The 1984 NBA draft changed the future of many franchises — most notably that of the Houston Rockets and Chicago Bulls, who selected two of the best players to ever play the game.
Heading into that draft, the Rockets had ended the 1983-84 NBA season with 29 wins and 53 losses. As a result, they finished with the fourth-worst record in the NBA and were last in the Western Conference.
After consecutive seasons winning less than 30 games and finishing at the bottom of the West, the Rockets, for the second straight year, won the draft lottery.