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Wolves President Gersson Rosas says team didn't make promise to draft Gonzaga forward Rui Hachimura

Before the draft, there are few things someone who runs a basketball team is going to say definitively. The same applies to Timberwolves President Gersson Rosas.

But there was one point Rosas wanted to make clear: He doesn't make guarantees to prospects.

"We don't promise players," Rosas said Tuesday. "Throughout the league, every organization has different strategies, different approaches. That's not something we do."

Rosas was answering a question which addressed a rumor that the Wolves guaranteed Gonzaga forward Rui Hachimura they would take him should he be there at No. 11. Teams may guarantee a draft pick they will take him at a certain spot in an effort to prevent him from working out for other teams.