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The Butler
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Lee Daniels
Produced by
Pamela Oas Williams
Laura Ziskin
Lee Daniels
Buddy Patrick
Cassian Elwes
Written by
Danny Strong
Based on
A Butler Well Served by This Election
by Wil Haygood
Starring
Forest Whitaker
Oprah Winfrey
John Cusack
Jane Fonda
Alex Pettyfer
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Terrence Howard
Lenny Kravitz
James Marsden
David Oyelowo
Vanessa Redgrave
Alan Rickman
Liev Schreiber
Robin Williams
Minka Kelly
Mariah Carey
Clarence Williams III
Music by
Rodrigo Leão
Cinematography
Andrew Dunn
Edited by
Joe Klotz
Production
company
Laura Ziskin Productions
Windy Hill Pictures
Follow Through Productions
Salamander Pictures
Pam Williams Productions
Distributed by
The Weinstein Company
Release date
August 16, 2013 (2013-08-16)
Running time
132 minutes[1][2]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$30 million[2][3]
Box office
$176.6 million[2]
The Butler (full title Lee Daniels' The Butler)[4][5] is a 2013 American historical drama film directed and produced by Lee Daniels and written by Danny Strong.[6] It is inspired by Wil Haygood's Washington Post article "A Butler Well Served by This Election".
Loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, the film stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, an African-American who is a witness of notable political and social events of the 20th century during his 34-year tenure serving as a White House butler.[7][8] In addition to Whitaker, the film's all-star cast also features Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Alex Pettyfer, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Robin Williams, Minka Kelly, Mariah Carey and Clarence Williams III. It was the last film produced by Laura Ziskin,[9][10] who died in 2011.
The film was theatrically released by The Weinstein Company on August 16, 2013, to mostly positive reviews from critics,[11][12] grossing over $176 million worldwide against a budget of $30 million.[13]
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Filming
4 Reception
4.1 Box office performance
4.2 Critical response
4.3 Accolades
4.4 Historical accuracy
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
In 2009, an elderly Cecil Gaines recounts his life story while waiting at the White House to meet the newly inaugurated president.
In 1926, at the age of seven, Gaines is raised on a cotton plantation in Macon, Georgia. When the farm's owner rapes Cecil's mother, Cecil's father confronts him and is killed. Cecil is taken in by the estate's caretaker, who trains Cecil as a house servant.
In 1937, at age eighteen, Cecil leaves the plantation. Desperately hungry, he breaks into a hotel pastry shop. The elderly master servant, Maynard, takes pity on Cecil and gives him a job. Cecil learns advanced serving and interpersonal skills from Maynard, who later recommends Cecil for a position in a Washington, D.C. hotel. While working there, Cecil meets and marries Gloria, and the couple has two sons: Louis and Charlie. In 1957, Cecil is hired by the White House during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration. White House maître d'hôtel Freddie Fallows introduces Cecil to head butler Carter Wilson and co-worker James Holloway. Cecil witnesses Eisenhower's reluctance to use troops to enforce school desegregation, then his resolve to uphold the law by racially integrating Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.
Louis, the elder son, becomes a university student at Fisk University in Tennessee, although Cecil feels that the South is too volatile. Louis joins a student program led by Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) activist James Lawson, which leads to a nonviolent sit-in at a segregated diner, where he is arrested. Gloria, who feels that Cecil puts his job ahead of her, descends into alcoholism.
In 1961, after John F. Kennedy's inauguration, Louis and others are attacked by members of the Ku Klux Klan while on a freedom ride to Birmingham, Alabama. Louis participates in the 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade, where dogs and water cannons are used to stop the marchers, one of the movement's actions which inspires Kennedy to deliver a national address proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Kennedy is later assassinated. His successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, enacts the legislation. As a goodwill gesture, Jackie Kennedy gives Cecil one of the former president's neckties.
Louis participates in the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement, which inspires Johnson to demand that Congress enact the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Johnson also gives Cecil a tie bar.
In the late 1960s, after civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, Louis tells his family that he has joined the Black Panthers. Cecil orders Louis and his girlfriend to leave his house. Louis is arrested again. Cecil becomes aware of President Richard Nixon's plans to suppress the Black Panthers.
Charlie confides to Louis that he plans to join the war in Vietnam. After enlisting, Charlie is killed and buried at Arlington National Cemetery. When the Black Panthers resort to violence, Louis leaves the organization and returns to college, earning his master's degree in political science and eventually running for a seat in Congress, although Cecil continues to hold resentment against him.
Cecil repeatedly confronts his supervisor at the White House over the unequal pay and career advancement provided to the black White House staff. With President Ronald Reagan's support, Cecil prevails, his reputation growing to the point that he and his wife are invited by the Reagans to be guests at a state dinner. Cecil becomes uncomfortable with the class divisions in the White House. After witnessing Reagan's refusal to support economic sanctions against Apartheid South Africa, Cecil resigns.
Gloria agitates for Cecil to mend his relationship with Louis. Realizing his son's actions are heroic, Cecil joins Louis at a protest against South African apartheid; they are arrested and jailed together.
In 2008, Gloria dies shortly before Barack Obama is elected as the nation's first African-American president. Two months, two weeks and one day later, Cecil prepares to meet the newly inaugurated President, wearing the articles he received from Kennedy and Johnson. Stephen W. Rochon approaches Cecil and tells him the president is ready, preparing to show him the way to the Oval Office. Cecil tells him that he knows the way.
Cast[edit]
Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines,[6] the film's main character, who dedicates his life to becoming a professional domestic worker. Michael Rainey, Jr. and Aml Ameen portray Cecil at ages 8 and 15, respectively.
Gaines' private life
Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines,[6] Cecil's wife.
David Oyelowo as Louis Gaines,[6] the Gaines' elder son.
Elijah Kelley as Charlie Gaines,[14] the Gaines' younger son. Isaac White portrays him at age 10.
Alex Pettyfer as Thomas Westfall,[6] the brutal plantation owner who kills Earl after raping Cecil's mother.
David Banner as Earl Gaines,[14] Cecil's father.
Mariah Carey as Hattie Pearl,[15] Cecil's mother.
Terrence Howard as Howard,[6] the Gaines' neighbor who romantically pursues Gloria.
Adriane Lenox as Gina.[14][16] Howard's wife.
Yaya DaCosta as Carol Hammie, Louis' girlfriend.[17]
Vanessa Redgrave as Annabeth Westfall,[6] matron of the plantation.
Clarence Williams III as Maynard,[14][16] an elderly man who mentors a young Cecil and introduces him to his profession.
White House co-workers
Cuba Gooding Jr. as Carter Wilson,[6][14] the fast-talking head butler at the White House.
Lenny Kravitz as James Holloway,[6][14] a co-worker butler of Cecil's at the White House.
Colman Domingo as Freddie Fallows,[14][17] the White House maitre d' who hires Cecil.
White House historical figures
Robin Williams as Dwight D. Eisenhower,[6][18] the 34th President of the United States.
James DuMont as Sherman Adams, Eisenhower's White House Chief of Staff.[16][19]
Robert Aberdeen as Herbert Brownell Jr., Eisenhower's Attorney General.[16]
James Marsden as John F. Kennedy,[6][18] the 35th President of the United States.
Minka Kelly as First Lady Jackie Kennedy[18]
Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson,[6][18] the 36th President of the United States.
John Cusack as Richard Nixon,[6][18] the 37th President of the United States.
Alex Manette as H. R. Haldeman,[6] Nixon's White House Chief of Staff.
Colin Walker as John Ehrlichman, Nixon's White House Counsel.[16][20]
Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan,[6][18] the 40th President of the United States.
Jane Fonda as First Lady Nancy Reagan[16]
Stephen Rider as Stephen W. Rochon, Barack Obama's White House Chief Usher.[16]
Civil rights historical figures
Nelsan Ellis as Martin Luther King, Jr..[6][18]
Jesse Williams as civil rights activist James Lawson[17]
Danny Strong, the film's screenwriter, appears as a Freedom Bus journalist.
Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson are depicted in archival footage.[21][22]
Melissa Leo and Orlando Eric Street were cast as First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and Barack Obama, respectively, but did not appear in the finished film.[6][23][24][25]
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Danny Strong's screenplay is inspired by Wil Haygood's Washington Post article "A Butler Well Served by This Election".[26][27] The project received initial backing in early 2011, when producers Laura Ziskin and Pam Williams approached Sheila Johnson for help in financing the film. After reading Danny Strong's screenplay, Johnson pitched in her own $2.7 million before getting in several African-American investors. However, Ziskin died from cancer in June 2011. This left director Daniels and producing partner Hilary Shor to look for further producers on their own. They started with Cassian Elwes, with whom they were working on The Paperboy. Elwes joined the list of producers, and started raising funding for the film. In spring 2012, Icon U.K., a British financing and production company, added a $6 million guarantee against foreign pre-sales. Finally the film raised its needed $30 million budget through 41 producers and executive producers, including Earl W. Stafford, Harry I. Martin Jr., Brett Johnson, Michael Finley, and Buddy Patrick. Thereafter, as film production started Weinstein Co. picked up U.S. distribution rights for the film. David Glasser, Weinstein Co. COO, called fund raising as an independent film, "a story that's a movie within itself."[3][28]
The Weinstein Company acquired the distribution rights for the film after Columbia Pictures put the film in turnaround.[29][30]
The film's title was up for a possible rename due to a Motion Picture Association of America claim from Warner Bros., which had inherited from the defunct Lubin Company a now-lost 1916 silent short film with the same name.[9][31] The case was subsequently resolved with the MPAA granting The Weinstein Company permission to add Daniels' name in front of the title, under the condition that his name was "75% the size of The Butler".[32] On July 23, 2013, the distributor unveiled a revised poster, displaying the title as Lee Daniels' The Butler.[33]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography started in June 2012 in New Orleans. Production was originally scheduled to wrap in early August 2012 but was delayed by the impact of Hurricane Isaac.[34]
Reception[edit]
Box office performance[edit]
In its opening weekend, the film debuted in first place with $24.6 million.[35][36] The film topped the North American box office in its first three consecutive weeks.[37][38] The film has grossed $116.6 million in Canada and the United States, it earned $51.1 million elsewhere, for a total of $167.7 million.[2]
Critical response[edit]
The Butler received mostly positive reviews from critics, with a 71% rating on the film critic aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 175 reviews. The site's consensus says, "Gut-wrenching and emotionally affecting, Lee Daniels' The Butler overcomes an uneven narrative thanks to strong performances from an all-star cast."[39] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 66 based on 47 reviews, indicating "generally positive reviews".[40]
Todd McCarthy praised the film saying, "Even with all contrivances and obvious point-making and familiar historical signposting, Daniels' The Butler is always engaging, often entertaining and certainly never dull."[41] Richard Roeper lauded the film's casting in particular, remarking that "Forest Whitaker gives the performance of his career".[42] Rolling Stone also spoke highly of Whitaker writing that his "reflective, powerfully understated performance...fills this flawed film with potency and purpose."[21] Variety wrote that "Daniels develops a strong sense of the inner complexities and contradictions of the civil-rights landscape."[43] USA Today gave the film three out of four stars and noted that "It's inspiring and filled with fine performances, but the insistently swelling musical score and melodramatic moments seem calculated and undercut a powerful story."[44] Miles Davis of the New York Tribune gave the film a negative review, claiming the film to be "Oscar bait", a cliche film designed to attract Oscar nominations.[45]
Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times was more negative; "An ambitious and overdue attempt to create a Hollywood-style epic around the experience of black Americans in general and the civil rights movement in particular, it undercuts itself by hitting its points squarely on the nose with a 9-pound hammer."[46] Several critics compared the film's historical anecdotes and sentimentality to Forrest Gump.[47][48][49][50]
President Barack Obama said, "I teared up thinking about not just the butlers who worked here in the White House, but an entire generation of people who were talented and skilled. But because of Jim Crow and because of discrimination, there was only so far they could go."[51]
Accolades[edit]
Awards
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards[52] Best Supporting Actress Oprah Winfrey Won
BAFTA Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oprah Winfrey Nominated
BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal Nominated
Hollywood Film Awards Best Director Lee Daniels Won
Spotlight David Oyelowo Won
Critics Choice Awards Best Supporting Actress Oprah Winfrey Nominated
Best Cast Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, and Oprah Winfrey Nominated
Best Makeup Nominated
NAACP Image Award[53] Outstanding Motion Picture Nominated
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Forest Whitaker Won
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture David Oyelowo Won
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Cuba Gooding Jr. Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Terrence Howard Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Oprah Winfrey Nominated
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Danny Strong Nominated
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Lee Daniels Nominated
People's Choice Awards Favorite Dramatic Movie Nominated
Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress Oprah Winfrey Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oprah Winfrey Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, and Oprah Winfrey Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Forest Whitaker Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Oprah Winfrey Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actor in a Motion Picture Forest Whitaker Nominated
Best Actress in Supporting Role Oprah Winfrey Nominated
Best Art Direction & Production Design Diane Lederman, Tim Galvin Nominated
Historical accuracy[edit]
Regarding historical accuracy, Eliana Dockterman wrote in Time: "Allen was born on a Virginia plantation in 1919, not in Georgia.... In the movie, Cecil Gaines grows up on a cotton field in Macon, where his family comes into conflict with the white farmers for whom they work. What befalls his parents on the cotton field was added for dramatic effect.... Though tension between father and son over civil rights issues fuels most of the drama in the film, [Eugene Allen's son] Charles Allen was not the radical political activist that Gaines's son is in the movie."[54]
Particular criticism has been directed at the film's accuracy in portraying President Ronald Reagan. While Alan Rickman's performance generated positive reviews, the director and screenwriters of the film have been criticized for depicting Reagan as indifferent to civil rights and his reluctance to associate with the White House's black employees during his presidency. According to Michael Reagan, the former president's son, "The real story of the White House butler doesn't imply racism at all. It's simply Hollywood liberals wanting to believe something about my father that was never there."[55][56][57] Paul Kengor, one of President Reagan's biographers, also attacked the film, saying, "I've talked to many White House staff, cooks, housekeepers, doctors, and Secret Service over the years. They are universal in their love of Ronald Reagan." In regard to the president's initial opposition to sanctions against apartheid in South Africa, Kengor said, “Ronald Reagan was appalled by apartheid, but also wanted to ensure that if the apartheid regime collapsed in South Africa that it wasn't replaced by a Marxist-totalitarian regime allied with Moscow and Cuba that would take the South African people down the same road as Ethiopia, Mozambique, and, yes, Cuba. In the immediate years before Reagan became president, 11 countries from the Third World, from Asia to Africa to Latin America, went Communist. It was devastating. If the film refuses to deal with this issue with the necessary balance, it shouldn't deal with it at all."[58]
Political commentator Ben Shapiro wrote: "There is no question that the film itself is full of historical inaccuracies. The Butler has virtually nothing in common with its source material, the life of White House butler Gene Allen, except for the fact that the main character of the film and Allen were both black butlers in the White House. The film's title character, Cecil Gaines, sees his father murdered and his mother raped by a white landowner; that never happened to Allen. The movie's title character has two children, one who goes to the Vietnam War, the other who becomes a Civil Rights pioneer; Allen actually had only one son."[59]
See also[edit]
Backstairs at the White House, a 1979 miniseries with a similar theme
African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68) in popular culture
Great Migration
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1984 NBA draft
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1984 NBA draft
General information
Date(s)
June 19, 1984
Location
Felt Forum, New York City, New York
Network(s) (US)
USA Network
First selection
Akeem Olajuwon1[›], Houston Rockets
← 1983
NBA draft
1985 →
The 1984 NBA draft was the 37th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was held at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, on June 19, 1984, before the 1984–85 season.[1] The draft was broadcast in the United States on the USA Network.[2] In this draft, 23 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The Houston Rockets won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the Portland Trail Blazers, who obtained the Indiana Pacers' first-round pick in a trade, were awarded the second pick.[3] The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The Cleveland Cavaliers were awarded an extra first-round draft pick as compensation for the draft picks traded away by their previous owner, Ted Stepien.[4] A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was automatically eligible for selection. Before the draft, five college underclassmen announced that they would leave college early and would be eligible for selection.[5] Prior to the draft, the San Diego Clippers relocated to Los Angeles and became the Los Angeles Clippers.[6] The draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising the selection of 228 players. This draft was the last to be held before the creation of the Draft Lottery in 1985.[7] It was also the first NBA Draft to be overseen by David Stern.
The draft is generally considered to be one of the greatest in NBA history,[8][9] with four Hall of Famers being drafted in the first sixteen picks and five overall.
Contents
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1 Selection
2 Key
3 Draft selections
3.1 Notable post-second round picks
4 Trades involving draft picks
4.1 Draft-day trades
4.2 Pre-draft trades
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links
Selection[edit]
The Houston Rockets used their first pick to draft Akeem Olajuwon,[10] a junior center from the University of Houston. The Nigerian-born Olajuwon became the second foreign-born player to be drafted first overall, after Mychal Thompson from the Bahamas in 1978.[11] The Portland Trail Blazers used the second overall pick to draft Sam Bowie from the University of Kentucky. The Chicago Bulls used the third pick to draft Naismith and Wooden College Player of the Year Michael Jordan from the University of North Carolina.[1][12] Jordan went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award and was also selected to the All-NBA Second Team in his rookie season.[13] Jordan's teammate at North Carolina, Sam Perkins, was drafted fourth by the Dallas Mavericks. Charles Barkley, a junior forward from Auburn University, was drafted fifth by the Philadelphia 76ers.
Olajuwon, Jordan and Barkley, along with the 16th pick John Stockton and the 131st pick Oscar Schmidt, have been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[14] They were also named in the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History list announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.[15] Olajuwon's achievements include two NBA championships, two Finals Most Valuable Player Awards, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Defensive Player of the Year Awards, twelve All-NBA Team selections, twelve All-Star Game selections and nine All-Defensive Team selections. Olajuwon retired as the all–time league leader in total blocked shots with 3,830 blocks.[16] The third pick, Jordan, achieved even greater success than Olajuwon. He won six NBA championships, six Finals Most Valuable Player Awards, five Most Valuable Player Awards, one Defensive Player of the Year Award, eleven All-NBA Team selections, fourteen All-Star Game selections, three NBA All Star Game MVP Awards, and nine All-Defensive Team selections.[13] Barkley and Stockton never won an NBA championship, but both players received numerous awards and honors. Barkley won the Most Valuable Player in 1993 and was selected to eleven All-NBA Teams, eleven All-Star Games, and was the MVP of the 1991 All Star Game.[17] Stockton was selected to eleven All-NBA Teams, ten All-Star Games and five All-Defensive Teams before retiring as the all–time league leader in assists and steals and was co-MVP of the 1993 All Star Game along with his Utah Jazz teammate Karl Malone.[18] Jordan, Barkley and Stockton would later play as teammates for the 1992 "Dream Team". Alvin Robertson, the seventh pick, is the only other player from this draft who has won annual NBA awards as a player; he won both the Defensive Player of the Year Award and the Most Improved Player Award in 1986. He was also selected to one All-NBA Team, four All-Star Games, six consecutive All-Defensive Teams,[19] Two other players from this draft, ninth pick Otis Thorpe and eleventh pick Kevin Willis, were also selected to one All-Star Game each.[20] Willis also had one selection to the All-NBA Team.[21] Rick Carlisle, the 70th pick, became a coach after ending his playing career and won the Coach of the Year Award in 2002 while coaching the Detroit Pistons. In 2011, he coached the Dallas Mavericks to an NBA Championship.[22]
The Trail Blazers selection of Sam Bowie (left) over future Hall of Famer Michael Jordan (right) would become a noteworthy moment in NBA draft history.
The 1984 draft class is considered to be one of the best in NBA history as it produced five Hall of Famers and seven All-Stars.[23][24][25][26] However, it was also marked by the Blazers' selection of Sam Bowie, considered one of the biggest draft busts in NBA history.[27][28][29][30][31] It is believed that the Blazers picked Bowie over Michael Jordan because they already had an All Star shooting guard in Jim Paxson and a young shooting guard in Clyde Drexler, whom they drafted in the 1983 draft.[13][32] Although Drexler went on to have a successful career, Bowie's career was cut short by injuries; he had missed two of the past three seasons in his college career as well.[12] Despite having a 10-year career in the NBA and averaging 10.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, Bowie's career was interrupted by five leg surgeries, which limited him to 139 games in 5 years with the Blazers.[33][34]
Brazilian Oscar Schmidt was drafted with the 131st pick in the sixth round by the New Jersey Nets. However, Schmidt turned down the offers to play in the NBA and stayed to play in Italy and later in Brazil. He played in five Olympics and was the top scorer in three of them. He finished his career with 49,703 points with various clubs and the Brazilian national team, more than the NBA's career scoring leader, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who scored 38,387 points in his NBA career.[35] In 2010, International Basketball Federation (FIBA) honored Schmidt with an induction to the FIBA Hall of Fame,[36] and Schmidt was inducted by the Naismith Hall in 2013.[37]
University of Houston track and field Olympic Champion Carl Lewis, who had never played college basketball, was drafted by the Chicago Bulls with the 208th pick in the 10th round. Lewis would dominate the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in the summer of 1984. [1][38] Lewis, who had also been drafted in NFL draft of the same year by the Dallas Cowboys, stayed with his athletics career and went on to win nine Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships gold medals.[39]
In the fifth round, the Portland Trail Blazers drafted Mike Whitmarsh, who starred for the University of San Diego in both basketball and volleyball, with the 111th pick. Whitmarsh played professional basketball in Germany for three years, but never played in the NBA. He then left basketball to play beach volleyball, where he achieved greater success, including a silver medal in the Olympics.[40]
The final pick in the 1984 Draft, number 228 by the Boston Celtics was Dan Trant of Clark University. Trant never played in a regular season game for the Celtics. Trant was working in his office at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and was killed in the terrorist attacks that day. [41]
Key[edit]
Pos. G F C
Position Guard Forward Center
^ Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
* Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team
+ Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
# Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs
Draft selections[edit]
Akeem Olajuwon was selected first overall by the Houston Rockets.
Sam Bowie was selected second overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.
Michael Jordan was selected third overall by the Chicago Bulls.
Sam Perkins was selected fourth overall by the Dallas Mavericks.
Charles Barkley was selected fifth overall by the Philadelphia 76ers.
John Stockton was selected sixteenth overall by the Utah Jazz.
Round
Pick
Player
Pos.
Nationality[n 1]
Team
School/club team
1 1 Olajuwon, AkeemAkeem Olajuwon^
1[›] C Nigeria
United States2[›] Houston Rockets Houston (Jr.)
1 2 Bowie, SamSam Bowie C United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Indiana)[d] Kentucky (Sr.)
1 3 Jordan, MichaelMichael Jordan^ G/F United States Chicago Bulls North Carolina (Jr.)
1 4 Perkins, SamSam Perkins F/C United States Dallas Mavericks (from Cleveland)[e] North Carolina (Sr.)
1 5 Barkley, CharlesCharles Barkley^ F United States Philadelphia 76ers (from L.A. Clippers)[f] Auburn (Jr.)
1 6 Turpin, MelvinMelvin Turpin C United States Washington Bullets (traded to Cleveland)[a] Kentucky (Sr.)
1 7 Robertson, AlvinAlvin Robertson* G United States San Antonio Spurs Arkansas (Sr.)
1 8 Gordon, LancasterLancaster Gordon G United States Los Angeles Clippers (from Golden State)[g] Louisville (Sr.)
1 9 Thorpe, OtisOtis Thorpe+ F/C United States Kansas City Kings Providence (Sr.)
1 10 Wood, LeonLeon Wood G United States Philadelphia 76ers (from Denver)[h] Cal State Fullerton (Sr.)
1 11 Willis, KevinKevin Willis* F/C United States Atlanta Hawks Michigan State (Sr.)
1 12 McCormick, TimTim McCormick C United States Cleveland Cavaliers3[›] (traded to Seattle)[a] Michigan (Sr.)4[›]
1 13 Humphries, JayJay Humphries G United States Phoenix Suns Colorado (Sr.)
1 14 Cage, MichaelMichael Cage F/C United States Los Angeles Clippers (from Seattle)[i] San Diego State (Sr.)
1 15 Stansbury, TerenceTerence Stansbury G United States Dallas Mavericks Temple (Sr.)
1 16 Stockton, JohnJohn Stockton^ G United States Utah Jazz Gonzaga (Sr.)
1 17 Turner, JeffJeff Turner F/C United States New Jersey Nets Vanderbilt (Sr.)
1 18 Fleming, VernVern Fleming G United States Indiana Pacers (from New York)[j] Georgia (Sr.)
1 19 Thompson, BernardBernard Thompson G/F United States Portland Trail Blazers Fresno State (Sr.)
1 20 Campbell, TonyTony Campbell G/F United States Detroit Pistons Ohio State (Sr.)
1 21 Fields, KennyKenny Fields G/F United States Milwaukee Bucks UCLA (Sr.)
1 22 Sewell, TomTom Sewell G United States Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Washington)[b] Lamar (Sr.)
1 23 Jones, EarlEarl Jones C United States Los Angeles Lakers UDC (Sr.)
1 24 Young, MichaelMichael Young G/F United States Boston Celtics Houston (Sr.)
2 25 Durrant, DevinDevin Durrant F United States Indiana Pacers Brigham Young (Sr.)
2 26 Fleming, VictorVictor Fleming# G United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Chicago via Indiana)[k] Xavier (Sr.)
2 27 Anderson, RonRon Anderson G/F United States Cleveland Cavaliers Fresno State (Sr.)
2 28 Blackwell, CoryCory Blackwell F United States Seattle SuperSonics (from Houston)[l] Wisconsin (Jr.)
2 29 Gray, StuartStuart Gray F/C United States
Panama5[›] Indiana Pacers (from L.A. Clippers via Philadelphia)[m] UCLA (Jr.)
2 30 Burtt, SteveSteve Burtt G United States Golden State Warriors (from Washington)[n] Iona (Sr.)
2 31 Murphy, JayJay Murphy F United States Golden State Warriors (traded to L.A. Clippers)[c] Boston College (Sr.)
2 32 Turner, EricEric Turner# G United States Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio)[o] Michigan (Jr.)
2 33 Colter, SteveSteve Colter G United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Denver)[p] New Mexico State (Sr.)
2 34 Costner, TonyTony Costner# C United States Washington Bullets (from Kansas City via Detroit and Atlanta)[q] Saint Joseph's (Sr.)
2 35 Wilson, OthellOthell Wilson G United States Golden State Warriors (from Atlanta)[r] Virginia (Sr.)
2 36 Jones, CharlesCharles Jones F United States Phoenix Suns Louisville (Sr.)
2 37 Coleman, BenBen Coleman F United States Chicago Bulls (from Seattle via Atlanta and Kansas City)[s] Maryland (Sr.)
2 38 Sitton, CharlieCharlie Sitton F United States Dallas Mavericks Oregon State (Sr.)
2 39 Young, DannyDanny Young G United States Seattle SuperSonics (from New Jersey)[t] Wake Forest (Sr.)
2 40 Teachey, AnthonyAnthony Teachey# F United States Dallas Mavericks (from Utah)[u] Wake Forest (Sr.)
2 41 Sluby, TomTom Sluby G United States Dallas Mavericks (from New York via New Jersey)[v] Notre Dame (Sr.)
2 42 White, WillieWillie White G United States Denver Nuggets (from Portland)[w] Chattanooga (Sr.)
2 43 Wiltjer, GregGreg Wiltjer# C Canada Chicago Bulls (from Detroit via Indiana and Kansas City)[x] Victoria (Canada) (Sr.)
2 44 Reynolds, FredFred Reynolds# F United States Washington Bullets (from Milwaukee)[y] UTEP (Sr.)
2 45 Plummer, GaryGary Plummer F/C United States Golden State Warriors (from Philadelphia 76ers)[z] Boston University (Sr.)
2 46 Kersey, JeromeJerome Kersey F United States Portland Trail Blazers (from L.A. Lakers)[aa] Longwood (Sr.)
2 47 Williams, RonnieRonnie Williams# F United States Boston Celtics Florida (Sr.)
Notable post-second round picks[edit]
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.
Round
Pick
Player
Pos.
Team
School/club team
3 50 McDonald, BenBen McDonald F United States Cleveland Cavaliers UC Irvine (Sr.)
3 51 Petersen, JimJim Petersen F/C United States Houston Rockets Minnesota (Sr.)
3 57 Binion, JoeJoe Binion F United States San Antonio Spurs (from Denver)[ab] North Carolina A&T (Sr.)
3 61 Cross, JeffJeff Cross F United States Dallas Mavericks Maine (Sr.)
3 62 Pope, DavidDavid Pope F United States Utah Jazz Norfolk State (Sr.)
3 68 Graves, ButchButch Graves G United States Philadelphia 76ers Yale (Sr.)
3 70 Carlisle, RickRick Carlisle G United States Boston Celtics Virginia (Sr.)
4 71 Jackson, RalphRalph Jackson G United States Indiana Pacers UCLA (Sr.)
4 76 Grandholm, JimJim Grandholm F United States Washington Bullets South Florida (Sr.)
4 80 Henry, CarlCarl Henry G United States Kansas City Kings Kansas (Sr.)
4 86 Rowinski, JimJim Rowinski F United States Utah Jazz Purdue (Sr.)
4 87 Thornton, BobBob Thornton F/C United States New York Knicks UC Irvine (Sr.)
4 90 Jones, OzellOzell Jones F/C United States San Antonio Spurs (from Milwaukee)[ac] Cal State Fullerton (Sr.)
6 120 Singleton, McKinleyMcKinley Singleton G United States Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston)[ad] UAB (Sr.)
6 133 Wilkins, Eddie LeeEddie Lee Wilkins F/C United States New York Knicks Gardner–Webb (Sr.)
7 140 Edelin, KentonKenton Edelin F United States Indiana Pacers Virginia (Sr.)
7 156 Bannister, KenKen Bannister F/C United States New York Knicks St. Augustine's (Sr.)
9 185 Martin, BrianBrian Martin F United States Indiana Pacers Kansas (Sr.)
Jump up ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
Trades involving draft picks[edit]
Draft-day trades[edit]
The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.[1]
a 1 2 In a three-team trade, Cleveland acquired the draft rights to sixth pick Melvin Turpin from Washington, Washington acquired Cliff Robinson from Cleveland and Gus Williams from Seattle, and Seattle acquired Ricky Sobers from Washington and the draft rights to 12th pick Tim McCormick from Cleveland.
b Washington acquired the draft rights to 22nd pick Tom Sewell from Philadelphia in exchange for a 1988 first-round pick.
c The L.A. Clippers acquired the draft rights to 31st pick Jay Murphy from Golden State in exchange for Jerome Whitehead.
Pre-draft trades[edit]
Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of picks between the teams.
d On June 5, 1981, Portland acquired a first-round pick from Indiana in exchange for Tom Owens.[42] Portland used the pick to draft Sam Bowie.
e On September 16, 1980, Dallas acquired a first-round pick from Cleveland in exchange for Mike Bratz.[43] Dallas used the pick to draft Sam Perkins.
f On October 12, 1978, Philadelphia acquired a first-round pick from the L.A. Clippers (as San Diego) in exchange for World B. Free.[44][45] Philadelphia used the pick to draft Charles Barkley.
g On August 28, 1980, the L.A. Clippers (as San Diego) acquired Phil Smith and a first-round pick from Golden State in exchange for World B. Free.[44][45] The L.A. Clippers used the pick to draft Lancaster Gordon.
h On August 16, 1978, Philadelphia acquired Bobby Jones, Ralph Simpson and a first-round pick from Denver in exchange for George McGinnis and a 1978 first-round pick.[46] Philadelphia used the pick to draft Leon Wood.
i On August 18, 1983, the L.A. Clippers (as San Diego) acquired James Donaldson, Greg Kelser, Mark Radford, a first-round pick and a 1985 second-round pick from Seattle in exchange for Tom Chambers, Al Wood, a third-round pick and a 1987 second-round pick.[44][47] The L.A. Clippers used the pick to draft Michael Cage.
j On September 17, 1983, Indiana acquired Vince Taylor and a first-round pick from New York in a three-team trade with New York and Kansas City.[48] Indiana used the pick to draft Vern Fleming.
k On August 18, 1983, Portland acquired a second-round pick from Indiana in exchange for Granville Waiters.[49] Previously, Indiana acquired the draft rights to Sidney Lowe and the pick on June 28, 1983 from Chicago in exchange for the draft rights to Mitchell Wiggins.[50] Portland used the pick to draft Victor Fleming.
l On October 5, 1982, Seattle acquired a second-round pick from Houston in exchange for Wally Walker.[51] Seattle used the pick to draft Cory Blackwell.
m On February 15, 1983, Indiana acquired Russ Schoene a second-round pick and a 1983 first-round pick from Philadelphia in exchange for Clemon Johnson and a third-round pick.[52] Previously, Philadelphia acquired the pick and a 1983 fourth-round pick on October 27, 1982, from the L.A. Clippers (as San Diego) in exchange for Lionel Hollins.[44][53] Indiana used the pick to draft Stuart Gray.
n On October 19, 1981, Golden State acquired 1982 and 1984 second-round picks from Washington in exchange for John Lucas.[54] Golden State used the pick to draft Steve Burtt.
o On February 10, 1983, Detroit a second-round pick and a 1985 third-round pick from San Antonio in exchange for Edgar Jones.[55][56] Detroit used the pick to draft Eric Turner.
p On August 15, 1980, Portland acquired a second-round pick and a 1983 first-round pick from Denver in exchange for T. R. Dunn and a 1983 first-round pick.[57] Portland used the pick to draft Steve Colter.
q On July 5, 1983, Washington acquired Tom McMillen and a second-round pick from Atlanta in exchange for Randy Wittman.[58] Previously, Atlanta acquired the pick and a 1985 second-round pick on February 13, 1983, from Detroit in a three-team trade with Detroit and Seattle.[55][59] Previously, Detroit acquired the pick and a 1982 second-round pick on August 26, 1981, from Kansas City in exchange for Larry Drew.[55][60] Washington used the pick to draft Tony Costner.
r On February 15, 1983, Golden State acquired a second-round pick from Atlanta in exchange for Rickey Brown.[61] Golden State used the pick to draft Othell Wilson.
s On June 28, 1983, Chicago acquired the draft rights to Ennis Whatley, the draft rights to Chris McNealy and a second-round pick from Kansas City in exchange for Mark Olberding and the draft rights to Larry Micheaux.[62] Previously, Kansas City acquired the pick on June 30, 1982, from Atlanta in exchange for the draft rights to Jim Johnstone.[63] Previously, Atlanta acquired the pick and a 1983 second-round pick on December 2, 1980, from Seattle in exchange for Armond Hill.[64] Chicago used the pick to draft Ben Coleman.
t On November 25, 1981, Seattle acquired Ray Tolbert and a second-round pick from New Jersey in exchange for James Bailey.[65] Seattle used the pick to draft Danny Young.
u On September 11, 1980, Dallas acquired a second-round pick and a 1983 second-round pick from Utah in exchange for Billy McKinney.[66] Dallas used the pick to draft Anthony Teachey.
v On August 12, 1983, Dallas acquired Foots Walker, a second-round pick and a 1985 first-round pick from New Jersey in exchange for Kelvin Ransey.[67] Previously, New Jersey acquired the second-round pick on June 22, 1983 from New York in exchange for Len Elmore.[68] Dallas used the pick to draft Tom Sluby.
w On June 7, 1984, Denver acquired Wayne Cooper, Lafayette Lever, Calvin Natt, a second-round pick and a 1985 first-round pick from Portland in exchange for Kiki Vandeweghe.[69] Denver used the pick to draft Willie White.
x On February 15, 1984, Chicago acquired Steve Johnson, a second-round pick and two 1985 second-round picks from Kansas City in exchange for Reggie Theus.[70] Previously, Kansas City acquired Billy Knight and the pick on September 17, 1983 from Indiana in a three-team trade with Indiana and New York.[71][72] Previously, Indiana acquired the pick on September 22, 1982 from Detroit in exchange for Tom Owens.[42] Chicago used the pick to draft Greg Wiltjer.
y On September 30, 1983, Washington acquired a second-round pick from Milwaukee in exchange for Kevin Grevey.[73] Washington used the pick to draft Fred Reynolds.
z On November 12, 1983, Golden State acquired a second-round pick from Philadelphia in exchange for Sam Williams.[74] Golden State used the pick to draft Gary Plummer.
aa On October 8, 1980, Portland acquired a second-round pick from the L.A. Lakers in exchange for Jim Brewer.[75] Portland used the pick to draft Jerome Kersey.
ab On January 21, 1984, San Antonio acquired a third-round pick from Denver in exchange for Keith Edmonson.[76] San Antonio used the pick to draft Joe Binion.
ac On March 8, 1984, San Antonio acquired a fourth-round pick from Milwaukee as compensation for the signing of Mike Dunleavy as a free agent.[77] San Antonio used the pick to draft Ozell Jones.
ad On October 5, 1983, Milwaukee acquired a sixth-round pick from Houston as compensation for the signing of Phil Ford as a free agent.[78] Milwaukee used the pick to draft McKinley Singleton.
Notes[edit]
^ 1: When Hakeem Olajuwon first arrived in the United States in 1981, his first name was incorrectly spelled as "Akeem". He used that spelling until March 9, 1991, when he announced that he would add an H and changed it to "Hakeem", the original Arabic spelling of his name.[10]
^ 2: Hakeem Olajuwon was born in Nigeria, but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1993. He has represented the United States national team.[16]
^ 3: As compensation for the first-round draft picks traded away by the previous owner, Ted Stepien, the Cleveland Cavaliers were awarded extra first-round draft picks in the 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986 drafts in exchange for cash.[4][79]
^ 4: Even though Tim McCormick was a senior, he had one year of college eligibility remaining and thus had to apply for early entry.[5]
^ 5: Stuart Gray was born in the Panama Canal Zone which was controlled by the United States. He has represented Panama national team.[80]
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