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The 'NBA's No. 1 picks turned RoY' quiz
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The 'NBA's No. 1 picks turned RoY' quiz

Happy 30th birthday to five-time NBA All-Star, three-time All-NBA selection and 2015-16 Rookie of the Year, Karl-Anthony Towns!

The Minnesota Timberwolves used their No. 1-overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft on Towns after his All-American season at Kentucky, and he rewarded the Timberwolves right away. In 2015-16, he started all 82 games of the season and averaged 18.3 points and 10.5 rebounds-per-game to become the second-consecutive Timberwolf to win Rookie of the Year. 

Towns would play nine seasons in Minnesota before getting traded in a blockbuster deal to the New York Knicks in October, 2024. KAT and Co. finished third in the Eastern Conference and advanced to the Conference Finals before falling to the Indiana Pacers. 

Which brings us to today’s quiz. 19 of the players selected with the top pick in the NBA Draft have gone on to win Rookie of the Year. How many of those players can you name in five minutes?

Good luck!

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SCORE:
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TIME:
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1960-61 / CIN
Oscar Robertson
1961-62 / CHI
Walt Bellamy
1969-70 / MIL
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1983-84 / HOU
Ralph Sampson
1985-86 / NYK
Patrick Ewing
1989-90 / SA
David Robinson
1990-91 / NJ
Derrick Coleman
1991-92 / CHA
Larry Johnson
1992-93 / ORL
Shaquille O'Neal
1993-94 / GSW
Chris Webber
1996-97 / PHI
Allen Iverson
1997-98 / SA
Tim Duncan
1999-00 / CHI
Elton Brand
2003-04 / CLE
LeBron James
2008-09 / CHI
Derrick Rose
2010-11 / LAC
Blake Griffin
2011-12 / CLE
Kyrie Irving
2014-15 / MIN
Andrew Wiggins
2015-16 / MIN
Karl-Anthony Towns
2017-18 / PHI
Ben Simmons
2022-23 / ORL
Paolo Banchero
2023-24 / SA
Victor Wembanyama

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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