The Timberwolves are not thrilled with how this draft has gone.
We need a center to make our franchise player's life a little easier, but we only liked one in the whole draft - and he's predictably gone.
There was a flashy guard we thought would be perfect alongside Randy Foye. Maybe we even tried to trade up to get him. We don't want to make our pick feel unwelcome, though - so we'll deny that if you ask.
Then we decided that a versatile guard with a killer jump shot would be a great fit for us and a very nice compliment to the inside attack of Jefferson and the strong driving game of Foye.
Eh. That last pick threw us a bit.
So we have the sixth pick and now are working on our fourth choice.
But all is not lost! We liked Stephen Curry because of his maturity and his jumper - but there were also things we didn't like. He and Foye would make a small backcourt. We had durability concerns with him. More importantly, though, we thought he was the safe choice. We believed he would be good for us, but we had a lingering feeling that we could regret not taking a player with the potential to be better.
So we now look to a versatile guard who has ideal size, the smarts to play in any system, and can handle the ball and run our offense. We don't think of him as a combo guard like the other choices. We think he's a pure point that can also be effective playing off the ball when Foye is drawing fouls at the end of quarters. We also feel he is a plus defender and rebounder, which we need. We see signs his jumper can come around. We hope it does.
The Minnesota Timberwolves
enthusiastically select Jrue Holiday. We're sure this will work out just fine.
That's right. You're number six!
The Golden State Warriors are on the clock.
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