How tall is the player that was selected first by the Portland Blazers in the 1984 draft?
7 ft
Sam Bowie
Samuel Paul Bowie (born March 17, 1961) is a former American professional basketball player.
 A national sensation in high school and outstanding collegian, Bowie's professional promise was undermined by repeated injuries to his legs and feet.
 In spite of the setbacks, the 7 ft and 235 lb center played ten seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1984–85 Chicago Bulls season
In the summer of 1984, the team's fortunes changed when it received the third pick of the NBA draft, after Houston and Portland.
 The Rockets selected Hakeem Olajuwon, the Blazers selected Sam Bowie, and the Bulls picked shooting guard Michael Jordan out of the University of North Carolina.
Nico Hischier
Nico Hischier (] ) (born 4 January 1999) is a Swiss ice hockey player currently playing for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL).
 Hischier made his pro debut in his native Switzerland in 2015, spending time both in the top-tier National League A (NLA) and the second-tier National League B.
 He moved to North America for the 2016–17 season to play major junior hockey for Halifax in hopes of furthering his hockey career; in his first season in the QMJHL, he was named rookie of the year, along with the award for best rookie in the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), the governing body for major junior hockey in Canada.
 Internationally Hischier has represented Switzerland at several junior tournaments, including two World Junior Championships.
 Regarded as a top prospect for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, Hischier was selected first overall by the Devils, the first time a Swiss player was selected first overall. Dorie Murrey
Dorie S. Murrey (born September 7, 1943) is a retired American professional basketball player.
 He was a 6'8" (2.03 m) 215 lb (97½ kg) forward and he played collegiately at the University of Detroit Mercy.
 He has played in the NBA from 1966 to 1972.
 He was originally selected with the second pick in the 2nd round of the 1966 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons.
 He was taken in two expansion drafts.
 In 1967 he was made available by the Pistons to be selected by the Seattle SuperSonics, and in 1970 he was made available by the Sonics to be selected by the Portland Trail Blazers.
 He was traded 3 games into the 1970–71 season, on October 10, 1970, by the Trail Blazers to the Baltimore Bullets in exchange for a 1971 2nd round draft choice (Rick Fisher).
 During his six-year NBA career Murrey averaged 4.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 357 career games. Kelsey Koelzer
Kelsey Anne Koelzer is an American-born women's ice hockey player.
 Having played at the collegiate level with the Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey program, she was the first overall selection in the 2016 NWHL Draft.
 Koelzer is the first African-American player to be selected first overall in any professional women's hockey player draft in North America (either CWHL or NWHL).
 Of note, it marked the second consecutive year that the Riveters possessed the first pick overall, selecting Alexandra Carpenter in the 2015 edition of the draft.
 Koelzer was the second Tigers player selected in NWHL Draft, following Kimberly Newell, who was selected in 2015. Michael Holton
Michael David "Mike" Holton (born August 4, 1961) is a retired American professional basketball player, and current television studio analyst for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA.
 Born in Seattle, Washington, he played college basketball at UCLA from 1979 to 1983, and was selected in the third round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, but began his NBA career with the Phoenix Suns in 1984–85.
 Holton, a 6'4" 185 lb guard, also spent his career with the Chicago Bulls, Portland Trail Blazers, and Charlotte Hornets.
 He also played in the CBA for four different teams in as many seasons from 1983 to 1992.
 He started 60 games for the expansion Charlotte Hornets.
 Holton briefly played for Great Taste Coffee in the Philippine Basketball Association. 1970 NBA draft
The 1970 NBA draft was the 24th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The draft was held on March 23, 1970, before the 1970–71 season.
 In this draft, 17 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players.
 A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection.
 If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated.
 The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each division, with the order determined by a coin flip.
 The Detroit Pistons won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the San Diego Rockets were awarded the second pick.
 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.
 Three expansion franchises, the Buffalo Braves, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Portland Trail Blazers, took part in the NBA Draft for the first time and were assigned the seventh, the eighth and the ninth pick in each round.
 In the first round, the Cavaliers had the seventh pick, while the Blazers and the Braves had the eighth and the ninth pick respectively.
 In the subsequent rounds, the Cavaliers and the Braves exchanged their order of selection, while the Blazers had the eighth pick throughout the draft.
 The draft consisted of 19 rounds comprising the selection of 239 players; it holds the record for the most prospects selected in any NBA draft. 1984 NBA draft
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.
 The draft was broadcast in the United States on the USA Network.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 Prior to the draft, the San Diego Clippers relocated to Los Angeles and became the Los Angeles Clippers.
 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.
 It was also the first NBA Draft to be overseen by David Stern. 1970 NBA Expansion Draft
The 1970 NBA Expansion Draft was the fifth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The draft was held on May 11, 1970, so that the newly founded Buffalo Braves, Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers could acquire players for the upcoming 1970–71 season.
 Buffalo, Cleveland and Portland had been awarded the expansion teams on February 6, 1970.
 The Braves later underwent several name changes and relocations before moving to Los Angeles.
 They are currently known as the Los Angeles Clippers.
 In an NBA expansion draft, new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league.
 Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft, since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected.
 In this draft, each of the fourteen other NBA teams had protected seven players from their roster.
 After each round, where each of the expansion teams had selected one player each, the existing teams added another player to their protected list.
 In the first round, the Braves had the first pick, while the Blazers and the Cavaliers had the second and the third pick respectively.
 In the subsequent rounds, the Braves and the Cavaliers exchanged their order of selection, while the Blazers had the second pick throughout the draft.
 The draft continued until all three teams had selected eleven unprotected players each, while the existing teams had lost two or three players each. 2007–08 NBA season
The 2007–08 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association.
 The 1,230-game regular season (82 games for each of the 30 teams) began on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, and ended on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
 The 2008 NBA Playoffs started on Saturday, April 19, 2008 and ran until Tuesday, June 17 when the Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 131–92 to win the 2008 NBA Finals, four games to two.
 The 2007 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2007 and Greg Oden was selected first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.
 However, he missed the entire season due to knee surgery.