What are the Minnesota Timberwolves future draft picks?

After witnessing the dodging and weaving of the Minnesota Timberwolves during the 2022 NBA Draft, there is only a remote expectation that the team will stand pat on their future picks. But after trading away a small fortune in NBA Draft pick currency to purchase Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, we are not easily able to point to the future NBA Drafts and determine how many and which picks the Timberwolves have right now.

Not without a bit of work, that is.

So ease back and let us deliver what the Minnesota Timberwolves future draft picks look like:

2023 NBA Draft

Round 1 – Traded allotted pick to Utah Jazz

Round 2 – Traded allotted pick to Memphis Grizzlies
Add New York Knicks 2nd round pick

Incoming:
Minnesota Timberwolves acquire the NY Knicks second-round pick via Charlotte Hornets

Summary: 1 2nd-round pick (NYK)

Trades impacting this draft
Rudy Gobert trade

2022 NBA Draft Trades

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2024 NBA Draft

Round 1 – Allotted pick

Round 2 – Traded allotted pick to either Trail Blazers or Thunder

Incoming: None

Summary: 1 1st-round pick (MIN)

2025 NBA Draft

Round 1 – Traded allotted pick to Utah Jazz

Round 2 – Traded allotted pick to Houston Rockets

Incoming: None

Summary: No picks

2026 NBA Draft

Round 1 – Lesser of allotted pick or Utah Jazz first-round pick

Round 2 – Traded allotted pick to either Pistons or Knicks
Add: second-round pick from MIA, IND, or SAS

Incoming:
The lesser second-round pick of the Heat, Pacers, or Spurs

Summary: 1 1st-round pick (lesser of MIN or Utah)
1 2nd-round pick (lesser of MIA, IND, or SAS)

2027 NBA Draft

Round 1 – Traded allotted pick to Utah Jazz

Round 2 – Traded allotted pick to Houston Rockets

Incoming: None

Summary: No Picks

2028 NBA Draft

Round 1 – Allotted pick

Round 2 – Allotted pick

Incoming: None

Summary: 1 1st-round pick (MIN)
1 2nd-round pick (MIN)

2029 NBA Draft

Round 1 – Traded allotted pick to Utah Jazz (Top-5 Protected)

Round 2 – Allotted pick

Incoming: None

Summary: Chance of 1 1st-round pick (MIN if falls among Top-5)
1 2nd-round pick (MIN)

So the Minnesota Timberwolves currently have seven draft picks spread over the next seven NBA Drafts. While that may not sound like much, the team will likely be signing Euroleague point guard Matteo Spagnolo to an NBA rookie contract in 2024, as that is when his contract is due to expire with Real Madrid.

The team continues to have options to trade back on their first-round draft picks in even years and to focus more intensely on free agents when the NBA Draft picks run light.