Most consider 1984 and 2003 drafts to be the best ever, but man that 1996 draft is ridiculously deep. It didn't have the likes of Olajuwon/Jordan, but the depth is just hard to describe. Combined 4 MVPs, 67 All-Star appearances Allen Iverson - 1x MVP, 11x All-Star Steve Nash - 2x MVP, 8x All-Star Kobe Bryant - 1x MVP, 17x All-Star, 5x Champion Ray Allen, - 10x All-Star, 2x Champion Ben Wallace - 4x All-Star, 1x Champion, 4x DPOY Antoine Walker - 3x All-Star, 1x Champion Peja Stojakovic - 3x All-Star, 1x Champion Jermaine O'Neal - 6x All-Star Zydrunas Ilgauskas - 2x All-Star Stephon Marbury - 2x All-Star Shareef Abdur-Rahim - 1x All-Star Marcus Camby - 1x DPOY Marcus Brown - Euroleague legend This made me wonder, when is the next time a draft this good will come around? The 2014 draft was supposed to be the best ever, but so far it's not looking very impressive.
96 was a GREAT draft class. I still remember the slam magazine cover. Almost revolutionary. Some of them brought a new style of ball to the courts that mixed in more playground and innovative 1 on 1 moves. Shareef was so talented. I'm surprised he was only a 1 time all-star.
Yeah, that's 4 solid HOFers. AI, Kobe, Ray Allen and Nash hell, Marbury might make the HOF for NBA and international play. He's got a statue in China.
according to Morey the 2009 draft must be one of the greatest drafts of all time because he picks them like grapes Spoiler or one of the most attainable drafts
What was crazy is that everyone knew how good of a draft it was going to be going in. There were other good players too, like Kittles who was held back by injures.
The game is still growing, and reaching more people, so think it possible to beat the 84 draft some day. but to do that would be quite a feat as you need at least 9 titles in the 20 year span, the GOAT, plus some top 10 players.
