::)Its a fact that during the 86 season, Gerald Henderson was traded for Seattle's draft pick. For that reason I watched Seattle's season as thoroughly as I watched the Celtics. Seattle ended with the worst record in the NBA, so we should have ended with the first pick. For reasons I no longer remember, there was a coin flip with the 76rs and of course we lost the flip so the 76ers drafted Len Dougherty(sic)Center, with the first pick. We ended up with Bias. Not known if we would have drafted Len Dougherty ourselves as he was the top center that year in one of the richest drafts in history. Red A. kept that decision pretty up his sleeve. Was the same as choosing between Durand and that Ohio Walking Wounded Center.
The Sports Illustrated that year had a report on that draft and labeled Len Bias as a "Dominick" type player, who was a scoring beast with Atlanta at the time. There were other draftees that year like Mark Price, Roy Tarpley, Washburn (who turned out to be a wash, after all)Chuck(The Rifleman) Person..... and other great prospects on paper, at least. And now you know the rest of the story