Minnesota Timberwolves: Five players to target if Wolves trade back
By Jack Borman
Trade Partner No. 3: San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs have been an outstanding model of how to make the most of the draft, year in and year out.
This year, they hold the No. 19 and No. 29 selections, but have plenty of young talent in Bryn Forbes, Lonnie Walker IV, Dejounte Murray and Derrick White. It would be uncharacteristic of the Spurs to move up using both first-round picks, so I would expect them to package one of these four players with the No. 19 pick in a move with Minnesota.
The Spurs have 11 players on the books for next year (according to Spotrac.com), which makes them a much more realistic trade target than the Sixers.
Forbes started 81 games last year for Gregg Popovich largely because point guard Dejounte Murray missed the entire 2018-19 campaign with a torn ACL suffered in the preseason. The 25-year old Michigan State product averaged 11.8 points per game on 45.6/42.6/88.5 shooting to go along with 2.9 boards and 2.1 assists per contest.
His shooting would be a huge asset for the Wolves off the bench and his contract will pay him just $2.875 million next season, per Spotrac. This combination of the No. 19 pick, shooting, youth, and a cheap contract would definitely be something worth looking at for the Minnesota front office.
The Wolves will have a ton of options as it pertains to how they will use the 11th selection and if Sekou Doumbouya, Brandon Clarke, and PJ Washington are all gone, they should take a good hard look at trading back. Only time will tell what Gersson Rosas will do with his first selection as the head of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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