That year, Olajuwon defeated many super talented players and became the No.1 scholar in Starlight Glimmer, while Wei Bao was selected by the Blazers with the second place. Later, the highest achievement was Jordan.
But what the Rockets regret most is not that Jordan was not selected. But rejected the pioneer's proposal. Before the draft, the Trailblazers traded No.2 draft+drexler for Thompson, using rockets. The transaction failed as a result. Imagine Olajuwon and Jordan if you agree. This should be the choice that the rockets regret.
1984 Jordan was awesome, but people didn't expect enough of him, so it was difficult to find an endorsement, so it must have been Olajuwon that year. It will definitely be Jordan in two years, and 199 1 can't be compared. Olajuwon's two championship rings are related to Jordan's retirement, but they are also the embodiment of strength.
Jordan was undoubtedly the best player of the year, and he was definitely qualified to be the No.1 scholar of that year. His greatness and achievements completely made Lang, the top scholar of that year, even Olajuwon praise him as the first person in history, and even James could not surpass him.
Thorne, the former general manager of Bull, the leading candidate, has given the answer. In an interview with American media reporters some time ago, Thorne said when talking about the 1984 draft: Jordan was not the team's first choice at that time, and our first choice was undoubtedly Olajuwon. We didn't choose big dreams in the first two rounds.
Olajuwon led the Houston Rockets to face Ewing's new york Knicks in the finals. Olajuwon averaged 26.9 points in the finals, with a shooting percentage of about 50%, while Ewing averaged only 18.9 points, with a shooting percentage of 36.3%.
Olajuwon is the best player in the Rockets Finals and the best player in the Finals Series. Olajuwon won the championship and won the first MVP trophy in his career.
In the eyes of league teams, Olajuwon is more attractive than Jordan. In order to make Thorne's words convincing enough, the author specially listed three reasons to support them.
Jordan won two gold medals at the Olympic Games, but rarely mentioned the first one. Tell the story of Jordan's first participation in the Olympic Games. In the same year, Jordan participated in the Olympic Games and then entered the NBA draft. Coach Bobby Knight, the coach who "even chose Jordan as the center"; Players are selected from more than 70 players through a team of 22 assistant coaches.
In addition to Jordan, these 70 players include Buckley, stockton, Pozmann Malone, Ewing and Chris Mullin. Finally, Jordan joined the list of 12 people such as Juve and Mulin. Before entering the NBA, Jordan won an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA champion and two titles of best players in national universities.