Minnesota Timberwolves: 5 reasons they don’t want the first pick

4. Less pressure picking lower in the draft

With the number one overall pick comes lots and lots of pressure.

The top pick will be eternally compared to the rest of the members of his draft class, fair or not.

Will they be the next Sam Bowie and Greg Oden? Or will they be the next Karl-Anthony Towns, LeBron James, Tim Duncan, or Magic Johnson?

The team is also remembered for who they didn’t pick.

The Portland Trail Blazers whiffed twice on first overall picks, only to see the second guy in the draft class go on to have hall of fame careers and be two of the greatest players to ever play the game.

I know this is way too early to say this but I will anyways. The Minnesota Timberwolves may already have future hall of famers on their roster in Towns and Wiggins. I’m not sure they need the pressure of finding a third.

The pressure and expectations for the Timberwolves team also goes way up if they land the first overall pick.

From start to finish last year, the Minnesota Timberwolves showed they were in no way ready to compete for a playoff spot in the tough Western Conference.

They started out the year going 6-18 and were never able to recover.

They tried to make a push after the All-Star break, however, they seemed to become frustrated at the lack of ground they were making up in the playoff race, and quit trying defensively again.

Given the ages of Minnesota’s talent, they may still even be a year away from the playoffs.

Unfortunately, if they do add the top pick, experts will add unrealistic expectations on the shoulders of the Wolves’ young core.

Expectations that can break young men who are not ready to fly that high.