Every year, the NBA draft attracts the attention of fans, like Wembanyama last year, who has received the attention of the world when he has not yet announced his participation in the draft, after all, the old people in the NBA have seen the same, and everyone is looking forward to the arrival of superstars, who can send fresh blood to the league and let us see different colors, so everyone is looking forward to the draft.
However, the draft is divided into the draft year and the small year, and there are not many stars in the draft year, and it would be good to have one or two who are ranked number one in the league. Draft years are often star-studded, and countless superstars can emerge, such as the 84 diamond generation, the 96 gold generation, the 03 platinum generation and the 09 draft, today we are going to walk into the 84 diamond generation, this draft can be called the most supergiant, the birth of many historical stars, it is difficult to be surpassed in future generations, let's take a look at the grand occasion of this year's draft!
Three MVPs, two FMVPs were born
MVP is the most important honor in the regular season, representing the most outstanding player in the regular season, it is difficult enough to produce two MVP players in a draft, such as Curry and Harden in the 09th draft, Wei Shao and Rose in the 08th draft, are the drafts that gave birth to two MVPs, and the 84th draft has produced three MVP players, they are Olajuwon, Jordan and Barkley, all of whom are all-time stars.
Barkley averaged 25.6 points, 12.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game in the season when he got the MVP, leading the Suns to the first place in the league, and led the team to the Finals this year.
Olajuwon not to mention, led the Rockets to break out in the 90s, in 94 and 95, Olajuwon won the MVP two times, and also led the Rockets to achieve two consecutive championships, and he also won the FMVP for a second time, of which the second championship of the Rocket, it can be said that Olajuwon single-handedly brought up, in 95, the Rocket's regular season record was only sixth in the West, the team was in turmoil, internal and external troubles, Olajuwon led the broken Rockets to complete the title defense in 95. During Jordan's temporary retirement, he carried a piece of the league. It is worth mentioning that Olajuwon also set up a training camp after retiring to teach his own unique "big dream dance steps", and even James and Kobe Bryant are his students, which is enough to prove Olajuwon's greatness.
Jordan, as the most outstanding player in this draft, is great needless to say, leading the Bulls to complete two triple championships, and all of them are FMVP, it can be said that Jordan has achieved this Bulls, winning the MVP trophy 5 times in his career, and winning the scoring title 10 times This is the only existence in NBA history, and it is difficult for future generations to surpass, as long as he plays a full season normally, Jordan is almost a strong contender for the scoring title, which can be called the first person in history.
A number of stats, NBA first
In the 84th draft, there is another person who can also be said to be a supergiant, he is Stockton, although his career is very low-key, but the data he got is not low-key at all, he has won 9 assists, even more than Magic Johnson, you must know that Magic is a very good player who organizes offense, and he is not as good as Stockton, Stockton and Malone have twice entered the Finals, but unfortunately they were defeated by Jordan, which also led to Stockton becoming one of the famous uncrowned kings in the NBA。
In addition to no hard honors, his resume can be said to be quite outstanding, his number of assists is as high as 15,806, ranking first in history, more than 3,500 more than Kidd, who retired at the age of 39, 3,265 steals, cliff-like leading the second, and also ranking first in history. This is due to Stockton's consistency over the past 19 seasons, with few major injuries and the number of attendances in NBA history.
The NBA's all-time block king is the 84th champion Olajuwon, with 3,830 blocks in his career, more than 500 ahead of Mutombo, the second in history, and Howard, as a block master, is more than 1,700 miles behind Olajuwon. This record can be said to be difficult to break. The number of steals per game is the highest in the class of '84, and Robertson averages 2.71 steals per game in history.
The reason why the 84th draft is called the diamond generation is mainly because the rookies are too dazzling, and there are historical stars in the three positions of center, forward and guard, and it is rare to look at the history of the NBA.