Now that Tuesday's lottery settled the fact that the Timberwolves won't have a pick in this year's draft, the next month will be the polar opposite of how last fall went, when the Wolves had the No. 1 pick and then waited three months before drafting Anthony Edwards.
Barring a trade back into the draft, there won't be rampant speculation over who the Wolves will pick after they ceded the seventh pick to Golden State to complete the D'Angelo Russell-Andrew Wiggins trade, and any Wolves fan clicking on the ever-popular mock drafts will do so with a tinge of emptiness.