Originally Posted by FellaGaga-52
I got on the subject of Portland Trailblazer drafts over the years a while back, and not sure how much if any I posted. Realizing the obvious that they had passed on Jordan, Durant and Bird ... I wondered who else. Below is a glimpse of some of it.
They passed over:
Tiny Archibald, Calvin Murphy (for Geoff Petrie)
Bob MaCadoo, Paul Westphaul, Julius Erving (for Larue Martin)
Swen Nater, George McGinnis, Jim Chones, Caldwell Jones, Larry Kenon (for Barry Parkhill)
Junior Bridgeman, Gus Williams, World B. Free (Lionel Hollins)
Dantley, Parish, Kupchak, Alex English, Dennis Johnson (for Wally Walker)
Norm Nixon, Eddie Johnson, Cornbread Maxwell, James Edwards (for Rich Laurel)
Reggie Theus, Mo Cheeks, Michael Cooper (for Mychael Thompson #1)
Laimbeer, Donaldson (for Paxson),
Vandeweigh, Drew, Woodson, Mahorn (for Ronnie Lester)
Larry Nance, Eddie Johnson, Alton Lister, Danny Ainge (for Jeff Lamp)
Sleepy Floyd, Ricky Pierce, Derek Smith, Craig Hodges (for Fat Lever)
The Worlds Fair of Jordan, Barkley, Perkins et al (for Bowie)
Del Curry, Mark Price, Dennis Rodman, Hornacek (for Walter Berry)
Mark Jackson (for Ronnie Murphy)
Vernon Maxwell, Steve Kerr, Anthony Mason (for Mark Bryant)
Vlade Divac, Sherman Douglas, Cliff Robinson, Doug West (for Byron Irvin)
Eldon Campbell, Toni Kukoc, Cedric Ceballos (for Alaa Abdelnaby)
PJ Brown (for Dave Johsnon)
Shawn Respert over a dozen guys who played 10+ years in the league
Roberto Bergerson over Manu Ginobli
Erick Barkely over a bunch of guys that played 10 years in the league
Zach Randolph over Tony Parker,
Seems a beyond sick history. In passing on Jorday, Durant, Larry Bird, Dr. J, Dennis Rodman, Mo Cheeks, Tony Parker, McAdoo, Westphaul, Tiny Archibald, McGinnis, Alex English ... they seemed remarkably inept. They did manage to draft Walton, Wicks and Drexler first.