NBA Draft – T-Wolves Making Moves

 by Theoharides

The kings is dead, the king is dead. The days of Kevin “up and under blow our cover” McHale running the show for the T-Wolves are over. Despite, K-Love’s tweet’s of protestestation–thank god. For the first time, in a long time, the T-Wolves under the direction of new GM David Kahn, appear to have made the right moves in the NBA draft. After they moved up in the draft with their trade of Mike Miller and Randy Foye for the number 5 pick, I was concerned they would end up choosing James Harden. Luckily, Oklahoma made that mistake for us. Lets break down our first round picks:

Ricky Rubio, PG, Spain, 5th pick:

Excitement in an adorable Paul McCartney-meets-Spanish-teenybopper package. At the age of 17 he stood up to the likes of CP3 and D.Williams in the Olympics title game. He should bring some much needed point guard savvy and excitement to Wolves games. 

Jonny Flynn , PG, Syracuse, 6th pick:  

To be fair, I was hoping for Steph Curry. However, Flynn is probably a safer choice. Anyone who watched Syracuse’s 6 overtime thriller knows Flynn can flat out ball. He is a tough-minded point, who should be  able to share the court with Rubio, and help out on the defensive end. 

Ty Lawson, PG, North Caroline, 18th pick:

 Another point guard, but one that won’t stick . Word is TLaw is about to be traded to Denver for a future pick. Smart move by the Wolves. Instead of wasting a late pick in a weak draft, they gave themselves a chance to get a better pick in the future. 

Wayne Ellington, SG, North Carolina, 28th pick:

Strange draft. The T-Wolves somehow managed to draft both members of the Tar Heels’ championship winning backcourt. Ellington gives us a good shooter, and player with the potential to become a good sixth man. A smart, late pick. 

 

All told a good draft for the Wolves. Here’s to ten years of Ricky Rubio passing the ball to Big Al Jefferson for easy dunks.