After another awful season by the Phoenix Suns, in which they ended up with the franchise’s second-ever under-20 win season, even if “only” two (as opposed to three or four) teams leap-frogged them in the lottery, it would be a very big disappointment.
That said, it has happened to them before, and there is no reason to believe that it can’t happen to them again.
Historically, while #5 isn’t always the worst, it is definitely one of the biggest crap shoots in sports there is.
Sure, the team picking fifth can walk out saying “we got the fifth best player in the draft” (and even say, “and ‘so-and-so’ was even higher on our draft board”), but, especially in the NBA, there is rarely five hugely talented players available, so it’s hardly ever a spot a team wants to be in.