Wost Pick Ever?

It was 24 summers ago, in June of 1984, that the Portland Trail Blazers made the biggest mistake since Japan provoked the United States into World War II. Equipped with the second pick in the best NBA Draft class of all-time, Portland decided to select University of Kentucky center Sam Bowie instead of future NBA Hall-of-Famers Charles Barkley, John Stockton, [read more...]

NBA Draft ‘07 - 1984 Redux?

I am currently reading the book Tip Off, by Filip Bondy. [review coming soon to CSR]. It's about the 1984 NBA Draft and makes the claim that it changed basketball forever - I can't disagree with that. While reading it, I have been struck with how similar the situation was in 1984 to the situation entering the 2007 NBA Draft. [read more...]

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