1984 NBA Draft: Sam Bowie

Sam Bowie is a retired American basketball player in the National Basketball Association who is probably best known for being selected before Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA Draft.[1] He was a 7'1", 235 lb center.

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[KennethKaniffFromCT]

The two dumbest men in the history of western civilization at 0:01

[bordertown]

Blazers are such a cursed franchise. LaRue Martin didn't pan out, Bill Walton was plagued with injuries, Moses Malone was passed over, Sam Bowie was injury-prone, Arvydas Sabonis came in past his prime, Greg Oden is injury-prone, LaMarcus Aldridge has a heart problem, and now Brandon Roy is set for medical retirement. Hardly any of this is Portland's fault. They've always drafted talented players but have a streak of horribly bad luck.

[jdoggoliscious]

Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant ... nuff said

[terrybigteekemp]

@jaranarm I've been trying to explain this for years. Drexler and Jordan's games were so similar it would have been silly to draft Jordan anyway. With Mychal Thompson and Sam Bowie anchoring the middle they were poised to make a run at the title in a few years. Bowie actually had a good rookie year, showing much promise, and people also forget that he had some productive years in NJ.

[jaranarm]

@Car10smgmariche

Portland also had all-stars Jim Paxson and Kiki Vandeweghe on the team top of drafting Drexler. They were packed with scoring talent but with no big man to enforce the middle and facilitate the smaller guys. Bowie was the best passing big man and second best rebounder from that draft class. The league medically cleared him so it was a logical choice for Portland. Just a shame things didn't turn out as they should have.

[Car10smgmariche]

@izoeliceman totally agree with you, it´s like stockton and malone in Utah, Magic and Bird playng for Celtics-Lakers after heated college rivalry, Kobe to the Lakers, My man Elvis said it, "Some things were meant to be"

[Car10smgmariche]

@O2JAMRULEZ I know man, that´s what i meant, (sorry for my inglish), it was a logic Choice for Houston to make, sort of the same for Portland, They already had a great perimeter guy in Drexler, so why not bet on te big guy bowie? you can teach a lot of things to a man, but you can´t teach size. so any medium talented big guy it´s going to get lots of atention

[O2JAMRULEZ]

@ASSHOLELICKERS Lol, I don't think Houston made a mistake, especially since they did win 2 championships with Hakeem, not to mention Hakeem is regarded as a top 5 Center of all time.

[ASSHOLELICKERS]

On June 5, 1981, Portland acquired a first-round pick from Indiana in exchange for Tom Owens. Portland used the pick to draft Sam Bowie. what a wasted draft pick

[ASSHOLELICKERS]

@O2JAMRULEZ yep. i understand. but in my opinion. you had ralph sampson< another promising player at that time. and they needed a guard like jordan ala kobe and shaq tandem.

[O2JAMRULEZ]

@Car10smgmariche Olajuwon was the best post player in college at the time, Jordan was the best perimeter guy. Every single draft features at least one promising perimeter player, but it may be every 10 years that a star-potential center is on the board in the Draft, and Olajuwon's stats in college promised his status as a star in the league for whoever he played for.

Oh yeah, Olajuwon also played for the U. of Houston, and the Rockets were sort of in Houston...home fans were delighted.