ricky rubio The Rubio Effect: The news that Ricky Rubio has decided to join the Minnesota Timberwolves next season will impact the NBA Draft in a number of interesting ways. The Timberwolves who are holding onto the #2 overall pick in the June 23rd NBA Draft have been looking at their options in the trade market and with Rubio now in tow the Wolves now have a few different priorities. #1 – The Wolves still want to trade down, mainly because they believe they can convert the #2, a pick they do not need, into two assets.
The Wolves have been looking at deals that would move them out of the lottery completely as well as a scenarios that would be move them down a little further in the top ten. With Point guard now crossed off the list, the Wolves are now focusing on big men and perimeter scorers. Arizona forward Derrick Williams is still a consideration if the Wolves cannot find a deal, but sources reached last night said they doubted seriously that the Timberwolves would draft at the #2 spot and that they have been requesting workouts with players outside of the top 3 discussion signaling they are doing more than just due diligence. #2 – The Johnny Flynn era is over. Flynn was a reach when the Wolves drafted him in 2009 with the #4 overall pick, but if you look at the big picture the Wolves had a pretty good feel for the Rubio scenario and Flynn was more of a Band-Aid until Rubio arrived.
With Ricky on his way this season Johnny Flynn is not only on the trade market, he is expected to be traded before the NBA Draft and could be part of a deal that includes the #2 pick to return more value to Minnesota. Flynn's name was kicked around about at the NBA trade deadline this year, so this spilt was a long time in the making. Lastly – The Wolves have other assets on the market. When you are 17-65 you cannot fall in love with players. Sources close to the situation said recently that as much as Team President David Kahn likes his core players, if drafting Derrick Williams makes his team better he would be open to trading Wesley Johnson or Michael Beasley if it returned a legit star.
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