1984 NBA DRAFT

The '1984 NBA Draft' saw the selection of four players who would be named among the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996: Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton. These four players accumulated seven MVP awards, 23 All-NBA First Team appearances and 45 NBA All-Star Game selections and one of them is currently in the Basketball Hall of Fame,Charles Barkely.
Many other solid players were drafted in 1984, including Otis Thorpe, Kevin Willis, Michael Cage, Sam Perkins and Alvin Robertson. It could be noted that the Chicago Bulls actually drafted the track and field star Carl Lewis with the 208th pick overall. Lewis would stay with track and never played basketball for the Bulls. Thorpe was the last remaining ''Kansas City Kings'' player on an NBA roster (2000-01 Charlotte Hornets) and Willis signed to the Dallas Mavericks for the 2006-2007 season.

Contents

Round one

Notable post-first round picks

Round one

	= All-Star
	= Hall of Fame

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Hakeem Olajuwon (C)		Houston Rockets	Houston
2	Sam Bowie (C)		Portland Trail Blazers (from Indiana)	Kentucky
3	Michael Jordan (SG)		Chicago Bulls	North Carolina
4	Sam Perkins (PF/C)		Dallas Mavericks	North Carolina
5	Charles Barkley (PF)		Philadelphia 76ers (from L.A. Clippers)	Auburn
6	Melvin Turpin (C)		Washington Bullets	Kentucky
7	Alvin Robertson (SG)		San Antonio Spurs	Arkansas
8	Lancaster Gordon (SG)		Los Angeles Clippers (from Golden State)	Louisville
9	Otis Thorpe (PF)		Kansas City Kings	Providence
10	Leon Wood (SG)		Philadelphia 76ers (from Denver)	Cal State Fullerton
11	Kevin Willis (PF/C)		Atlanta Hawks	Michigan State
12	Tim McCormick		Cleveland Cavaliers ★	Michigan
13	Jay Humphries		Phoenix Suns	Colorado
14	Michael Cage (PF)		Los Angeles Clippers (from Seattle)	San Diego State
15	Terence Stansbury (SG)		Dallas Mavericks	Temple
16	John Stockton (PG)		Utah Jazz	Gonzaga
17	Jeff Turner (PF)		New Jersey Nets	Vanderbilt
18	Vern Fleming (SF/SG)		Indiana Pacers (from New York)	Georgia
19	Bernard Thompson		Portland Trail Blazers	Fresno State
20	Tony Campbell		Detroit Pistons	Ohio State
21	Kenny Fields		Milwaukee Bucks	UCLA
22	Tom Sewell		Philadelphia 76ers	Lamar
23	Earl Jones (C)		Los Angeles Lakers	District of Columbia
24	Michael Young (PF)		Boston Celtics	Houston

★ compensation for draft choices traded away by Ted Stepien
The legendary 1984 draft class is often considered the best draft ever; the 1996 and 2003 NBA Draft classes are often compared with the 1984 draft as being among the best in history.

Notable post-first round picks

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
27	Ron Anderson (SG/SF)		Cleveland Cavaliers	Fresno State
46	Jerome Kersey (SF)		Portland Trail Blazers	Longwood
68	Earl "Butch" Graves		Cleveland Cavaliers	Yale
70	Rick Carlisle (PG)		Boston Celtics	Virginia
208	Carl Lewis		Chicago Bulls	Houston