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The 'No. 5 NBA draft picks' quiz
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The 'No. 5 NBA draft picks' quiz

Despite Ace Bailey’s camp revealing on NBA Draft day that he did not want to end up with the Charlotte Hornets or Utah Jazz, the polarizing prospect from Rutgers is headed to Salt Lake City. The Jazz took the player thought to have the highest upside left on the board with the fifth-overall pick regardless of his apparent hesitation to play for the organization. Bailey showed he’s an incredibly gifted scorer in his freshman year at Rutgers, but he and fellow top-five draft pick Dylan Harper failed to make the NCAA tournament in their lone year at Rutgers. That, coupled with his somewhat strange pre-draft process of refusing to workout for teams and a “ meh” performance at the NBA Combine make him a prime “boom-or-bust,” candidate. 

Which brings us to today’s quiz. How many of the players to be taken fifth-overall in the NBA draft in the Lottery Era (since 1985) can you name in six minutes?

Good luck!

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2025 / UTAH / Rutgers
Ace Bailey
2024 / DET / G-League Ignite
Ron Holland
2023 / DET / Overtime Elite
Ausar Thompson
2022 / DET / Purdue
Jaden Ivey
2021 / ORL / Gonzaga
Jalen Suggs
2020 / CLE / Auburn
Isaac Okoro
2019 / CLE / Vanderbilt
Darius Garland
2018 / ATL / Oklahoma
Trae Young
2017 / SAC / Kentucky
De'Aaron Fox
2016 / MIN / Providence
Kris Dunn
2015 / ORL / Croatia
Mario Hezonja
2014 / UTAH / Australia
Dante Exum
2013 / PHX / Maryland
Alex Len
2012 / SAC / Kansas
Thomas Robinson
2011 / TOR / Lithuania
Jonas Valanciunas
2010 / SAC / Kentucky
DeMarcus Cousins
2009 / MIN / Spain
Ricky Rubio
2008 / MEM / UCLA
Kevin Love
2007 / BOS / Georgetown
Jeff Green
2006 / ATL / Duke
Sheldon Williams
2005 / CHA / UNC
Raymond Felton
2004 / WAS / Wisconsin
Devin Harris
2003 / MIA / Marquette
Dwyane Wade
2002 / DEN / Georgia
Nikoloz Tskitishvili
2001 / GSW / Michigan St.
Jason Richardson
2000 / ORL / Florida
Mike Miller
1999 / TOR / High School
Jonathan Bender
1998 / GSW / UNC
Vince Carter
1997 / DEN / Texas Tech
Tony Battie
1996 / MIN / UConn
Ray Allen
1995 / MIN / High School
Kevin Garnett
1994 / WAS / Michigan
Juwan Howard
1993 / MIN / UNLV
Isaiah Rider
1992 / DEN / Notre Dame
LaPhonso Ellis
1991 / MIA / Michigan St.
Steve Smith
1990 / CHA / Illinois
Kendall Gill
1989 / CHA / UNC
J.R. Reid
1988 / GSW / Kansas St.
Mitch Richmond
1987 / SEA / Central Arkansas
Scottie Pippen
1986 / NYK / Kentucky
Kenny Walker
1985 / ATL / SMU
Jon Koncak

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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