BOB KNIGHT TRIED TO CONVINCE THE BLAZERS TO DRAFT MICHAEL JORDAN 

Yepp, Bobby said it first!

Pretty sure he said that after seeing him on Olympic tryouts

@@BasketballNetwork ...why wasn't there a clip of it?

@@rtc7788 he said that after coaching him on the '84 Olympic team.

There's another clip of Hubie Brown analyzing Mid NBA MJ in which the very critical coach describes him in a very similar manner

Coach Knight saw it first!

His assessment comes from coaching him in the Olympics in 1984. Did you know that Micheal Jordan was one of the few that won an Olympic Gold Medal as a collegiate player and a professional one?

@@rshrsh5420 Yes, and did you see coach Knight's Dave Letterman interview where he shared more stories about coaching MJ? Knight loved MJ, both for his talent and his personality.

@@dr.andersonsghost4315 Watch this one and get back to me ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-80qM2NXON4o.html

@@rshrsh5420 Yep, I've seen that one. LOL, coach Knight probably wished MJ was his son.

THE POINT IS Bobby Knight was saying MJ was the BEST PLAYER he's EVER SEEN! We you have that type of talent available, u TAKE HIM! It doesn't matter if the league was dominated by big men! And we see THE RESULTS! MJ was SO GREAT it superceded Dream, David, Shaq, Ewing, etc.! It's obvious Portland didn't see MJ on the same level Knight did! Just like MOST COACHES didn't see MJ on the level Knight did!

Yeah. But Larry and Magic had started to loosen that thinking a bit.

The dumb blazers also drafted Greg Oden over Kevin Durant!! They just have NO clue!!

@kenuffff no one, except Bobby Knight!!

@@steve8803 Bobby Knight and Jerry West are the two greatest experts of analyzing and evaluating basketball talent...and *BOTH* say Jordan is the GOAT!! I am inclined to agree with the experts!!

Wow didn't know he said that about my favorite current player Steph.

Called Bird immediately. Said he had the greatest court vision and hand eye coordination ever. Regretted losing him

Thanks :) yepp, nobody ever mentions the Pacers, they were just unlucky

Are you sure when you said "perineal" all star.. maybe you know something that we don't ?! :-D

Bowie would have been great if it hadn't been for his injuries. But you always draft the BEST player.

@@BasketballNetwork You do NOW, my friend. Back then, as illustrated by the Blazers pick, they drafted positional needs. I hated them for it. Paxson was no slouch at the time as a 2. So they must have figured they didnt need MJ. Not the first, nor the last time Portland would pass on future Hall of Famers...

@@TheRealBozz O forgot they got Greg Oden over Kevin Durant lol that was a dumb pick

If Bowie never got hurt I don't think you'd hear so much about this.

That's right

BINGO!!! You simply move Drexler to the SF. And slide MJ to the SG. And BOTH were among the best passing SG's of all time as it is. At times, u could even use a big backcourt. And move MJ to the PG and Clyde to the SG!

His potential was through the roof, moved great for a guy his size and the Blazers thought a center would fit the team better than MJ

A few chips.

Remember hakeem went first so he was THE GUY IN that draft but bowie was rated right behind him

Exactly. Too bad everyone's learning from Portland's mistakes

He traded Eddie Jones for Glen Rice and got Kobe from Charlotte draft pick for Vlade Divac

Imagine MJ and Reggie on the same team 🤯

Hakeem got his rings while Jordan was still playing

thats not how it works buddy their mindsets still wouldnt change

And MJ would have won at least 6 titles with Houston

not quite the same. bowie over jordan wasnt a good choice, yes. majority of the time saw greatness in jordan. but, nearly every bball analyst gives them a pass on Oden, since Odens time was cut short by injuries. that's not foreseeable.

The unluckiest sports organization ever

Yepp, that's an elite club.

What most people don't know is that Jordan led Olympic Team played eight exhibition games against NBA all-stars..Knight scheduled it so his team could gain some experience and confidence going into the games. It was suppose to be Trotters vs Generals, but I guess MJ didn't get the memo. You can google what happened next//

Mj & Ewing.. Last time for College players, 1st as Pro-DreamTeam..! ✌

Which paper? I’d love to read it :)

Basketball Network I saw a video of mychal Thompson speaking on it, it maybe here on RU-vid

MJ at the 2, Clyde at the 3, Hakeem at the 5 in the early 80s would’ve cut out some Celtics, lakers and pistons titles ha. The rockets made the finals anyway, but having MJ and Hakeem competing at both ends, and Clyde being a monster defender as well, and those competitive spirits building each other… It would be like Jordan and Pippen but with Hakeem as the center instead of Will Perdue haha. And in reality Clyde was better than Scottie. Yikes. A couple decent spot up shooters and that team absolutely obliterates whoever. Houston was already good with Vernon or guys like that on the wing. That would’ve been amazing to see for sure.

That's what happens when you have a 48 inch vertical :)

Basketball Network I love Mike but I doubt it's higher than 46 max

He had a video where he was ask.how high cn he jump. His reply was that he can put half of his arm beyond the square print in the board. Can you imagine that

Ivan vansy Sinoy that’s practically the top of the backboard

Disagree. I think Ralph Sampson's injuries mute this point. Especially since you and I know how important the low post '80s-90s were.

The thing is Houston STILL BENEFITTED from Dream being there. He and Ralph made the Finals. The Twin Towers concept was working great! Sampson's injuries of course derailed his career. And Houston STILL WON two rings with the Dream down the road. So I WOULDN'T call what Houston did a monumental goof. Houston still got a top 12 GOAT in Olajuwon. And rings outta the deal. The excuse Portland made was NOT DRAFTING MJ because of Drexler! For starters, Drexler ONLY averaged 7.7 points his rookie year. He wasn't playing WELL ENOUGH to dictate not taking MJ. Secondly, you could have EASILY moved Drexler to SF. And slide MJ to SG. MJ's rookie year he averaged 28 PPG! He was ready to dominate the league from day one! Drexler had MUCH MORE of a learning curve to become a superstar. If Portland's scouts VIEWED MJ the way Knight did, they would have drafted him #2. And move Clyde to the SF. They OBVIOUSLY didn't think MJ was GOAT material. In the case of Houston, AT LEAST they got arguably the most skilled center ever in Olajuwon. AND won rings on top of it!!

Hakeem is a legend, just a hairline below Jordan. I have him in my top 5 all time.

Indeed

Bobby Knight knew. That's what the video was about.

tc r nobody knew. It was just based on his observation and usually observations are mixed with bias. Plenty of potential great players got injured before reaching their prime. If jordan was severely injured and to never play they way he played, i bet people would never talk about Mj these days.

Who knows (or really cares) what other teams would have done. It only matters what the top three teams did. Its hard to argue with Houston taking Hakeem. He is arguably the best center of all time. However, given Bowie's good, but not great, college career and his injury problem, it was a stretch to take him at #2. Had he come out of college healthy, things would have been different. Jordan on the other hand was healthy, had earned Freshman of the year, Naismith and PotY awards and 1st team all NCAA twice. If the Blazers had the 1st pick and took Olajuwon instead of Jordan it would be a much less contentious pick, but taking Bowie over Jordan, even with Drexler, was idiotic and panned by almost everyone even before either of them proved it on the court. Personally, I find it more interesting that Dallas took Perkins over Barkley and no one talks about that.

Bob Jonquet nobody is really fit to judge if teams made a mistake because nobody can see the future. People may be bad at the start but could be great players along the way surpassing those who were perceived great from the beginning. Besides, teams normally look for players who are missing pieces of their team which, at that time, are centers.

MJ was a beast coming into the league, much, much bigger potential than Bowie.

"Everybody makes fun of the Blazers and Bowie".....as they should