Comments on: Greatest Draft Ever

By: Ell-Sean Smith

Ell-Sean Smith — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:38:00 +0000

The Warriors had no first round pick in ’84 but took a few players in the second round. Steve Burtt of Iona, Gary Plummer of Boston U. and Jay Murphy of BC, all from round two, made very little (if any) impact in the pro ranks.

By: EJ

EJ — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:08:23 +0000

I’m going with ’84. Everyone always remembers Hakeem, Bowie, then Jordan. But no one talks about Barkley at 5. 2003 bay be the best ever in about 3 years.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:59:49 +0000

Were any of these players picked by the Warriors?

By: Ell-Sean Smith

Ell-Sean Smith — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:36:33 +0000

Hello Marcus,
Not a hoop junkie in the making, but an unofficial member of the group since ’70. Reluctantly agree on the ’84 draft. Interestingly, myself and a couple of fellow junkies had the debate on the greatest high school classes ever a few years ago. It’s interesting to see how they panned out in the subsequent drafts. The class of ’81 became the basis for the ’84 draft class you speak of and the class of ’79, my pick as the greatest ever, could’ve been the best draft ever………….Sampson, James Worthy, Isaiah Thomas (spelling?), Sam Bowie (the Jordan draft answer to a Jeopardy question), Quentin Dailey, Antione Carr, Cliff Levingston……..list is endless.

By: manhattanproj

manhattanproj — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:18:00 +0000

well we have mj that forever changed the face of basketball/nba. there are lots of great players like bird, west, etc. but mj has become the king/god of bball. everyone just seems to have mj in their mind when it comes to bball. so i would say ’84 because of mj. (dont see lebron or wade doing the same.)

the ’96 is up there with ’84 because of another great player, kobe. kobe doesnt have as many fans as mj but he can take over a game much the same way that mj can, both defensively and offensively. (again dont see lebron doing what kobe or mj can. that one detroit game was more of one great scoring game and a horrible detroit effort rather than a great player taking over a game. we’ve seen jamison scored like that in the w’s uniform.)

as you can see, i’m not too big of a lebron fan. he’s very very very good but not in the class of kobe or mj. he doesnt play with the kind of intensity or passion that mj or kobe has. so ’03 will be a deep and good draft, but not a great draft.

By: Tay

Tay — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:53:21 +0000

You are probaly right Marcus about the 84 draft four of the greatest players of all time came that year but I still like 96 the most though maybe b/c i wasn’t alive in 84 so… but Kobe, AI and Nash are all hall of famers with the later two almost revolutionizing the game no 6 foot 160 pound player has ever gone harder and stronger to the rack and Steve Nash is the 2 time MVP who brought the fast break tempo to the league bringing it out of that slow paced 90′s halfcourt defense and even inspiring our very own Warriors haven’t even started on Kobe he’s self explanatory or lets see the pleothera of revolutionary players Ray Allen with his more than prefect stroke, Marbury with innovative $15 bball shoes, Derek fisher was in that draft plus several other players who are still in the league… I think we are all just mad at that draft because the W’s drafted the great TODD FULLER… o please nellie pick someone good this year

By: commish

commish — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:06:16 +0000

It’s hard to disagree with your conclusions, especially about 2003. The one thing we do know, quoting you again, is this year’s draft is definitely NOT Nicole Richie thin.