OkcSinceSGA wrote:Of the 60 players drafted in 2018 38 are in NBA rotations still (6 years in) and every year that they’ve been in the league.
For 1984.. 17 players had full careers. The rest mostly being out of the league within 3-5 years.
1996 had 27 guys that stuck around and weren’t out of the league in a few years or less
2003 had 30 guys that weren’t out of the league within a few years. Deeper in role players than I remember.
So yea, maybe 2018 is in the discussion for top 3. Still a historically good draft that can still move up (and has moved up a ton since 2021).
Upon further review and having forgotten initially that Barkley/Stockton were 1984 (for some reason I thought they were 82 or 83), I’d rank it
1996
2003
2018
1984
1984 is better up top, but much weaker from 5-60.
Wow... you're really making yourself look silly in this thread. First you said that the 1984 draft only had 2 good players and the rest was trash. Then you say it's only 4 good players when someone pointed out two HOFers that you "forgot".
OkcSinceSGA wrote:1984 lol? Get the hell out. Sure Jordan and Hakeem but extremely shallow with high end talent otherwise.
OkcSinceSGA wrote:Dude stop. You literally threw in 1984 lol. Which has a top 2 player all time, top 10 ish in Hakeem, then mostly trash after that. I’ll give you projections.
TheBobster wrote:1984 Draft
Hakeem Olajuwon
Michael Jordan
Charles Barkley
John Stockton
Otis Thorpe
Sam Perkins
Kevin Willis
Michael Cage
Jerome Kersey
Alvin Robertson
Sam Bowie
Jay Humphries
Vern Fleming
You started this thread saying that you didn't see any argument for another draft to be the greatest but now you list two other drafts that you think could be ahead of 2018.
I don't think you know your NBA history. It's okay to give rank the 2018 class as the best if you believe that but you shouldn't be so dismissive of others peoples opinions with posts that just demonstrate your ignorance.