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The 'Lottery-Era top-three NBA Draft picks' quiz
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The 'Lottery-Era top-three NBA Draft picks' quiz

Lonzo Ball missed all of the 2022-23 and 2023-24 NBA seasons, but returned to the court this year for the Chicago Bulls. In 35 games in the 2024-25 season he averaged 7.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 22.2 minutes-per-game. Now he’s headed to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a straight swap for Isaac Okoro. 

Ball could be a valuable depth piece and defensive presence for a Cleveland team that won 64 games en route to the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, but were upset by the Indiana Pacers in just the conference semifinals. 

Which brings us to today’s quiz. The eldest Ball brother was selected by the Lakers with the second-overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft out of UCLA. With that being said, how many of the players taken with a top-three pick in the NBA’s Lottery Era can you name in 11 minutes?

Good luck!

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1985-NYK
Patrick Ewing
1985-IND
Wayman Tisdale
1985-LAC
Benoit Benjamin
1986-CLE
Brad Daugherty
1986-BOS
Len Bias
1986-GSW
Chris Washburn
1987-SA
David Robinson
1987-PHX
Armen Gilliam
1987-NJN
Dennis Hopson
1988-LAC
Danny Manning
1988-IND
Rik Smits
1988-PHI
Charles Smith
1989-SAC
Pervis Ellison
1989-LAC
Danny Ferry
1989-SA
Sean Elliott
1990-NJN
Derrick Coleman
1990-SEA
Gary Payton
1990-DEN
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
1991-CHA
Larry Johnson
1991-NJN
Kenny Anderson
1991-SAC
Billy Owens
1992-ORL
Shaquille O'Neal
1992-CHA
Alonzo Mourning
1992-MIN
Christian Laettner
1993-ORL
Chris Webber
1993-PHI
Shawn Bradley
1993-GSW
Anfernee Hardaway
1994-MIL
Glenn Robinson
1994-DAL
Jason Kidd
1994-DET
Grant Hill
1995-GSW
Joe Smith
1995-LAC
Antonio McDyess
1995-PHI
Jerry Stackhouse
1996-PHI
Allen Iverson
1996-TOR
Marcus Camby
1996-VAN
Shareef Abdur-Rahim
1997-SA
Tim Duncan
1997-PHI
Keith Van Horn
1997-BOS
Chauncey Billups
1998-LAC
Michael Olowokandi
1998-VAN
Mike Bibby
1998-DEN
Raef LaFrentz
1999-CHI
Elton Brand
1999-VAN
Steve Francis
1999-CHA
Baron Davis
2000-NJN
Kenyon Martin
2000-VAN
Stromile Swift
2000-LAC
Darius Miles
2001-WAS
Kwame Brown
2001-LAC
Tyson Chandler
2001-ATL
Pau Gasol
2002-HOU
Yao Ming
2002-CHI
Jay Williams
2002-GSW
Mike Dunleavy
2003-CLE
LeBron James
2003-DET
Darko Milicic
2003-DEN
Carmelo Anthony
2004-ORL
Dwight Howard
2004-CHA
Emeka Okafor
2004-CHI
Ben Gordon
2005-MIL
Andrew Bogut
2005-ATL
Marvin Williams
2005-UTAH
Deron Williams
2006-TOR
Andrea Bargnani
2006-CHI
LaMarcus Aldridge
2006-CHA
Adam Morrison
2007-POR
Greg Oden
2007-SEA
Kevin Durant
2007-ATL
Al Horford
2008-CHI
Derrick Rose
2008-MIA
Michael Beasley
2008-MIN
O.J. Mayo
2009-LAC
Blake Griffin
2009-MEM
Hasheem Thabeet
2009-OKC
James Harden
2010-WAS
John Wall
2010-PHI
Evan Turner
2010-NJN
Derrick Favors
2011-CLE
Kyrie Irving
2011-MIN
Derrick Williams
2011-UTA
Enes Kanter
2012-NOH
Anthony Davis
2012-CHA
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
2012-WAS
Bradley Beal
2013-CLE
Anthony Bennett
2013-ORL
Victor Oladipo
2013-WAS
Otto Porter
2014-CLE
Andrew Wiggins
2014-MIL
Jabari Parker
2014-PHI
Joel Embiid
2015-MIN
Karl-Anthony Towns
2015-LAL
D'Angelo Russell
2015-PHI
Jahlil Okafor
2016-PHI
Ben Simmons
2016-LAL
Brandon Ingram
2016-BOS
Jaylen Brown
2017-PHI
Markelle Fultz
2017-LAL
Lonzo Ball
2017-BOS
Jayson Tatum
2018-PHX
Deandre Ayton
2018-SAC
Marvin Bagley
2018-ATL
Luka Doncic
2019-NOP
Zion Williamson
2019-MEM
Ja Morant
2019-NYK
RJ Barrett
2020-MIN
Anthony Edwards
2020-GSW
James Wiseman
2020-CHA
LaMelo Ball
2021-DET
Cade Cunningham
2021-HOU
Jalen Green
2021-CLE
Evan Mobley
2022-ORL
Paolo Banchero
2022-OKC
Chet Holmgren
2022-HOU
Jabari Smith Jr.
2023-SAS
Victor Wembanyama
2023-CHA
Brandon Miller
2023-POR
Scoot Henderson
2024-ATL
Zaccharie Risacher
2024-WAS
Alex Sarr
2024-HOU
Reed Sheppard
2025-DAL
Cooper Flagg
2025-SA
Dylan Harper
2025-PHI
VJ Edgecombe

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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