear, everyone seemed to be so high on him yet he turned out to be one of the biggest tragedies in sports history. From what I've heard he was by far the best player at Maryland and one of the best ever in the ACC. Who knows what the Celtics would have been if he had been alive!

[silverscreenname]

When I lived in DC I heard all sorts of rumors about Rayful Edmonds, the crack king of DC, being behind the Bias death. Just saying.

[pearlmax]

Bias: "Need to work on my (8) ball handling"

Auerbach: "A lot of guys are high on him"

Eerie...

[RockyFC2008]

Len Bias was just as good as Michael Jordan.

[bladingpro]

yes he was people like the duke coach mike said tht he could of been better than jordan

[tonyt55]

better

[idster7]

len bias was great, but he was not fucking as good as michael jordan. i can guarantee you that they would never talk about michael jordan coming off the bench. those '86 celtics that bias was going to come off the bench for? jordan put 49 and 63 on them in the playoffs.

[JeffTheFutureJaros]

How can you even say that, when he never got to play an NBA game?

[idster7]

the same way these people think they can say he would've been as good as michael jordan, even though he never got to play an NBA game. read what i said. i was only contending with the assertion that len bias was going to be as great as michael jordan, which is ludacris. len bias was great. no question about it. best player in the draft, no question. but to say he was going to be as great as michael jordan? no way.

[JeffTheFutureJaros]

Well, in my opinion, we'll never know. & that's what's sad about the whole thing.

[henrymercy08]

they won the championship the year before and they got the 2nd overal pick

[ChadRB88]

They won it that Year in 86'

[edge418]

yea from the clippers

[edge418]

i mean sonics

[wayne2166]

this is so sad

[1topdogg]

Len Bias would have been a NBA SUPERSTAR!

[scoobdoggydogg]

Bias was a dunking version of Dale Ellis

[idster7]

@scoobdoggydogg I saw Dale Ellis play, and I saw Len Bias. I see absolutely no resemblance between the two.

[KobeBrian3]

Mann that suckss so badddd u diee 2 days after u get draftedd 2 nd overall by the celticss fuck we would have like 20 titlesss

[discolando]

Is your keyboard broken?

[bladingpro]

he did die 2 days after the draft. he had a cocane overdose

[tonyt55]

i same night he was drafted i think

[seeehorn]

For those of you who get NBATV, they are replaying the 1986 draft on Wednesday at 1pm eastern. It's good to see drafts when they actually happen because there is no 20/20 hindsight. This will the only time you will see Chris Washburn discussed in a positive way.

[jmalone37]

drugs

[brandondtheman]

how did he die

[gobotzoo]

If he would have lived, I have no doubt he would surpassed Larry Bird

[powertrainz]

..and Jordan & Magic & a lot of other legends. Food for thought: If Bias lived & the Celtic machine would've kept going, do you think Jordan would've only been known as a glorified ball-hog & dunk-a-holic who only cared about avg 30-40+ ppg instead of the greatest player ever w/ six rings? MJ would've been hard-pressed to win 1 title let alone 6.

[nothing128]

The thing is you can never tell how a player is really gonna turn out.. he could've been like Michael Jordan, or he could've been like Darius Miles... with his abuse of drugs it most likely would've been the latter... Darius Miles was also regarded as one of the best forwards to come out of college btw...

[powertrainz]

Yeah, those god-damned drugs what they can do to you. Guys like Roy Tarpley had potential but he got suspended for drugs 7-10 times & now he's banned forever from the NBA. It's possible the same thing could've happened to Bias if he survived the overdose & continued to take drugs. Shawn Kemp's another that let cocaine use ruin his career. Did Miles use drugs? Or did he just suck?

[nothing128]

well knee surgery ended his career but he was looking like a bust anyway with only a few solid games under his belt...

[seeehorn]

At least Shawn Kemp was an elite NBA player for several years. Weight problems also destroyed S.Kemp's career, in addition to the substance abuse.

Darius Miles sucked for a while, became a decent player in Portland, had a bad attitude, and now has a career-threatening injury!!

[enwll3427]

Miles was a good forward out of HIGH SCHOOL not college.Bias was a million times more prepared/talented than Miles.Bias would have to had injuries to end w/o a good career and with the Celtics it was a near perfect team to go to.Unlike the Clippers/Cavs/JailBlazers to start off with.

[pearlmax]

How dare you mention the Blazers along with the Cavs and Clippers.

[xnorex111]

shows how much you know..He came straight out of high school

[idster7]

1) you are wrong when you say you can never tell how a player is going to turn out. the people who say that are just covering up for the fact that they don't know what they were talking about. he was not going to be as great as jordan or as bad as miles. and darius miles didn't even go to college.

[powertrainz]

After watching some vids of Bias in college, he had the potential to be the greatest player in NBA history, much better than Jordan. He would've won multiple titles & Bird could've passed the torch to him & built a new dynasty but a few stupid snorts of cocaine right after the draft changed history forever & cursed the Celtics for 22 years until the 2008 title they just won.

[nothing128]

lmao from watching videos in COLLEGE you could tell that somehow he would develope to be better then larry bird and michael jordan?? get real lol

[powertrainz]

Had Bias lived, Bird was going to put him under his tutelage & groom him and give him the keys to the franchise after he, McHale & Parish retired. You're not going to become a complete player coming out of college, Jordan, Magic, Bird weren't. But he had amazing God-given talent that we'll never know what could've been. Is it safe to say that the real reason why Michael Jordan is the greatest player in history is b/c of the Bias tragedy?

[idster7]

no, it's not safe to say that. len bias was extremely talented. but michael jordan was a quantum leap above any other player in the world. you cannot project that a guy is going to be as good as michael jordan. he would've had to have jordan's work ethic, competitive drive, poise under pressure & comfort in the spotlight. and he didn't.

[cortezforever]

True...

[alblmfld]

Larry Bird was high on Len Bias. Funny becasue Lien Bias was high.

[seeehorn]

scoobdoggydogg, do you have the rest of the 1986 draft on tape? NBATV or ESPN Classic needs to show the 1986 draft again(and include Dennis Rodman being selected). NBATV showed this draft last year at 3 or 4 in the morning. I tried to tape it but NBATV didn't air it at the time they listed and they never replayed it.

I forgot to add Chuck Person to the list of excellent players in the 1986 draft, he was the 1986-1987 Rookie of the Year and had an outstanding NBA career.

[rays130226]

note: Walton retired in 1987 and became who of the worst announcers in NBA's history while Robert Parish played another 10 years in the league. Robert Parish final season with the Chicago Bulls and got a ring. Roy Tarpley was a good player but he was lazy, fat and drug addict. William Bedford was a bust but he was a journeymen for 10 years. Dennis Rodman is the greatest rebounder and defender ever and a well known celebrity. Brad Daugherty had a nice career with the Cavs and is a NASCAR anaylst.

[scoobdoggydogg]

Yes, either way the Celtics were doomed because William Bedford was their next choice.

[seeehorn]

The 1986 NBA Draft ended up being one of the most TRAGIC events in the history of sports and it started with Len Bias being picked. Some guys taken in the 1986 draft whose NBA careers/lives ended in chaos include Chris Washburn, William Bedford, Roy Tarpley, Pearl Washington, Walter Berry, and Baskerville Holmes.

The 1986 draft even gets bizzare because 2nd round pick DENNIS RODMAN ended up being the best NBA player in this draft. Mark Price, Ron Harper, and Brad Daugherty tie for 2nd.

[Lydian13]

dookie, you my friend, are a piece of shit.

[t33l0]

so sad....