Bruce Brown has already beaten the odds.
The 42nd pick in the 2018 draft, Brown has played 132 NBA games even with his second season cut short – at least temporarily – by the COVID-19 pandemic that forced the NBA to suspend the schedule on March 11.
Only two of the 10 players taken 42nd before Brown managed to play in more than 100 games. Two others never played a single NBA game and three more played fewer than 40 games. It’s basically a 50-50 shot that you’ll ever make a dent in the NBA if you’re drafted 42nd.