The Timberwolves’ decision to trade Dario Saric and the No. 11 overall pick to Phoenix so they could move up and draft Texas Tech star Jarrett Culver at No. 6 on Thursday night reminded me of something I learned in my years as a general manager of the Minneapolis Lakers: The draft is a crapshoot.
The thought of several pundits was that the Wolves made the trade to draft Vanderbilt point guard Darius Garland, but the Cleveland Cavaliers grabbed him at No. 5.
New Timberwolves President Gersson Rosas had said he was unconcerned with picking for position but was instead focused on getting the best player available, and Culver might have been that.