Topic: BEST NBA DRAFT YEAR?

[dgnr8kid]

My pick would have to be the 1996 draft. Allen Iverson was MVP in 2001, Steve Nash was MVP in 2005 and 2006. Marcus Camby was best defensive player in 2007. An undrafted Ben Wallace also won best defensive player previously. Then there's Kobe, Ray Allen, Peja Stojakovic, Jermaine O'neal, Antoine Walker, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Stephon Marbury, Derek Fisher...

Combined, the selections from this draft pool have:

    * 3 NBA MVP Awards (Nash 2, Iverson 1)
    * 4 NBA All-Star MVP Awards (Kobe Bryant 2, Iverson 2)
    * 13 NBA Championships (Kobe Bryant 3, Derek Fisher 3, Malik Rose 2, Samaki Walker 1, Ben Wallace 1, Antoine Walker 1, Shandon Anderson 1, Travis Knight, 1)
    * 18 single-season leaders: (Allen Iverson scoring title 4, Kobe Bryant scoring title 2, Nash 3 assist title, Allen Iverson steal title 3, Camby block title 3, Wallace block title 1, Wallace rebound title 2)
    * 11 All-NBA First Team Selections (Bryant 5, Iverson 3, Nash 3)
    * 11 All-NBA Second Team Selections (Bryant 2, Wallace 3, Jermaine O'Neal 1, Iverson 3, Ray Allen 1, Peja Stojakovic 1)
    * 11 All-NBA Third Team Selections (Bryant 2, Wallace 1, Nash 2, O'Neal 2, Iverson 1, Stephon Marbury 2, Allen 1)
    * 11 All-Defensive First Team Selections (Bryant 5, Wallace 5, Camby 1)
    * 5 All-Defensive Second Team Selections (Bryant 2, Wallace 1, Camby 2)
    * 51 All-Star appearances (Bryant 9, Iverson 9, Allen 7, O'Neal 6, Nash 5, Wallace 4, Walker 3, Stojakovic 3, Marbury 2, Zydrunas Ilgauskas 2,and Shareef Abdur-Rahim 1
    * 5 Defensive Player Awards: Wallace 4, Marcus Camby 1
    * 3 Three Point Shootout Champion: Allen 1, Stojakovic 2
    * 1 Slam Dunk Champion: Kobe Bryant
    * 1 Most Improved Player Awards: Jermaine O'Neal

Astig ano?!

If there's a 2nd place, I'll give it to Batch 84... 3 MVPs. Jordan, Olajuwon and Barkley

[Kal-El]

i'll always bet on the '84 draft....even against the '96 draft or the '03. 

[Killua_X]

i'll always bet on the '84 draft....even against the '96 draft or the '03. 

i agree.. because of jordan. plus barkley, olajuwon & stockton. dis are all time greats and hall of famer

[BADFISH]

Agree ako jan dgnr8kid!!!  The EXPECTATIONS 96' ang the best para skin. Pero pwede rin yung kala MJ. Gusto ko lang yung 96 kc marami sa knila ang maaga sumikat at nakasama agad sa all-star the following year.

[uzamaki4000]

hmmm...it's very hard... 84 seems great with olajuwon, jordan, barkley, stockton... but the next year would be greater with ewing, mullin, malone, shrempf, dumars, AC green, webb... how about 92? with shaq, mourning, horry... then 96? really with lots of all stars = iverson, camby, marbury, bryant, fisher, ilgauskas, nash, j o'neal...then the next year? duncan, mcgrady, billups...then 2003 with their #1 LBJ... hmmmm....
If I may rank it all
1. 1996
2. 1985
3. 2003
4. 1984
5. 1992

[vaynard]

ako 2003 because of Darko! nyahaha. 96 bcoz of Stephon "greatest point guard" Marbury

[Hirochi]

greatest point guard? or gratest points guard? hehe..

[vaynard]

ako 2003 because of Darko! nyahaha. 96 bcoz of Stephon "greatest point guard" Marbury

greatest point guard? or gratest points guard? hehe..

Hmmmn sarcastic remark po un. wahaha. 2003 xempre dahil sa line up na pwdeng maging all star regulars in the years to come. lbj, melo, bosh, wade, hinrich, howard. 96 bcoz of the reasons mention by the thread starter. wehehe. 

[kwaki]

ill go for 84

i'll always bet on the '84 draft....even against the '96 draft or the '03. 

i agree.. because of jordan. plus barkley, olajuwon & stockton. dis are all time greats and hall of famer

huwag niyo kalimutan cla

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