The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Kentucky big man Karl-Anthony Towns first overall and traded back into the first round to select hometown guard Tyus Jones in a crazy night at the 2015 NBA Draft.
For the first time since 2004, the team with the best odds for the first pick in the NBA Draft will be making it. The Minnesota Timberwolves had a 25% chance for the number one pick entering tonight's (Tuesday) NBA Draft Lottery and the team got it.
It was a night of surprises Thursday at the NBA Draft, so perhaps it should not be surprising that the Timberwolves had a bizzarre draft of their own.
After watching reported targets Victor Oladipo (Indiana, 2nd overall), Ben McLemore (Kansas, 7th) and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Georgia, 8th) all get snapped up before the Wolves picked ninth, Minnesota once again drafted a player for another team a
Former St. Cloud Tech standout Nate Wolters will be drafted tonight by an NBA team. The question remains where in the draft and by which team. Recent projections have Wolters going anywhere from late in the first round through the middle of the second round...
The Timberwolves introduced 6'7 guard/forward Chase Budinger at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. Budinger was traded for by the Wolves Tuesday when they sent the 18th overall pick in this year's draft to Houston for him and little known prospect 6'9 forward Lior Eliyahu. Budinger averaged 9.6 points a game in 2011-2012 with Houston. He played his first 2 seasons for then head coach Rick Adelman. Adelman is now the head coach for the Wolves.