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Promising No. 5 NBA Draft Pick History

By Nick Kass on May 22, 2015, 8:22a +

This doesn't have to mean much, but since 1994 (the first draft after NBA modified the lottery system to give the team with the worst record a higher chance to win the draft lottery) teams that drafted fifth have been quite successful at obtaining good-to-great players. Out of 21 selections to date, lottery teams have drafted SIX (super)star-caliber players (Kevin Garnett in 1995, Ray Allen in 1996, Vince Carter in 1998, Dwyane Wade in 2003, Kevin Love in 2008, and DeMarcus Cousins in 2010), EIGHT starters (Juwan Howard in 1994, Mike Miller in 2000, Jason Richardson in 2001, Devin Harris in 2004, Raymond Felton in 2005, Jeff Green in 2007, Ricky Rubio in 2009, and Jonas Valanciunas in 2011), ONE quality rotation player (Tony Battie in 1997), and FOUR busts (Jonathan Bender in 1999, Nikoloz Tskitishvili in 2002 (the guy Adrian Gill compared with this year's prospect, Latvian big man Kristaps Porzignis, here.), Shelden Williams in 2006, and Thomas Robinson in 2012. No. 5 picks of 2013 (Alex Len) and 2014 (Dante Exum) have the next season (and perhaps the season after that) to go either way, really (although there's a legitimate concern over their star potential).

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