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Wow - nobody's compiled a list like THAT before. Were others, like me, unaware that this franchise had made some bad decisions on draft day?
 
Seems like every year some hack rolls out another "har har you passed on Jordan and Durant" list.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Wow - nobody's compiled a list like THAT before. Were others, like me, unaware that this franchise had made some bad decisions on draft day?
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wait, the Blazers passed on Jordan!?

What in the fuck.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Seems like every year some hack rolls out another "har har you passed on Jordan and Durant" list.
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True, but this guy took the time and trouble to remind us we passed on McAdoo as well.
 
maxiep said:
True, but this guy took the time and trouble to remind us we passed on McAdoo as well.
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And for good measure, the Blazers traded Moses Malone too!
 
In hindsight I'm not sure if Oden isn't a bigger bust than Bowie. At least Bowie was productive for a number of years, and although Jordan is better than Durant, if we'd drafted Jordan he wouldn't have fit as well next to Drexler as Durant would have fit next to Aldridge.

Meh, I'm tired of thinking about it. Both drafts sucked hard, to paraphrase Sheed.
 
mook said:
In hindsight I'm not sure if Oden isn't a bigger bust than Bowie. At least Bowie was productive for a number of years, and although Jordan is better than Durant, if we'd drafted Jordan he wouldn't have fit as well next to Drexler as Durant would have fit next to Aldridge.

Meh, I'm tired of thinking about it. Both drafts sucked hard, to paraphrase Sheed.
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I think the opposite. Drexler and Jordan would've been Pippen and Jordan, but better. Of course, Pippen had a better defensive mindset (Drexler's idea of defense was watching on TV)..
 
Jordan and Drexler >>> Durant and Aldridge

Those two years of a healthy Roy would have been really fun though.
 
The idiocy of listing Martin as less of a draft bust than various double-digit picks (like Trajan Langdon and Sean May) invalidates the entire list.
 
Jordan/Drexler would have been epic.

Roy/Durant/Aldridge would have been amazing.... Hell, even Durant/Aldridge would have been amazing, no guarantee of a championship. Jordan/Drexler would have won multiple championships for us.
 
julius said:
I think the opposite. Drexler and Jordan would've been Pippen and Jordan, but better. Of course, Pippen had a better defensive mindset (Drexler's idea of defense was watching on TV)..
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Jordan would have forced Drexler into one of two scenarios.

1) Drexler would have worked at the maniacal level the Jordan expects (see Pippen) and the Blazers win multiple titles.
2) Drexler would have been his normal unmotivated self, and either he or Jordan would have forced their way out of Portland after Jordan finally attacked Drexler on the practice court.

Clyde and MJ would have been disastrous, IMO, based on Jordan's personality, and Clyde's aloof nature. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think that Jordan ever really respected Drexler, and took extra steps to humiliate Clyde on the court during the 1992 Dream Team practices.
 
PapaG said:
Jordan would have forced Drexler into one of two scenarios.

1) Drexler would have worked at the maniacal level the Jordan expects (see Pippen) and the Blazers win multiple titles.
2) Drexler would have been his normal unmotivated self, and either he or Jordan would have forced their way out of Portland after Jordan finally attacked Drexler on the practice court.

Clyde and MJ would have been disastrous, IMO, based on Jordan's personality, and Clyde's aloof nature. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think that Jordan ever really respected Drexler, and took extra steps to humiliate Clyde on the court during the 1992 Dream Team practices.
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And during the 92 Olympics, Jordan and Pippen purposely shut down and dominated Toni Kukoc. They seemed to be OK as teammates.
 
PapaG said:
Jordan would have forced Drexler into one of two scenarios.

1) Drexler would have worked at the maniacal level the Jordan expects (see Pippen) and the Blazers win multiple titles.
2) Drexler would have been his normal unmotivated self, and either he or Jordan would have forced their way out of Portland after Jordan finally attacked Drexler on the practice court.

Clyde and MJ would have been disastrous, IMO, based on Jordan's personality, and Clyde's aloof nature. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think that Jordan ever really respected Drexler, and took extra steps to humiliate Clyde on the court during the 1992 Dream Team practices.
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I don't think respect had anything to do with it. Jordan was and is all about being the best ever. Clyde was considered his best competition for a while, so Jordan took it as a personal affront that anyone could be compared to him. I don't think it mattered if it was Clyde or anyone else, Jordan would go out of his way to destroy them so that people knew MJ was the best.
 
Not that I doubt that Jordan "humiliated" Drexler during the Olympic practices, but I never heard that. Was that in a book or something?
 
It would've been immediately apparent that MJ was better and we would've traded Drexler. All sorts of good players we could've gotten for him including Pippen.
 
Why isn't Darco on this list? Picked before Wade, Anthony and Bosh.
 
julius said:
And during the 92 Olympics, Jordan and Pippen purposely shut down and dominated Toni Kukoc. They seemed to be OK as teammates.
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Toni Kukoc was a bench player who was coming into Jordan's team. I'm not sure how what you posted has anything to do with Jordan's and Drexler's personalities clashing. Drexler took the path of least resistance and relied on natural talent. Jordan had perhaps a little bit less natural talent than Drexler, but worked himself into being the greatest player in the history of the game.
 
PapaG said:
Toni Kukoc was a bench player who was coming into Jordan's team. I'm not sure how what you posted has anything to do with Jordan's and Drexler's personalities clashing. Drexler took the path of least resistance and relied on natural talent. Jordan had perhaps a little bit less natural talent than Drexler, but worked himself into being the greatest player in the history of the game.
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Jordan showing dominance over another player, who wasn't his teammate, doesn't = him doing that as a (hypothetical) Blazer.
 
julius said:
Jordan showing dominance over another player, who wasn't his teammate, doesn't = him doing that as a (hypothetical) Blazer.
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Jordan punched Steve Kerr in the face when they were teammates. If you don't agree with me on Jordan and Drexler potentially not getting along, whatever. I don't think it would have been as simple as some seem to think. Maybe that's my way of dealing with missing out on Jordan, but I see two guys who both wanted to be alpha, and it would be Jordan invading Drexler's turf. Perhaps, as I posted, Jordan would have motivated Clyde, though, and a dynasty is born. :dunno:
 
Bowie shouldn't even be on the list. He played extremely well, was a real treat to watch, and lasted 11 seasons during what many consider the most competitive period in the history of the game.

And fuck Jordan, Houston passed on him before we did.
 
PapaG said:
Jordan punched Steve Kerr in the face when they were teammates. If you don't agree with me on Jordan and Drexler potentially not getting along, whatever. I don't think it would have been as simple as some seem to think. Maybe that's my way of dealing with missing out on Jordan, but I see two guys who both wanted to be alpha, and it would be Jordan invading Drexler's turf. Perhaps, as I posted, Jordan would have motivated Clyde, though, and a dynasty is born. :dunno:
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So thats your proof he humiliated him in the olympic practices? He punched Steve Kerr in the face?

I think the thing is, Clyde may have wanted ot be the Alpha, but he wasn't the Alpha compared to Jordan.

And when Jordan was a rookie, Drexler wasn't the Alpha dog here anyways. So thats kind of a moot point.
 
KingSpeed said:
It would've been immediately apparent that MJ was better and we would've traded Drexler. All sorts of good players we could've gotten for him including Pippen.
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I watched them battle head to head for years and never considered either one better than the other. I don't think Jordan would have lasted long in Portland due to the fact he seems like such an asshole. Kinda like Scottie Pippen was when we had him, I couldn't wait for him to leave. And he's only played well for one NBA coach, Jackson. So who knows if he'd ever have been a big deal had he taken another path?
 
julius said:
I think the opposite. Drexler and Jordan would've been Pippen and Jordan, but better. Of course, Pippen had a better defensive mindset (Drexler's idea of defense was watching on TV)..
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I will go out on a limb here and say that Scottie Pippen was a better player than Clyde.
 
HCP said:
I will go out on a limb here and say that Scottie Pippen was a better player than Clyde.
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Clyde was a slightly superior scorer but Pippen was a vastly superior defender. I agree you put Clyde on those Bulls teams instead of Pippen and Chicago is worse.
 
Let's hope in 10-15 years when we see this list again, Thomas Robinson's name isn't on it.
 
mook said:
In hindsight I'm not sure if Oden isn't a bigger bust than Bowie. At least Bowie was productive for a number of years, and although Jordan is better than Durant, if we'd drafted Jordan he wouldn't have fit as well next to Drexler as Durant would have fit next to Aldridge.

Meh, I'm tired of thinking about it. Both drafts sucked hard, to paraphrase Sheed.
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I believe he was.
 
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