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Originally Posted by CrookedJ
Was in 1993.
Orlando took Chris Webber with # 1 and traded him to G.S. for Penny Hardway (#3) and three additional first round picks.
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yeah, that is sort of relevant. i remember the '93 draft very well. as i recall, a lot of fans were intrigued by the prospect of chris and shaq playing together. chris' stock at that time was... a poor man's shaquille o'neal. he was a bona fide #1, i think most teams expected him to be picked there (whether he then got traded was another issue), it's just that the depth of the draft (with all the underclassmen who declared- jamal mashburn, shawn bradley, penny, rodney rogers... lots of 'em) complicated things.
anyway, my point is that most people generally saw orlando in a similar way to how they see toronto today. we have one position up front that is simply stacked. another big body would make it interesting (how do you handle three 7 footers?) but... it might be
too different. nobody seems to know how effective it would be. orlando decided to trade out of that position for penny but who knows who got the better end. i wonder if we might do the same thing.
so many options. i'm lovin' it. the next month is bound to be a lot of fun.
peace