The Best NBA Draft of all time

In 1984 NBA Draft have four players named among the 50 greatest players of all time.( Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton) The four players accumulated seven MVP awards. Jordan has 5 MVP awards while Barkley and Olajuwon have one each. They all combined of 23 All NBA First Team appearances and 45 NBA All Star game selections. Charles Barkley and Hakeem Olajuwon are currently in the Basketball Hall of Fame and Michael Jordan and John Stockton are eligible in 2009.Many other solid players were drafted in 1984 including Kevin Willis, Sam Perkins, Otis Thorpe, Jerome Kersey, Alvin Robertson and Michael Cage.

In 1996 NBA Draft contained three players that won NBA MVP awards ( Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash) and seven other all stars ( Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Ray Allen, Stephon Marbury, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Jermaine O’neal, Peja Stojakovic, Antoine Walker ). The draft class also produced two NBA defensive Players of the year ( Ben Wallace and Marcus Camby).

In 2003 NBA Draft is known for having one of the most talented draft classes in draft history. 4 of the top 5 picks are NBA All Stars and ” Redeem Team” Olympic Gold Medalist. ( Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwayne Wayde, Chris Bosh ). Dwayne Wade was named NBA Finals MVP in 2006, Boris Diaw won the most improve player in 2006, Jason Kapono won the three point shootout back to back years in 2007 and 2008. Leandro Barbosa won sixth man player of the year in 2007. Other players drafted were all star David West, Josh Howard, TJ Ford and Kirk Hinrich.

From NBA.com

In 2008 NBA Draft , the No. 1 pick, Derrick Rose, had back-to-back 20-point, eight-assist games; the No. 1 pick from a year ago, Greg Oden, gave us a glimpse of what we’ve all been waiting for with a double-double against the Hornets and 22 and 10 against the Warriors; four other players hit for 25 points in a game in O.J. Mayo, Robin Lopez, Rudy Fernandez and Anthony Morrow (who scored 37 points on 15-for-20 shooting against the Clippers accounting for the most points ever for an undrafted free agent in his rookie season); Luc Mbah a Moute had a 19-point, 17-rebound game and he was a second-round draft pick; the Nets’ Ryan Anderson went 7-for-9 from three over four games; and the Kings’ Jason Thompson, who dominated for Ryder University at center in the mediocre-at-best Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, racked up 16 points and 11 rebounds in his first game starting at power forward. Other players that were contributing well in their respective teams are Heat’s Michael Beasley, Thunder’s Russell Westbrook , Timberwolves Kevin Love, Nets Brook Lopez(twin brother of Robin Lopez) , Bobcats DJ Augustin , Marc Gasol of Memphis.

It’s really hard to choose among ( 1984, 1996 and 2003 ) what’s the best draft class of all time. For 2008 it’s still too early but so far they look special and talented.

If I were to choose, I without doubt select the 1984 draft class as the best draft class in NBA Draft History.They had the superstars Jordan, Hakeem and Barkley, but you also had solid contributors down the line in John Stockton, Alvin Robertson, Otis Thorpe, Kevin Willis and Jerome Kersey.