The Timberwolves traded for ball-dominant, defense-deficient level guard D’Angelo Russell then landed the No. 1 decide… in a yr the highest prospect is ball-dominant, defense-deficient level guard LaMelo Ball. Even the opposite prospect usually atop draft boards, Georgia taking pictures guard Anthony Edwards, wouldn’t be a easy match with Russell and Malik Beasley already within the backcourt.

That’s why Minnesota is open to buying and selling the highest decide.

Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report:

If the Wolves stick at No. 1, a number of sources say they’d wager on LaMelo Ball having the sting over Anthony Edwards.

Do these sources have really perception into Minnesota’s considering? The chance makes this attention-grabbing.

Nonetheless, they might simply be supposing. Although the pre-draft course of is much from full, I are likely to suppose Ball is the highest prospect. I positively suppose the Timberwolves ought to draft the highest prospect out there. However Minnesota’s view won’t match my very own – or Wasserman’s sources’.

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