If you were Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly, what would you have done differently? Should the Timberwolves have been more insistent on negotiating a draft day trade? Should the Timberwolves have insisted on trading into Round 1 of the 2023 NBA Draft?
The Timberwolves sat and watched 32 players come off the board. But finally, after fruitless efforts to move up in the draft, the Timberwolves found a taker in the San Antonio Spurs. Details for this move are not yet available, but you have to expect that the cost to get the 33rd overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft will cost at least multiple second-round picks, and perhaps cash consideration:
Minnesota has traded to get No.