For the first time in franchise history, the Minnesota Timberwolves finally moved up and secured the first-overall pick in the draft lottery. For decades, the Shaquille O’Neal’s, Chris Webber’s and Kyrie Irving’s of the world had eluded the Wolves as their lottery “luck” continued to fail them; however, the Timberwolves finally appear to be on the verge of selecting first without requiring the league’s worst record.
Or so we think.
The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor reported earlier this week that the Timberwolves may look to trade the pick:
“Executives around the NBA say the Timberwolves prefer to trade down or out of this pick to bring in a win-now player to help Karl-Anthony Towns and D’Angelo Russell.