1984 NBA Draft

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The 1984 NBA Draft saw the selection of four players who would be named among the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996: Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton. These four players accumulated seven MVP awards, 23 All-NBA First Team appearances and 45 NBA All-Star Game selections. Barkley is currently in the Basketball Hall of Fame, and Olajuwon will officially join him in September 2008.

Many other solid players were drafted in 1984, including Otis Thorpe, Kevin Willis, Michael Cage, Sam Perkins and Alvin Robertson. Also of note is the Chicago Bulls' selection of track and field star Carl Lewis with the 208th pick overall. Lewis would stay with track and never played basketball for the Bulls. Thorpe was the last remaining Kansas City Kings player on an NBA roster (2000-01 Charlotte Hornets) and Willis signed to the Dallas Mavericks for the 2006-2007 season.

This was also the final NBA Draft held before the birth of the NBA Draft Lottery in 1985.

[edit] Round one

	= All-Star
	= Hall of Fame

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Hakeem Olajuwon (C)	Nigeria	Houston Rockets	Houston
2	Sam Bowie (C)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (from Indiana)	Kentucky
3	Michael Jordan (SG)	United States	Chicago Bulls	North Carolina
4	Sam Perkins (PF/C)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	North Carolina
5	Charles Barkley (PF)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers (from L.A. Clippers)	Auburn
6	Melvin Turpin (C)	United States	Washington Bullets	Kentucky
7	Alvin Robertson (SG)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Arkansas
8	Lancaster Gordon (SG)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (from Golden State)	Louisville
9	Otis Thorpe (PF)	United States	Kansas City Kings	Providence
10	Leon Wood (SG)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers (from Denver)	Cal State Fullerton
11	Kevin Willis (PF/C)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Michigan State
12	Tim McCormick	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers *	Michigan
13	Jay Humphries	United States	Phoenix Suns	Colorado
14	Michael Cage (PF)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (from Seattle)	San Diego State
15	Terence Stansbury (SG)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Temple
16	John Stockton (PG)	United States	Utah Jazz	Gonzaga
17	Jeff Turner (PF)	United States	New Jersey Nets	Vanderbilt
18	Vern Fleming (SF/SG)	United States	Indiana Pacers (from New York)	Georgia
19	Bernard Thompson	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Fresno State
20	Tony Campbell	United States	Detroit Pistons	Ohio State
21	Kenny Fields	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	UCLA
22	Tom Sewell	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Lamar
23	Earl Jones (C)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	District of Columbia
24	Michael Young (SG)	United States	Boston Celtics	Houston

* compensation for draft choices traded away by Ted Stepien

The legendary 1984 draft class is often considered the best draft ever^{[citation needed]}; the 1996 and 2003 NBA Draft classes are often compared with the 1984 draft as being among the best in history.

[edit] Notable other picks

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
27	Ron Anderson (SG/SF)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Fresno State
46	Jerome Kersey (SF)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Longwood
68	Earl "Butch" Graves	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Yale
70	Rick Carlisle (PG)	United States	Boston Celtics	Virginia
208	Carl Lewis	United States	Chicago Bulls	Houston

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