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Following his season-ending injury, Greg Oden has been compared to Sam Bowie, the player selected ahead of Michael Jordan in the famous 1984 NBA Draft. Hoops4theSoul takes a look at Filip Bondy’s excellent book, “Tip-Off”, which chronicles the decision-making that defined the most influential draft in NBA history.

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