# Minnesota Timberwolves draft history

The Minnesota Timberwolves first participated in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft on June 27, 1989, about five months before their inaugural NBA season. The Timberwolves are currently the second NBA team to be based in Minneapolis since the Minneapolis Lakers were there from 1948 to 1960.
Before each draft, an NBA draft lottery determines the first round selection order for the teams that did not make the playoffs during the prior season. Teams can also trade their picks, which means that a team could have more than or less than two picks in one draft. As a result of the various trades, the Minnesota Timberwolves had four draft picks in 1992 and 2006. The Timberwolves drafted Pooh Richardson with their first ever draft pick, tenth overall, in the 1989 NBA draft. In 1995, the Timberwolves picked Kevin Garnett fifth overall, who went on to be a 15-time All-Star. In 1996, the Timberwolves drafted Ray Allen fifth overall but was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks with a future first-round pick for the draft rights of Stephon Marbury. In the 2008 NBA draft, the Timberwolves drafted O. J. Mayo third overall but was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies along with three other players from the Timberwolves for the draft rights to Kevin Love along with three other players from the Grizzlies. The Timberwolves have landed the first overall pick twice in franchise history, selecting Karl-Anthony Towns in the 2015 NBA draft and Anthony Edwards in the 2020 NBA draft.

## Key

| Abbreviation | Meaning | Abbreviation | Meaning |
| Nat | Nationality | Pos | Position |
| G | Guard | PG | Point guard |
| SG | Shooting guard | F | Forward |
| SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward |
| C | Center | |
| Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer | First Overall NBA Draft Pick | Selected for an NBA All-Star Game |

## Selections

| Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | College/High School/Club |
| 1989 | 1 | 10 | Pooh Richardson | United States | PG | UCLA |
| 1989 | 2 | 38 | Doug West | United States | SG/SF | Villanova |
| 1990 | 1 | 6 | Felton Spencer | United States | C | Louisville |
| 1990 | 1 | 20 | Gerald Glass (from Philadelphia) | United States | SG/SF | Mississippi |
| 1991 | 1 | 7 | Luc Longley | Australia | C | New Mexico |
| 1991 | 2 | 34 | Myron Brown | United States | G | Slippery Rock |
| 1992 | 1 | 3 | Christian Laettner | United States | PF/C | Duke |
| 1992 | 2 | 28 | Marlon Maxey | United States | F | UTEP |
| 1992 | 2 | 34 | Chris Smith (from Milwaukee) | United States | G | Connecticut |
| 1992 | 2 | 51 | Tim Burroughs (from Utah) | United States | PF | Jacksonville |
| 1993 | 1 | 5 | Isaiah Rider | United States | SG/SF | UNLV |
| 1993 | 2 | 29 | Sherron Mills (from Detroit) | United States | F | Virginia Commonwealth |
| 1994 | 1 | 4 | Donyell Marshall | United States | F | Connecticut |
| 1994 | 2 | 30 | Howard Eisley | United States | G | Boston College |
| 1995 | 1 | 5 | Kevin Garnett | United States | PF/C | Farragut Academy (HS) |
| 1995 | 2 | 48 | Mark Davis | United States | SG/SF | Texas Tech |
| 1995 | 2 | 49 | Jerome Allen | United States | G | Pennsylvania |
| 1996 | 1 | 5 | Ray Allen (traded to Milwaukee) | United States | SG | Connecticut |
| 1997 | 1 | 20 | Paul Grant (from Portland) | United States | C | Wisconsin |
| 1997 | 2 | 43 | Gordon Malone | United States | PF | West Virginia |
| 1998 | 1 | 17 | Rasho Nesterović | Slovenia | C | Kinder Bologna (Italy) |
| 1998 | 2 | 46 | Andrae Patterson | United States | F | Indiana |
| 1999 | 1 | 6 | Wally Szczerbiak (from New Jersey) | United States | F | Miami (OH) |
| 1999 | 1 | 14 | William Avery | United States | G | Duke |
| 1999 | 2 | 42 | Louis Bullock | United States | SG | Michigan |
| 2000 | 2 | 51 | Igor Rakočević | Yugoslavia (now Serbia) | G | Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia) |
| 2001 | 2 | 45 | Loren Woods | Lebanon | PF/C | Arizona |
| 2002 | 2 | 51 | Marcus Taylor | United States | PG | Michigan State |
| 2003 | 1 | 26 | Ndudi Ebi | United Kingdom | SF | Westbury Christian (HS) |
| 2003 | 2 | 55 | Rick Rickert | United States | PF | Minnesota |
| 2004 | 2 | 58 | Blake Stepp | United States | PG | Gonzaga |
| 2005 | 1 | 14 | Rashad McCants | United States | SG | North Carolina |
| 2005 | 2 | 34 | Bracey Wright | United States | G | Indiana |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 | Brandon Roy (traded to Portland) | United States | SG | Washington |
| 2006 | 2 | 36 | Craig Smith | United States | F | Boston College |
| 2006 | 2 | 37 | Bobby Jones (traded to Philadelphia) | United States | F | Washington |
| 2006 | 2 | 57 | Loukas Mavrokefalidis (from Phoenix) | Greece | F/C | PAOK (Greece) |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 | Corey Brewer | United States | SG | Florida |
| 2007 | 2 | 41 | Chris Richard (from Philadelphia) | United States | F | Florida |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | O. J. Mayo (traded to Memphis) | United States | SG | USC |
| 2008 | 2 | 31 | Nikola Peković (from Miami via Boston) | Montenegro | C | KK Partizan (Serbia and Adriatic League) |
| 2008 | 2 | 34 | Mario Chalmers (traded to Miami) | United States | PG | Kansas |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 | Ricky Rubio (from Washington) | Spain | PG | DKV Joventut (Spain) |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 | Jonny Flynn | United States | PG | Syracuse |
| 2009 | 1 | 18 | Ty Lawson (from Miami) (traded to Denver) | United States | PG | North Carolina |
| 2009 | 1 | 28 | Wayne Ellington (from Boston) | United States | SG | North Carolina |
| 2009 | 2 | 45 | Nick Calathes (from Philadelphia via Miami) | United States | PG | Florida |
| 2009 | 2 | 47 | Henk Norel (from Miami) | Netherlands | PF | DKV Joventut (Spain) |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 | Wesley Johnson | United States | SF | Syracuse |
| 2010 | 1 | 30 | Lazar Hayward | United States | SF | Marquette |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | Derrick Williams | United States | SF | Arizona |
| 2012 | 2 | 58 | Robbie Hummel (from Oklahoma City) | United States | PF | Purdue |
| 2013 | 1 | 9 | Trey Burke (traded to Utah) | United States | PG | Michigan |
| 2013 | 1 | 26 | André Roberson (from Memphis via Houston Rockets, traded to Oklahoma City via Golden State) | United States | SG | Colorado |
| 2013 | 2 | 52 | Lorenzo Brown (from Brooklyn via Minnesota and New Orleans) | United States | PG | NC State |
| 2013 | 2 | 59 | Bojan Dubljević (from Oklahoma City) | Montenegro | PF | Valencia Basket (Spain) |
| 2014 | 1 | 13 | Zach LaVine | United States | SG | UCLA |
| 2014 | 2 | 40 | Glenn Robinson III (from New Orleans) | United States | SF | Michigan |
| 2014 | 2 | 44 | Markel Brown (traded to Brooklyn) | United States | SG | Oklahoma State |
| 2014 | 2 | 53 | Alessandro Gentile (from Golden State, traded to Houston) | Italy | SF | Olimpia Milano (Italy) |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | Karl-Anthony Towns | Dominican Republic United States | C | Kentucky |
| 2015 | 2 | 31 | Cedi Osman (traded to Cleveland) | Turkey | SG/SF | Anadolu Efes (Turkey) |
| 2015 | 2 | 36 | Rakeem Christmas (from Sacramento via Houston, traded to Cleveland) | United States | PF/C | Syracuse |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 | Kris Dunn | United States | PG | Providence |
| 2017 | 1 | 7 | Lauri Markkanen (traded to Chicago Bulls) | Finland | PF | Arizona |
| 2018 | 1 | 20 | Josh Okogie (from Oklahoma City via Utah) | Nigeria United States | SG | Georgia Tech |
| 2018 | 2 | 48 | Keita Bates-Diop | United States | SF | Ohio State |
| 2019 | 1 | 6 | Jarrett Culver | United States | G | Texas Tech |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | Anthony Edwards | United States | G | Georgia |
| 2020 | 1 | 17 | Aleksej Pokuševski (from Brooklyn via Atlanta, traded to Oklahoma City) | Serbia | F | Olympiacos (Greece) |
| 2020 | 2 | 33 | Daniel Oturu (traded to L. A. Clippers) | United States | C | Minnesota |
| 2022 | 1 | 12 | Jake LaRavia (traded to Memphis Grizzlies) | United States | PF | Wake Forest |
| 2022 | 2 | 40 | Bryce McGowens (traded to Charlotte Hornets) | United States | SG | Nebraska |
| 2022 | 2 | 48 | Kendall Brown (traded to Indiana Pacers) | United States | SG | Baylor |
| 2022 | 2 | 50 | Matteo Spagnolo | Italy | G | Vanoli Cremona (Italy) |
| 2023 | 2 | 53 | Jaylen Clark | United States | G | UCLA |