1984 Draft- Take Jordan out of the equation

[RonBrewer]

How would our history have changed if we had drafted Stockton or Barkley instead of Bowie?

 

[Chris Craig]

Not much

 

[Natebishop3]

How would our history have changed if we had drafted Stockton or Barkley instead of Bowie?

If we had won the flip and got Hakeem, we would have multiple rings.

 

[wizenheimer]

if Portland could have convinced Sabonis to come over in 1989-90, when he could have and was around 25, the Blazers would have a couple more championships, at least

Blazers did turn down a trade of Kersey and Robinson for Barkley around that time too. A lineup of...

Porter
Drexler
Barkley
Buck
Sabonis

....would have been incredible. Would need some more bench though, but it was easier back then to build a good bench

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by the way, keep in mind that if Portland drafted Barkley or Stockton or Perkins they would not have had Buck

but if they had drafted Barkley

Porter
Drexler
Barkley
Robinson
Duckworth....with Kersey on the bench would have been great. Or maybe even:

Porter
Drexler
Kersey
Barkley
Robinson

or, add in the Sabonis fantasy:

Porter
Drexler
Kersey
Barkley
Sabonis....with Cliff as 6th man

the 'what-if' game is painful as a Blazer fan