Timberwolves first-round pick Justin Patton — you know, the 7-footer and the other guy they got in last week’s massive trade that also netted Jimmy Butler — was introduced in person to the Twin Cities media on Tuesday and seems generally as affable and likable as his social media would indicate.
He even landed a couple successful attempts at humor without trying too hard. The first: when talking about selling funnel cakes at baseball’s College World Series in Omaha just three years ago, he said, “it was nachos, too. Can’t forget the nachos.” The second: when talking about his twin brother, Kendall, who is shorter than Justin at 6-foot-7 but still claims to be the better basketball player of the two, Patton said that very well might be true, “but he’s not playing for the Timberwolves.