Since the Minnesota Timberwolves earned the first overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft and selected Karl-Anthony Towns, the team has been on a steady path to improvement. Drafting Towns was the first time Minnesota ever owned the number one pick.
Now, the Timberwolves are perennial playoff contenders, and looking to make the postseason for a third straight year in 2024. But the earlier stages of the Karl-Anthony Towns era were not always as successful. The Wolves missed the playoffs for five of the first six seasons of KAT’s career.
In that span, Minnesota frequently struggled with putting reliable players around the multi-talented big man.