Minnesota Timberwolves: Painful draft history on display with redrafts

2016 Draft

Possible players available: Buddy Hield, Domantas Sabonis, Malcolm Brogdon

Player selected: Kris Dunn (5th overall)

While often referred to as one of the weaker draft classes of the decade, the 2016 class had some solid contributors that could have helped the development of the young Timberwolves.

Buddy Hield was a dominant shooter at Oklahoma who could have helped the Wolves spread the floor in transition. Malcolm Brogdon contributed right away for the Milwaukee Bucks as a floor general and perimeter defender, winning Rookie of the Year. Domantas Sabonis could have helped immediately to take up some of the scoring and rebounding gap left by Kevin Love.

Instead, the team elected to take point guard Kris Dunn out of Providence with the fifth overall pick. Teams salivated over Dunn’s size (6’4″ and 205 pounds) and athleticism at the point guard position, and the two time Big East Player of the Year was seemingly a lock to be a top ten pick.

However, in his only season with the Wolves, Dunn averaged 17.1 minutes per game and just under four points per game before being shipped off to the Chicago Bulls in the Jimmy Butler trade. Dunn was not the point guard of the future the Timberwolves needed, and the team greatly suffered because of it.