Minnesota Timberwolves Draft, rumors, and D’Angelo Russell

With the 2022 NBA Draft just over 24 hours away, the Minnesota Timberwolves have one first-round non-lottery pick at 19, as well as three second-round draft picks at 40, 48, and 50.

Let’s take a look at the Timberwolves roster needs they can fill in this year’s NBA Draft. New Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly is locked and loaded, ready to tackle his first NBA Draft run with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He’s promised to be aggressive. So the question is, just how aggressive?

With an early exit in the 2021-22 playoffs, the TWolves are primed to make some changes to their roster. With the 19th pick overall, the Timberwolves are looking to add an immediate impact player who can come in and contribute right away.

Timberwolves rumors

We know that the Minnesota Timberwolves have invested heavily in their front office staff. Not only has the team hired one President Tim Connelly, but the team has also added VP Matt Lloyd as well as Dell Demps to the staff as well. While each newly added executive brings an impressive resume, they’ve got their work cut out for them.

They jumped into the water for the Minnesota Timberwolves and now must immediately make instant progress in whittling down the 2022 NBA Draft into a handful of legitimate prospects who could truly help the team.  Of course, there is the chance that no draft prospect delights the Timberwolves’ brain trust to pull the trigger. In that case, the team’s best course of action is to go the trade route.

And the Timberwolves rumor mill has been citing plenty of trade scenarios so far: