You'll forgive the Timberwolves faithful if they have only a vague notion of what the first pick in the NBA draft looks like. The team has never made one of its own, and Andrew Wiggins aside, those who have migrated here -- Anthony Bennett, Joe Smith and Michael Olowokandi -- were not exactly paragons of their kind.
And you'll forgive them further if they're uneasy to learn that, on balance, the top pick looks quite a bit like Stephon Marbury.
The Wolves' No. 1 selection this June will be the 40th since the 1976 NBA-ABA merger. Twenty-four of those players have since completed their careers.