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The 'No. 2 NBA Draft picks' quiz
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The 'No. 2 NBA Draft picks' quiz

While Cooper Flagg was a shoo-in to be taken with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, the next-closest thing to a certainty was Dylan Harper to San Antonio. Harper averaged 19.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in his one year at Rutgers while shooting 48.4 percent from the field. He also comes to the league with NBA pedigree thanks to his father Ron Harper, who played 15 years in the Association and won five championships with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. Despite creating a potential log-jam at guard with Stephon Castle and De’Aaron Fox already on the roster, Harper’s size (listed at 6’6”, 215 at Rutgers) and all-around offensive game made him impossible to pass on. 

Which brings us to today’s quiz. The last two NBA Rookies of the Year (Victor Wembanyama and Castle) are both Spurs, and despite the obvious talent of Flagg, Harper might have the tools to make it three in a row for San Antonio.  With that being said, how many of the players to be taken second-overall in the lottery era (since 1985) of the NBA Draft can you name in six minutes?

Good luck!

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1985 / IND
Wayman Tisdale
1986 / BOS
Len Bias
1987 / PHX
Armon Gilliam
1988 / IND
Rik Smits
1989 / CLE
Danny Ferry
1990 / SEA
Gary Payton
1991 / NJ
Kenny Anderson
1992 / CHA
Alonzo Mourning
1993 / PHI
Shawn Bradley
1994 / DAL
Jason Kidd
1995 / LAC
Antonio McDyess
1996 / TOR
Marcus Camby
1997 / PHI
Keith Van Horn
1998 / VAN
Mike Bibby
1999 / VAN
Steve Francis
2000 / VAN
Stromile Swift
2001 / LAC
Tyson Chandler
2002 / CHI
Jay Williams
2003 / DET
Darko Milicic
2004 / CHA
Emeka Okafor
2005 / ATL
Marvin Williams
2006 / CHI
LaMarcus Aldridge
2007 / SEA
Kevin Durant
2008 / MIA
Michael Beasley
2009 / MEM
Hasheem Thabeet
2010 / PHI
Evan Turner
2011 / MIN
Derrick Williams
2012 / CHA
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
2013 / ORL
Victor Oladipo
2014 / MIL
Jabari Parker
2015 / LAL
D'Angelo Russell
2016 / LAL
Brandon Ingram
2017 / LAL
Lonzo Ball
2018 / SAC
Marvin Bagley III
2019 / MEM
Ja Morant
2020 / GSW
James Wiseman
2021 / HOU
Jalen Green
2022 / OKC
Chet Holmgren
2023 / CHA
Brandon Miller
2024 / WAS
Alex Sarr

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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