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Play Michael Jordan at Center, He'll Be the Best in the League”: Bobby Knight Advised Trail Blazers to Draft UNC Guard as 2nd Pick in 1984 - The SportsRush
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Bobby Knight Urged The Portland Trail Blazers To Draft Michael Jordan At Any Cost: “Play Him At Center” - Fadeaway World
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