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Famous firsts

Memorable NBA Drafts of the past 20 years

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The NBA has had its share of first-round draft busts over the years, from Derrick Coleman (1st overall, 1990) to somebody named Kelvin Ransey (fourth overall, 1980). But there have been a few banner classes as well, so here is a look at five outstanding first rounds in recent history:

1984
Jonathan Daniel/Allsport	All-Star Games: 48 Hakeem Olajuwon (12), Michael Jordan (11), John Stockton (10), Charles Barkley (9), Alvin Robertson (4), Otis Thorpe (1), Kevin Willis (1) MVPs: 7 Olajuwon (1: 1994), Michael Jordan (5: 1988, '91, '92, '96, '98), Charles Barkley (1: 1993) NBA Titles: 9 Jordan (6), Olajuwon (2), Otis Thorpe (1)
1985
Brian Bahr/Allsport	All-Star Games: 39 Karl Malone (12), Patrick Ewing (9), Joe Dumars (6), Chris Mullin (4), Detlef Schrempf (3), Terry Porter (2), Charles Oakley (1), A.C. Green (1), Xavier McDaniel (1) MVPs: 2 Karl Malone (2: 1997, '99) NBA Titles: 10 Green (3), Bill Wennington (3), Dumars (2), Joe Kleine (1), Sam Vincent (1)
1992
Stephen Dunn/Allsport	All-Star Games: 13 Shaquille O'Neal (7), Latrell Sprewell (4), Alonzo Mourning (3), Christian Laettner (1), Tom Gugliotta (1) MVPs: 1 O'Neal (1: 2000) NBA Titles: 6 Robert Horry (4), O'Neal (2)

1987

All-Star Games: 28

David Robinson (10), Scottie Pippen (7), Reggie Miller (5), Kevin Johnson (3), Horace Grant (1), Mark Jackson (1), Reggie Lewis (1)

MVPs: 1

David Robinson (1: 1995)

NBA Titles: 14

Pippen (6), Kenny Smith (2), Grant (4), Robinson (1), Dennis Hopson (1)

1981

All-Star Games: 30

Isiah Thomas (11), Tom Chambers (4), Rolando Blackman (4), Mark Aguirre (3), Buck Williams (3), Larry Nance (3), Kelly Tripucka (2)

NBA Titles: 6

Thomas (2), Aguirre (2), Mike McGee (2)

 

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