Thursday, May 4, 2017
The Future That We Could Have vs. What We Had
What We Had
2011 NBA Draft was a year full of hidden gems in the Draft Pool but majority of the teams did not know it including the Minnesota Timberwolves. Some might even say that after Kyrie Irving and Derrick Williams it was a shallow draft (Uhmm They were wrong about Derrick). The 2010-11 Season the Minnesota Timberwolves had the worst record having 17 wins and 65 losses in which in return they have the best chance of choosing the # 1 pick of the draft but we ended up picking #2 and with that pick we ended up choosing.......
Derrick Williams
11-12 Stat 8.8 PPG, 4.7 RPG, .6 APG, .5 SPG, .5 BPG, 21 MPG
12-13 Stat 12 PPG, 5.5 RPG, .6 APG, .6 SPG, .5 BPG, 24 MPG
We ended up picking Derrick William a product of the University of Arizona in which they draw comparisons of Michael Beasley in his game they even said that he was a version 2.0 of him, which I doubt why we draft him because we have Michael Beasley currently in the team. But that comparison is where it failed because we ended up having a prototype of Michael Beasley in which we can't rely on both scoring and defending. Also a big disappointment on his 2nd year in which we thought will be his breakout season but we barely see any improvements on his game.
What We Should Have Gotten
Klay Thompson
11-12 Stat 12.5 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 2.0 APG, .7 SPG, .3 BPG, 24.4 MPG
12-13 Stat 16.6 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.0 SPG, .5 BPG, 35.8 MPG
Klay Thompson was drafted by the Golden State Warriors which ended up as a steal in the 11th pick of the 2011 NBA Draft. This player was even better at Derrick Williams in terms of being a better shooter in the game having both Mid and 3 point shooting above .400 in his rookie year. It would have help the Timberwolves in terms of shooting, just like how it helped the Golden State Warriors until now, being one of the 2 Splash Brothers it says it all.
Kawhi Leonard
11-12 Stat 7.9 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 1.1 APG, 1.3 SPG, .4 BPG, 24 MPG
12-13 Stat 11.9 PPG, 6 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.7 SPG, .6 BPG, 31.2 MPG
Kawhi Leonard was the 15th pick that was chosen by the Indiana Pacers that was traded to the San Antonio Spurs for George Hill which was a good trade for the both of them, but in return the Spurs had another Franchise Player in the making in which is not only good Offensively but also is good in the Defensive End. Also comparing to Derrick Williams his shooting is considerably better than him having almost .5 FG% and. .376 3P%. Kawhi could have been the Superstar Wing that we can pair up for Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio ( He is better than Andrew Wiggins as of the moment). He was also one of the All-Rookie First Team.
Jimmy Butler
11-12 Stat 2.6 PPG, 1.3 RPG, .3 APG, .3 SPG, .1 BPG, 8.5 MPG
12-13 Stat 8.6 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1 SPG, .4 BPG, 26 MPG
Honestly his stat sheet for the first 2 seasons is not appealing to the eyes of many but he ended up being the Most Improved Player of 2015. The last pick of the first round of the 2011 NBA Draft, this player at age 27 is a veteran and also a leader of the team in which the Bulls chose him over Derrick Rose as their Franchise Cornerstone. He could have also save the Timberwolves from being a lottery team at this present time.
We Could Have the 2 of Them
Remember in the 2011 NBA Draft the Minnesota Timberwolves have two first round picks which are the #2 and #20 picks. Now imagine if we did not screwed up both of our draft picks at that night we could have been a Championship Team Right now. Let as assume that we pick up Kawhi Leonard at #2 and Jimmy Butler at #20, our team should look like this on season 2011-2012
Projected Lineup
PG- Ricky Rubio
SG- Jimmy Butler
SF- Kawhi Leonard
PF- Kevin Love
C- Nikola Pekovic
This might be the best team put up in this Franchise History this team is better than the Big 3 of Miami or even what the Golden State Warriors have. If we end up having this kind of lineup for years, I would not mind not having Wiggins and Towns and be stuck on rebuilding mode until now.
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