Michael Jordan is considered the greatest player in NBA. Jordan was selected in 1984 and has been a superstar since the day he was drafted. Playing for the Chicago Bulls , which had not achieved much success before, many people did not expect Jordan to lead the Bulls , making them the most successful team in the Eastern Conference .
But Jordan immediately worked with the Bulls. Despite the lack of a good supporting cast, Jordan often leads the Bulls into playoffs . Ultimately, Chicago built a great team around Jordan and immediately showed up in their results. Winning three titles in a row is a very rare feat. Not only did Jordan and the Bulls achieve the same results, but they did it twice in the same decade, making the Bulls one of the best teams in NBA history.
Michael Jordan reveals how coin toss decides he ends up being the third pick in the 1984 draft
Jordan has 6 championships, 6 Finals MVP trophys, 5 MVP trophys and 10 scoring champions, and one might say Jordan’s 13 years with the Bulls may be the best player. How Jordan ended up being the third pick in his draft is a mystery, given how many honors he received.
In an interview, Jordan revealed how coin toss works when deciding Jordan’s draft position.
"In those days, the draft was based on victory and failure. So at the time, Philadelphia was in third place...but Chicago started losing games. In those days, if the team lost the game, the team's pick in the draft would go up. So once Chicago went into third place, Philadelphia went up to fifth place. I could have easily returned to the fifth pick.
" but then we got assurance from Houston that if they lost to Portland, they would take me away-that was the coin flip between the first two teams to determine the first draft pick. But if Houston wins the coin toss, they say they will take Hakeem Olajuwon . This is exactly the case. Hakeem Olajuwon went to Houston and Portland went to its backup draft pick, and that was Sam Bowie.
"If Portland wins a coin toss, they'll take Hakeem and I'll end up going to Houston. But the coin flip appears in Houston, which brings me back to third place in Chicago.
Imagine Jordan might end up in second or fifth place in the 1984 draft, which is crazy. In the end, the Trail Blazers who bet on not picking Jordan faltered, and the Bulls became the championship contenders and became the best team in the NBA in the 90s.
