It was on this date in 1992 that the NBA moved its draft out of New York City and into Portland's Memorial Coliseum. And why not? The pro basketball media was in the midst of spending part of its ...

Shaquille O'Neal wasn't meant to be the first overall pick of the 1992 NBA Draft. Scouts at that time saw him as a one-dimensional player — a center who could do nothing but force his way to the paint ...