Timberwolves tell Karl-Anthony Towns they will draft him No. 1

[Quetzalcoatl]

Towns , Wiggins, Rubio, Adrean Payne, Anthony Bennett, Gorgui Deing, Zach Lavine, with KG as a mentor and Kevin Martin and Pekovic as trade assets. Saunders has done a great job.

A goldfish would take Towns with the No. 1 pick. Does not take GM brilliance to get lucky..

In fairness, Wiggins for Love was a masterful trade. 

[Emmette Bryant]

I'm glad Towns is going here and not Philly.

[celticsclay]

can you imagine if Kevin Love decided he liked the young talent and went back there. That would be the funnies thing ever

[jambr380]

Yeah, this is a no-brainer. Hoping all that young talent in 'Sota means we get that 1st round pick from them.

was thinking the same thing.  just missing out on the playoffs in the West isn't as farfetched as was once considered when they traded the pick

Yeah, they basically just need to finish 10th in the west, which is somewhat reasonable...especially if they add any additional talent.

[hpantazo]

Towns , Wiggins, Rubio, Adrean Payne, Anthony Bennett, Gorgui Deing, Zach Lavine, with KG as a mentor and Kevin Martin and Pekovic as trade assets. Saunders has done a great job.

A goldfish would take Towns with the No. 1 pick. Does not take GM brilliance to get lucky..

In fairness, Wiggins for Love was a masterful trade.

Exactly. I was not referring to picking Towns, I was referring to the entire rebuild Saunders has put together, which includes getting Wiggins and Bennett, the last two #1 picks, for a guy that was leaving anyway.

[get_banners]

Towns , Wiggins, Rubio, Adrean Payne, Anthony Bennett, Gorgui Deing, Zach Lavine, with KG as a mentor and Kevin Martin and Pekovic as trade assets. Saunders has done a great job.

A goldfish would take Towns with the No. 1 pick. Does not take GM brilliance to get lucky..

In fairness, Wiggins for Love was a masterful trade.

Exactly. I was not referring to picking Towns, I was referring to the entire rebuild Saunders has put together, which includes getting Wiggins and Bennett, the last two #1 picks, for a guy that was leaving anyway.

Bennett is garbage, but yeah, getting Wiggins for Love, esp if Love is out of Cleveland this offseason, was a great move.

[BudweiserCeltic]

The real questionable part was the infatuation and pigheadedness that they showed in wanting to trade for Young, which made little sense.

[MJohnnyboy]

Nice. Looking forward to that Towns-Wiggins 1-2 combo for years to come.

Most exciting duo Minnesota has had since Steph & KG back in 1999.

Will be interesting to see how they manage to screw this one up.

I dont think KG and Marbury falling apart was on Minny. Starbury was just mad because he thought he was better than KG.

It's a shame because those two could have been a young powerhouse in Minny.

I'll always hold a soft spot for Minny for giving us KG. I hope Towns and Wiggins kill it together in the west for years to go.

[MJohnnyboy]

The real questionable part was the infatuation and pigheadedness that they showed in wanting to trade for Young, which made little sense.

They thought they were a playoff team in the west. Even if they were dead wrong, it was pretty cute.

Plus they got KG back to mentor the young ones for Young so it wasn't that bad. I think KG's mentoring is just as, if not more, valuable than a first round pick.

[Timdawgg]

can you imagine if Kevin Love decided he liked the young talent and went back there. That would be the funnies thing ever

Hey Lebron went back to play with Kyrie, not the same but still Kyrie was drafted because Lebron left.

[Fafnir]

Nice. Looking forward to that Towns-Wiggins 1-2 combo for years to come.

Most exciting duo Minnesota has had since Steph & KG back in 1999.

Yeah though insert KG + warm body did okay for them for a while too.

[SparzWizard]

And the Wolves were about to pick Okafor...I'd smh if they actually did that.

Towns is a no-brainer for No. 1! I don't want to see him in Lakers uniform.

[SHAQATTACK]

Towns , Wiggins, Rubio, Adrean Payne, Anthony Bennett, Gorgui Deing, Zach Lavine, with KG as a mentor and Kevin Martin and Pekovic as trade assets. Saunders has done a great job.

A goldfish would take Towns with the No. 1 pick. Does not take GM brilliance to get lucky..

In fairness, Wiggins for Love was a masterful trade.

Epic fail for Cavs ...if loves leaves ....you just gave away possible next super star for NOtHING