The Biggest of Big 3s: Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Michael Jordan Could you imagine a trio of Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, and Michael Jordan? Well, this blockbuster deal actually almost happened. The year was 1984, and the Portland Trail Blazers reportedly wanted to send their second overall pick in the draft AND a 23-year-old Clyde Drexler to Houston in exchange for then-Rockets star big man Ralph Sampson. The Rockets were already in possession of the first overall pick, which they used on Olajuwon. They then could have used the second overall pick from the Blazers to take Jordan. That would have formed quite a trio of Olajuwon, Drexler, and Jordan, all at the beginning of their careers. We all know how Jordan won six titles in eight years with the Chicago Bulls, and it was Olajuwon (and Drexler, who eventually joined him in Houston in 1994) and the Rockets who won the other two during that eight-year span. How many titles would this trio have won together, though? Source : https://clutchpoints.com/the-trade-...eated-the-ultimate-michael-jordan-super-team/
Interesting thing is that if Ralph had gone to the Blazers, he might have avoid the fight with Jerry Sichting, which hurt his back, which in turn f$@ked up his knee, which in turn ended his career prematurely. The Rockets passing on that trade not only cost us a handful of titles, it cost Sampson millions.
Jordan would have never been Jordan. Based on that era, he would have spent the next decade feeding the Dream in the post. Obviously, they would have been one of the best teams ever though.
