karl-anthony towns was the number on pick in the nba draft in 2015.
karl-anthony towns was the number on pick in the nba draft in 2015.
who was the number on pick in the nba draft in 2015?
karl-anthony towns
the 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018 nba drafts saw international players picked first overall. in 2002, the houston rockets selected yao ming from china first in the draft, the first asian number 1 selection. in 2005, the milwaukee bucks picked andrew bogut, from australia by way of the university of utah, #1. the next year, the toronto raptors drafted andrea bargnani from italy, making him the second foreign player without u.s. college experience and the first european to be selected number 1 overall. in 2011, australian born kyrie irving was selected by the cleveland cavaliers after having played one year at duke. in 2013, the cleveland cavaliers selected anthony bennett, who played at unlv, first overall and making bennett the first canadian to be drafted at #1. in the 2014 nba draft, the cleveland cavaliers, again picking #1, selected canadian shooting guard/small forward andrew wiggins. during the 2015 nba draft, the minnesota timberwolves selected u.s.-born center karl-anthony towns, also born with dominican republic citizenship by way of his mother, as the first player from the latter country and therefore the first latin american to become the #1 selection, teaming up with andrew wiggins in the process. during the 2016 nba draft, the philadelphia 76ers selected australian forward ben simmons to be the #1 selection, the first time the franchise got one in 20 years since the 1996 nba draft when they selected the first overall pick allen iverson, a sophomore from georgetown. in the 2018 nba draft, the phoenix suns selected bahamian center deandre ayton as their first ever #1 selection, with ayton being the second bahamian taken at #1 behind mychal thompson, and the third caribbean-born player after patrick ewing and thompson.
nba draft
bullet::::- on october 30, 1986, the new york knicks traded the 1988 nba draft second-round pick along with the denver's 1987 nba draft first-round pick to the chicago bulls for center jawann oldham.on june 22, 1987, the chicago bulls traded the new york's 1988 nba draft second-round pick along with the draft rights to center olden polynice and the chicago's 1989 nba draft first-round pick to the seattle supersonics for the draft rights to forward scottie pippen and the seattle's 1989 nba draft first-round pick.on october 16, 1987, the seattle supersonics traded the new york's 1988 nba draft second-round pick along with an undisclosed amount of cash to the boston celtics for guard sam vincent and forward scott wedman.on june 23, 1988, the boston celtics traded the new york's 1988 nba draft second-round draft pick to the miami heat for not selecting guard dennis johnson in the 1988 nba expansion draft.
miami heat draft history