It’s been just a little over 24 months since the Class of 2024 graduated and headed off to play college basketball. And the class has already produced a NBA Draft lottery pick. Morez Johnson, the former Thornton star fresh off winning a national championship at Michigan, was the No. 9 pick by the Dallas Mavericks in this year’s NBA Draft. The 2024 Sun-Times Player of the Year skyrocketed up draft boards once declaring for the draft, impressing NBA organizations as much with his makeup as his phy