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Hab gestern Clyde Drexler interviewen dürfen und hatte ihn u.a gefragt ob er manchmal daran denkt was gewesen wäre wenn Portland 84 Jordan anstatt Bowie an 2 gedraftet hätte. Seine Antwort war ziemlich interessant (wie das alles zustande kam)...
“I tell you what, we think about that all the time. Let me just take you back to 1984. The Portland Trail Blazers had the right for the coinflip, to have the first pick. They lost the coin flip, Hakeem Olajuwon would have been their obvious choice. I thought I was gonna get to play with Hakeem Olajuwon, we were going to recreate ‘Phi Slamma Jamma’ part two… Didn’t happen! They lose the coinflip. So now, Jack Ramsay, who was the head coach and Stu Inman, who was the general manager… Jack Ramsay won an NBA Championship in 1977 with Bill Walton as his center. He thought that the center was the key to a championship. So we had Mychal Thompson at the power forward, who was 6’10, that’s Klay Thompson’s dad, he was an unbelievable player, we had Kiki Vandeweghe at the small forward who was averaging about 26-29 points per game. They [Portland] traded like four guys [Calvin Natt, Wayne Cooper, Fat Lever, and two draft picks] to get Kiki. They had John Paxson at the two guard and myself, and Darnell Valentine at the point. So we were strong at the two, and we were lean at the top. So Jack Ramsay, with that center first offense, chose Sam Bowie instead of Michael Jordan. Before the Draft, Mychal Thompson and I were on record saying ‘hey, if the Trail Blazers pick Michael Jordan…’ that’s a direct quote from Mychal Thompson to show you how smart and ahead of the game he was.” Drexler said. “He said ‘if the Portland Trailblazers choose Michael Jordan, him and Clyde Drexler will become the next dynasty for the next 10 or 15 years in the NBA’. Now, the top branch of the Portland Trail Blazers said ‘quit saying that nonsensical stuff, we need a center, don’t put that in the paper ever again’. They kind of admonished him for saying that, but he was absolutely correct and we [Drexler and Thompson] knew it at the time. So they pick Sam Bowie, who is not a bad player, but he just couldn’t stay healthy and the rest is history. You had the chance to have Hakeem Olajuwon or Michael Jordan and you missed both of them. That’s just really bad luck.”
“I tell you what, we think about that all the time. Let me just take you back to 1984. The Portland Trail Blazers had the right for the coinflip, to have the first pick. They lost the coin flip, Hakeem Olajuwon would have been their obvious choice. I thought I was gonna get to play with Hakeem Olajuwon, we were going to recreate ‘Phi Slamma Jamma’ part two… Didn’t happen! They lose the coinflip. So now, Jack Ramsay, who was the head coach and Stu Inman, who was the general manager… Jack Ramsay won an NBA Championship in 1977 with Bill Walton as his center. He thought that the center was the key to a championship. So we had Mychal Thompson at the power forward, who was 6’10, that’s Klay Thompson’s dad, he was an unbelievable player, we had Kiki Vandeweghe at the small forward who was averaging about 26-29 points per game. They [Portland] traded like four guys [Calvin Natt, Wayne Cooper, Fat Lever, and two draft picks] to get Kiki. They had John Paxson at the two guard and myself, and Darnell Valentine at the point. So we were strong at the two, and we were lean at the top. So Jack Ramsay, with that center first offense, chose Sam Bowie instead of Michael Jordan. Before the Draft, Mychal Thompson and I were on record saying ‘hey, if the Trail Blazers pick Michael Jordan…’ that’s a direct quote from Mychal Thompson to show you how smart and ahead of the game he was.” Drexler said. “He said ‘if the Portland Trailblazers choose Michael Jordan, him and Clyde Drexler will become the next dynasty for the next 10 or 15 years in the NBA’. Now, the top branch of the Portland Trail Blazers said ‘quit saying that nonsensical stuff, we need a center, don’t put that in the paper ever again’. They kind of admonished him for saying that, but he was absolutely correct and we [Drexler and Thompson] knew it at the time. So they pick Sam Bowie, who is not a bad player, but he just couldn’t stay healthy and the rest is history. You had the chance to have Hakeem Olajuwon or Michael Jordan and you missed both of them. That’s just really bad luck.”