Factoid That Might Only Interest Me: 1984 Edition

The 1984 NBA Draft is remembered for many reasons. It of course featured four of the greatest players in NBA history in Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, and John Stockton. It is also remembered for one of the greatest draft day mistakes in all of sports history, when the Portland Trailblazers selected Sam Bowie with the 2nd pick in the draft ahead of Jordan. (There aren't many people that begrudge the Rockets for taking hometown product Olajuwon with the first pick over Jordan) In perusing the first round of the draft though, there may have been a team that had even worse decision making than the Blazers that day. That team? The Dallas Mavericks. The Mavericks held two first round picks in the draft, selections 4 and 15. With the 4th pick the Mavs took Sam Perkins, who would go on to have a solid 17 year career. At the 15 spot Dallas selected Terrence Stansbury, who cannot be considered anything other than a flop, playing only three uneventful NBA seasons. What truly makes these two selections sting in retrospect however, are the two men taken directly after each of the picks; Barkley at 5, and Stockton at 16. Ouch. Kind of makes the Texans taking Mario Williams instead of Reggie Bush not seem so bad doesn't it?