Tip-Off: How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever

by Filip Bondy

Paper Book, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

796.323

Genres

Collection

Sports - Basketball

Publication

Da Capo Press (2007), 300 pages

Description

The 1984 NBA draft is most remembered as the one where Michael Jordan slipped to third behind number-one pick Hakeem Olajuwon...and the immortal Sam Bowie. You could understand the Houston Rockets choosing Olajuwon, but how on earth could the Portland Trailblazers pass up Jordan for the injury-prone Bowie? For the first time, Filip Bondy pieces together the entire backstory of the draft: from Michael Jordan’s indecision over whether he should declare himself eligible for the NBA draft after his junior year...to Charles Barkley’s calculated attempt to avoid being drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers and to improve his position at the Olympic trials...to the trades that were considered but fatefully never made.

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

2007

ISBN

0306814862 / 9780306814860

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