Heading into his first offseason at the helm of the Minnesota Timberwolves, new president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas had the No. 11 and No. 43 draft picks at his disposal.
Instead of staying put at No. 11 and picking from any number of wings or trading back to take Gonzaga power forward Brandon Clarke, the Wolves were aggressive and traded up in the hours leading into the draft.
Moving into the top six cost the Wolves power forward Dario Saric, who would have been due a significant raise in free agency in the summer of 2020 and was a fair price to move up five spots in the 2019 draft.