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<title>Pick the Best NBA Draft Class</title>
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<title>Who&apos;s the Head of the Class?</title>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[The sports staff at washingtonpost.com decided to hold a vote to determine the best NBA draft class of all time. Three of us felt particularly strong about our choices and have detailed our arguments for 1984, 1996 and 2003. Look at our opinions below, comment on our arguments, vote on what you think was the best year and tell us what year you would have picked. We look forward to hearing your voice. _____&nbsp;NBA Draft]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Sarah Goldstein</name>
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<title>The Case for 1996</title>
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<summary type="text">The 1996 draft class is the best of all time. There is no need to cite statistics or recap these players&apos; careers, because you already know how good they are by just hearing their names. These are not names you sort of remember. They are the guys on your fantasy team that you know by one name. Starting with the No. 1 pick, Allen Iverson was the Rookie of the Year. The Georgetown guard started...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Sarah Goldstein</name>
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<title>The Case for 2003</title>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA["We are all witnesses." &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; LeBron James hit two game-winning shots in the Cavaliers' first-round victory over the Wizards. (Gregory Shamus -- Getty Images) &nbsp; This is the slogan that has been beat about the heads of NBA fans this postseason as Nike extols the virtues of LeBron James. Though "King James" is the most high-profile member of the 2003 draft class he certainly is not the only star. For all the hype]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>C.J. Holley</name>
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<title>The Case for 1984</title>
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<summary type="text"><![CDATA[Quite simply, the 1984 NBA draft class was the best of the last 25 years, bar none. It contained the player widely considered to be the best of his generation, if not of all time, Michael Jordan - and he was not even the first overall pick! That distinction went to one of the best centers in the history of the game, Hakeem Olajuwon. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Michael Jordan denied fellow 1984 draftee John Stockton]]>...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.</summary>
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<name>Jason Feller</name>
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