Chapter 6: Socialist Basketball_3

Drafting in smaller years really tests the management's vision.

The Clippers, picking fourth, chose Danny Ferry, while the Hornets, picking fifth, chose JR Reed from the University of North Carolina.

The Hornets' choice left the Bulls, who had the sixth pick, unable to fulfill Jordan's wish to pick a player from North Carolina, so they had to choose Stacey King from the University of Oklahoma.

The Boston Celtics, with the ninth pick, naturally selected Michael Smith.

The real highlights of this draft were in the non-lottery area, where the Golden State Warriors picked Tim Hardaway at the fifteenth spot, the Seattle SuperSonics picked Shawn Kemp at the seventeenth, and then the Chicago Bulls picked BJ Armstrong at the eighteenth.

Typically, players picked in these later positions are quite distinctive, but their flaws are also quite apparent.

Tim Hardaway and BJ Armstrong are both shorter guards, while Shawn Kemp is a high school student not fully developed in all aspects.