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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[ipowers2927]

Sam Bowie would have been a great player if not for the unfortunate injuries. Those are things that you can't predict and nobody knew Jordan would be what he was. Sam Bowie was special when he was healthy and still played 10 years and averaged 11 a game in his NBA career on two bad legs.

[jaranarm]

"Portland already had Clyde Drexler, so it would have been dumb for me to go there."

-Michael Jordan

[harborboi]

@joker12346969 damn so u really believe in the portland curse

[joker12346969]

But since he plays for Portland, he's probably going to get a severe injury like Brandon Roy

[joker12346969]

Even if they didn't need Jordan, they still could've had Charles Barkley. Although, Chuck had some red flags(like weight problems), it was no where as big as Bowie's.

But the worst part is, 23 years later they made the same mistake. Some people never learn.

[Kaden Moss]

"But we need a center!"

"Then play him at center!"

that actually happened.

[navarro111]

You could have predicted that based on his injuries in college. MJ/Hakeem were nobrainers

[harborboi]

Epic fail . Blazers finally got it right with lillard

[BYJR14]

theres no scenario where the blazers choose mj over bowie, its all luck and just plain shit. We lost the coin toss, we shoulda had hakeem. We drafted clyde, sg guard was not a need, bowie was a more outstanding player than jordan at his position. If we would packaged clyde and a pick for a center than drafted jordan, is the only way it coulda worked, northwest curse continues. Seahawks will win the superbowl next year and it will be lifted.

[David Huff]

i said take Jordan.

[jaranarm]

Definitely a Hall of Famer if not for the injuries. Everyone needs to check out the ESPN documentary 'Going Big'. It's about Sam and it's on my channel if you haven't seen it.