On Tuesday morning, I wrote about the Timberwolves and how if they moved up in the draft lottery to the No. 3 or No. 4 spot, it might have some negative implications because of salary implications vs. value.
I still believe that. But there’s also no ignoring this: The Wolves did not, in fact, move up. They did, in fact, move down one slot from their pre-lottery position of No. 10 to No. 11.
That was the 12th time in their history that they’ve moved down from their pre-lottery slot. They have never moved up; the best they’ve done is stay in their same slot, which they did in their 10 other trips to the lottery — most notably in 2015, when they stayed at No.