Published 6/26/2009
by Dave Sanders
at Bleacher Report - NBA
Can someone explain what the Timberwolves were doing last night in the NBA Draft?
They had four 1st round picks. I thought this was the time they could restock their lineup with young stars and be ready to make a run a few years down the road.
After making a trade with Washington, Minnesota owned the fifth, sixth, 18th, and 28th picks.
From what was discussed before the draft, they wanted to move up into the top three or four to take Ricky Rubio, the point guard from Spain.
Things started out perfectly as Thabeet went two. Then James Harden three. Then Tyreke Evans went four.
The guy they wanted slide to them at five and everything was set up for an amazing draft. Rubio has potential to be the best player in this draft. This amazing playmaker abilities and passing skills second to none have scouts thinking that he could be like something we have never seen before.
He doesn't shoot the ball very well and is not as ...
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