Minnesota Timberwolves: 5 options for pick No. 48 in 2018 NBA Draft

3. Brandon McCoy, C — UNLV

• Height: 7’1″
• Weight: 250 lbs
• Age: 19

Former five-star recruit Brandon McCoy had a really nice freshman year for the UNLV Rebels, averaging 16.9 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. He also shot a nifty 54.5 percent from the field. Despite having a nice freshman season, he had a rough outing at the NBA Draft Combine, meaning he could potentially fall to the middle of the second round.

As of right now, he isn’t much of an outside threat. He only took 0.3 3-pointers per game for UNLV. That limits his offensive role, but when he comes off the bench to give Karl-Anthony Towns a breather, he’ll add nice size and rim protection that Tom Thibodeau should yearn for. After all, the Wolves’ frontcourt depth is fairly limited right now.

Unless they plan on giving Cole Aldrich a hefty increase in minutes any time soon, they need to add some bigs to take the stress and beating off of Towns. We’ve seen enough star players get hurt under the Thibs’ coaching reign, we don’t need anymore.

Here’s an example of that aforementioned rim protection:

If McCoy falls this low, it would be an incredible opportunity for the Wolves to get a player with lottery potential in the middle of the second round — something that you don’t see very often.