Dallas Mavericks: Charles Barkley, 1984 NBA Draft
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In a draft that altered the course of NBA History, the Dallas Mavericks were one of two teams who made what look like the most egregious of mistakes with their top five selection. Picking 4th overall, the Mavericks selected Sam Perkins from the University of North Carolina, and passed on the 1984 SEC Player of the Year by the name of Charles Barkley.
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Perkins was a sharp-shooting big man, but his career came nothing close to that of the “Round Mound of Rebound.”
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