Former Minnesota Timberwolves wing Jarrett Culver is emerging as a star in Japan. The Wolves drafted Culver with the No. 6 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, but he never panned out at the NBA level. After two years in Minnesota, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies alongside Juancho Hernangomez in a deal that netted the Wolves Patrick Beverley.
Culver spent one season with the Grizzlies and one more with the Atlanta Hawks before being out of the NBA altogether. And even that lone season in Atlanta wasn’t a standard NBA campaign. Culver was on a two-way contract, only played in 10 games for the Hawks, and was waived by January.