The NBA draft has given Minnesota basketball a chance to showcase its impressive depth of talent in recent years.
Nine Minnesotans have been drafted since 2015, including six in the past two years. Multiple players from the land of 10,000 ballers could hear their names called on draft night Thursday for the third year in a row.
Seven-footer Chet Holmgren could not only become the highest drafted Minnesotan ever, he also can reunite with former high school teammate Jalen Suggs, if the Orlando Magic select Holmgren with the No. 1 overall pick.
Suggs, who played at Minnehaha Academy and Gonzaga like Holmgren, was picked No.