https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1992-06-28-9202160960-story.html Self explanatory NEWS ROCKETS' PASS ON MINER WAS MAJOR SHOCK TO HORRY It's 8:30 Wednesday night and fans at Miami Arena and the Summit in Houston are thinking the same thing. The Rockets are about to make the No. 11 selection in the NBA Draft, one spot ahead of the Heat, and Southern Cal scoring sensation Harold Miner is still on the board
Im not following...did the Magic just get Horry or Baby Jordan in this scenario? or did the sacramento kings just get baby jordan?
I remember fans booing the Horry pick at the draft party watch at the Summit because they wanted Minor.
I think I still have pictures of the Miller Light girls on stage from that day somewhere. Part of the picture may contain the whiteboards where they scribbled the names of the draft picks down as they were called out, if I recall. I remember the only thing I could think was "what about Miner?" Oh wait... there was also "who?" Everybody else was pretty much booing or showing disappointment.
The newbs here don’t know that the OG fans were fearful of Alabama forwards They thought we were getting Buck Johnson 2
Drafting well is one thing... developing players and creating a winning culture is another. No Horry --> no Drexler years later.
Ugh...not that he was a bad player or a bad guy or anything, but...that 86 draft 20: Buck Johnson 24: Sabonis 25: Mark Price 27: Rodman 30: Nate McMillan 46: Hornacek
60: Drazen Petrovic 68: Baskerville Holmes (One of the greatest names ever, so I had to add it. Sadly, he had a tragic ending.) 108 : Jay Bilas (jk) Seven rounds of the NBA Draft and you realize there are probably 5 too-many rounds.
Yeah, but hey, we did get his brother later. It's funny, but in that draft, they tried (again) to get the outside shooter they wanted... Conner Henry was their 4th round pick. He was going to be our Larry Bird. Then he left and joined the Celtics. Ironically, the year before, we tried to get that shooter, too, but drafting the Steve Harris from Tulsa. Also in that draft was Andre Turner. All I remember about him was him busting his eardrum and being out for the year or something. In college, he was on that stacked Memphis team with Baskerville, Bedford, and Lee. One last one from looking at that draft... Milt Wagner. If you want to feel really old, his son was Dajuan Wagner. Dajuan Wagner's son, DJ, could be a top 5 pick in the 2024 draft.
