Tip-Off How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever
by Bondy, FilipFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-04-22
Publisher(s): Grand Central Publishing
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Summary
The 1984 NBA draft is most remembered as the one where Michael Jordan slipped to third behind number-one pick Hakeem Olajuwon...and the immortal Sam Bowie. You could understand the Houston Rockets choosing Olajuwon, but how on earth could the Portland Trailblazers pass up Jordan for the injury-prone Bowie? For the first time, Filip Bondy pieces together the entire backstory of the draft: from Michael Jordan's indecision over whether he should declare himself eligible for the NBA draft after his junior year...to Charles Barkley's calculated attempt to avoid being drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers and to improve his position at the Olympic trials...to the trades that were considered but fatefully never made.
Author Biography
Filip Bondy is a sports columnist at the New York Daily News, where he has worked since 1993. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife.
Table of Contents
| Prologue: The Flip | p. ix |
| The View from Chapel Hill | p. 1 |
| Decision Time | p. 15 |
| The Achilles Shin | p. 31 |
| Out of Africa, Into Texas | p. 45 |
| The Well-Rounded Recruit | p. 65 |
| Spokane Man | p. 75 |
| Trial by Knight | p. 83 |
| Embracing Defeat | p. 101 |
| Finishing the Picasso | p. 109 |
| Liking Mike | p. 121 |
| The Safe Pick | p. 135 |
| The Imperfect Fit | p. 145 |
| Sweet Sixteen | p. 155 |
| Portland Selects Sam Bowie | p. 165 |
| Not Twins at All | p. 181 |
| After the Fall | p. 193 |
| A Different Kind of Star | p. 203 |
| Far from Eden | p. 217 |
| Charles in Charge | p. 225 |
| The Player's Player | p. 237 |
| Epilogue | p. 247 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 263 |
| Bibliography | p. 267 |
| Index | p. 271 |
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