Timberwolves rumors have been coming out in little drips over the last few weeks. Some are potentially more credible than others. Some are probably smoke screens. Others might just be wishful thinking.
But in some way shape or form — either directly or indirectly — Timberwolves President Gersson Rosas touched on five of them in his predraft media availability on Tuesday. Let’s take a spin through all of them:
Rumor 1: The Wolves promised power forward Rui Hachimura of Gonzaga that they will select him at No. 11 if available.
This seems to stem from a month-old tweet from Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders, who said there was “buzz at the Combine” that the Hachimura had secured such a promise from a team in the lottery and that Minnesota was the team.