NBA Draft 2019: Looking at the No.1 overall picks from the last 5 years

Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves): No.1 pick in 2015

Minnesota Timberwolves chose Towns with the #1 in 2015

Karl-Anthony Towns was picked No. 1 in the 2015 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, ahead of D'Angelo Russell, Jahlil Okafor and Devin Booker, among others. Towns was one of the premier big men to come into the league that season and quickly established himself as one of the best, continuing his solid season at Kentucky in the NBA.

He has been dominant throughout his first four seasons in the NBA, starting off his career by winning the Rookie of the Year award in 2016. Towns is already a two-time All Star and had never missed a game until the 2018-19 season, where a car accident forced him sit out matches for the first time.

Towns has developed his game to become a great fit in the modern NBA. His offense has become the focal point of game, from shooting three-pointers with superb accuracy to finishing in the paint, Towns can do it all.

His defense was always under scrutiny and even more so with Jimmy Butler joining the ranks, but Towns has improved each year and was superb on defense in the 2018-19 season.

Towns has easily been the best among all the No. 1 picks in the past five years in the NBA and with the 2019 NBA draft in sight, the New Orleans Pelicans will be hoping to draft a better player than Towns at the No. 1 spot.

Career statistics: 323 games - 22.3 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.5 blocks, shooting 53.7% from the field, 39.2% from 3 and 83.6% from the FT line