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Alexander is the No. 11 pick in the 18th class. Who are the top five picks in the same class? How high are their career achievements?

This season is a season for Alexander to prove himself. He won the regular season scoring champion and MVP, and led the team to an impressive record of 68 wins. He also has a great hope to win the finals MVP. As a No. 11 pick in the 18th class, he is now a super giant in the league. It is indeed surprising that he can reach his current height. The 18th class is worthy of being the year of the draft. Speaking of this, who are the top five picks in this class? How did they achieve? Let’s take a look together.

Fifth pick Trae Young

Tree Young's original draft template was Curry. He was the league scoring leader this year during the NCAA period. Trae Young has good organizational skills and ability to create points. However, because of his poor physical talent, he was unable to become a top three picks. At the beginning, the Hawks got the Mavericks' No. 5 pick and finally won him. After joining the Hawks, Trae Young also relied on his outstanding performance to be selected as the All-Star in the second year of his career.

Trey Young at his peak led the Hawks to the Eastern Conference Finals, but because of his poor physical talent, he was unable to successfully compete for the championship puzzle. He has been an All-Star player so far in his career and won the league assists king this season. Now the Hawks also want to trade him. The lack of talent locked his upper limit. This season, he can average 24.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, 11.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game, and his shooting percentage is 41%.

The fourth pick, Jaren Jackson,

The Grizzlies have always had the winning culture of building a team in the interior. After Gasol Jr. and Conley were unable to lead the team to success in the small ball era, the Grizzlies also won Jaren Jackson with the No. 4 pick in the first round of 18 years. In the early stage of his career, Jackson did not prove himself due to his lack of confrontation and injury. However, in the fifth year of his career, he won the best defensive player in the league with his outstanding performance and was also among the All-Stars.

Relying on his excellent defensive ability, Jaren Jackson led the Grizzlies to second place in the Western Conference for two consecutive years. However, because Morant is often injured and there are too many young players on the team, the Grizzlies have never been able to reach the level of a team that can win the championship. Jaren Jackson is also an All-Star player. This season, he can average 22.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks, and his three-point shooting percentage is 37%.

The third pick Doncic

The Mavericks had only the No. 5 pick in the first round. In order to win Doncic, they chose to trade upward and got the Hawks' Title draw. Because of this deal, Doncic and Trae Young were tied together. Doncic relied on his outstanding performance and won the Best Rookie in his rookie season. Later, he was selected for the Best Team and All-Star in the second year of his career. With his outstanding performance, he also became a top five player in the league.

Doncic has been selected into the Best Team 5 times so far in his career, more than Alexander. He will also have the opportunity to win the MVP and the Finals MVP in the future. Compared to Alexander, he has stronger three-point shooting ability, but Doncic has a bad defensive attitude. If he wants to pursue his historical position, this must be changed. Doncic averaged 28.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game this season, with a shooting percentage of 45%.

The second pick, Bagli

It was heartbreaking to the Kings fans. The Kings had the chance to win Doncic. They had Divac at the beginning. I thought Divac would choose to win Doncic. After all, both of them were foreign players, but Divac did not believe that Doncic could play, so he chose Bagli, who was the template Durant. After joining the Kings, Bagli did show a very comprehensive scoring method, but he was too easy to be injured.

Due to frequent injuries, the Kings gave up on cultivating him and sent him away. Although Bagley has not fallen to the point where he has no ball to play, he is just an ordinary rotation of the team, far from reaching the height that the second place should be. Bagley averaged 4.4 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in 8.5 minutes this season, with a shooting percentage of 52%. His talent is indeed good, but he is too easy to get injured.

No. 1 pick Ayton

Ayton was able to become the No. 1 pick because he was too strong in college. His draft template was general Robinson. A 2.13-meter center has the flexibility of a small inside line, and has excellent inside skills and mid-range shooting ability. After joining the Suns, he averaged 16+10 in the rookie season. If Doncic had not performed too comprehensively, perhaps the best rookie of the season would be Ayton. He averaged 18+10 in the second year of his career.

According to this performance, it is only a matter of time before Ayton becomes an All-Star in the future. Unexpectedly, he exposed his true colors later. Ayton is indeed powerful in the regular season, but the playoffs are too soft, so the Suns gave up on him. After joining the Trail Blazers, he is now just a blue-collar center, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to reach the All-Star height in the future. Ayton averaged 14.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1 block per game this season.

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