Morris is getting the most playing time. He’s averaging 24.7 minutes a game as Denver’s backup point guard. Nader is averaging 10 minutes a game for the Thunder but has worked himself into the rotation and sank a huge 3-pointer in the final minute of the first overtime against Utah last Friday. Burton is averaging nine minutes a game after spending much of the season with the G-League Oklahoma City Blue. Niang is averaging 7.4 minutes a game for the Jazz. Mitrou-Long is on a two-way contract with Utah and has played 10 games for the Jazz.

In 2016, just a few weeks after the end of his rookie season with the Pelicans, Dejean-Jones tragically was shot and killed while breaking into an apartment he mistaken believed was his ex-girlfriend’s.

It was a remarkable collection of talent for a school like Iowa State, which loves its basketball but does not have a long history of supplying NBA talent. The Cyclones have had four first-round draft picks in the last 20 years – Marcus Fizer, fourth overall in 2000; Jamaal Tinsley, 27th overall in 2001; Craig Brackins, 21st overall in 2010; and Royce White, 16th overall in 2011.

“It was really special,” Burton said. “We were a great group of guys. At the time, we knew were a really good team. Looking back, we were even better than we thought we were. The ball just didn’t fall in our court.”