As an old timer I'd say the coin flips of the 80s. Given the choices in this poll i'd thank steve for Yao... and McGrady. Thanks SF3.
T-Mac easily. While getting the #1 pick was exciting I too had no real idea how Yao would turn out. I had high hopes for him but wasnt expecting too much I figured he'd be a 15ppg,10rpg player but someone the defense would need to concentrate on because of his height but still a lot of ?s surrounding that draft and Yao. At least with T-mac we were getting agruably a top 5 player along with Howard,gaines and Lue for an all-star, a serviceable C and a good sg. T-mac all the way oh yeah now lets see how that trade(s) worked out we got: T-mac,Barry,Howard,James,Hamilton for Francis,Cato,Mobley and two future second rounders. CD you da man!
Actually.. Houston Receives: T-mac Jon Barry Juwon Howard Mike James Orlando Receives: Steve Francis Doug Christie Kelvin Cato TRADE ACCEPTED Due to Orlando having a stupid GM and no clue how to run a nba team, the Rockets can laugh and point at Orlando for the next 7-10 years.
