SLAM 15
Rookies. Even with A.I., the first overall pick from the ‘96 draft missing, there’s more than enough star power left in the photo. At the time of the shoot, Ray Allen and Marcus Camby were coming off distinguished college careers with NCAA titles just out of their reach, Shareef Abdur-Rahim had put up monster numbers, Steph was a one and done freshman phenom, and Kobe was the only one in this group to skip college, but was probably the best pro prospect of them all. Each one of these young guys would go on to get solo cover love, except for Camby.
11 Responses to “SLAM 15”
Jul.31 at 11:46 am
Atma Brother #1 says:
One of the greatest Slam covers/ posters of all time and one of the greatest draft classes of all time! Slammin’ from 1996 to 1984
http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/story/2006/7/31/11428/4611 Make sure to vote- Which draft class was better 1996 or 1984?
Jul.31 at 3:25 pm
Marvin says:
How I wish Allen was there. You need to get this group of ballers together for a 10 year anniversay picture. In theit old and new uniforms.
Jul.31 at 5:21 pm
jj says:
Marvin is oh so right! You absolutely MUST make the anniversary cover… shame you already wrote the article and only put Iverson… nothing against him, but the whole class would have been much much better …
Jul.31 at 8:20 pm
adm says:
‘84 is way better.. then ‘03.. then ‘96 =)
Jul.31 at 11:32 pm
Patrick says:
dey r right! u should commemorate der draft class coz dey r 1 of da best ever!! same formation wit AI @ d middle wit KB8 and dat wud b so sick!!
Aug.1 at 6:36 pm
Luke says:
10 years from now the 3 greatest basketball players will be unanimous-1. Michael 2. Kobe 3. Lebron. All representatives from the 3 greatest draft classes ever. What gives ‘03 and ‘96 the edge (albeit extremely slight edge) over ‘84 is the Allen Iverson and Dwyane Wade will also be unanimous top 10 all timers. So it comes down to depth…Steph, Ray, Nash, Toine, and Jermaine vs. ‘Melo, Bosh, Hinrich and Josh Howard. Edge goes to ‘96 and a reunion of the cover is neccessary minus Camby plus AI
Aug.2 at 6:27 pm
dabulls#1fan says:
to be real i gotta see how these the ‘03 draft cats turn out in another 2years but until then the ‘96 draft class was da sickest
Aug.6 at 5:20 am
Mighty says:
i really liked this one! ben wallace also came out this year too which i remembered after a dude said it in trash talk
Aug.9 at 9:04 pm
Uhjay says:
Big ups to these ballers. Too bad AI missin from the cover…but this is definately the best draft class…don’t forget guys like Steve Nash was in the same draft. A decade anniversary shoot seems in order to me. Big ups to all of em..they got talent out the wazoo.
Dec.30 at 11:48 pm
The Manoje says:
I agree with the rest of these guys, you need to do an anniversary cover!.. And include other stand outs like Nash and Jermaine O’Nea… And on another note you got to give Camby a cover too (maybe with the new nuggets). He’s really coming out as a dominant defensive force!
May.12 at 5:23 am
John Wilding says:
Or it might have been this one! This is a classic issue! The first one I vividly remember!