History of the NBA Draft – Minnesota Timberwolves

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Minnesota Timberwolves (1st and 2nd Round Draft History)

(Year) Round – Overall Pick – Player – School/Country

(2019) 1st – 6 – Jarrett Culver – Texas Tech
(2019) 2nd – 43 – Jaylen Nowell – Washington

(2018) 1st – 20 – Josh Okogie – Georgia Tech
(2018) 1st – 48- Keita Bates-Diop– Ohio State

(2017) 1st – 7 – Lauri Markkanen – Arizona

(2016) 1st – 5 – Kris Dunn – Providence

(2015) 1st – 1 – Karl-Anthony Towns – Kentucky
(2015) 2nd – 31 – Cedi Osman – Anadolu Efes
(2015) 2nd – 36 – Rakeem Christmas – Syracuse

(2014) 1st – 13 – Zach LaVine – UCLA
(2014) 2nd – 40 – Glenn Robinson III – Michigan
(2014) 2nd – 44 – Markel Brown – Oklahoma State
(2014) 2nd – 53 – Alessandro Gentile – Italy

(2013) 1st – 9 – Trey Burke – Michigan
(2013) 1st – 26 – Andre Roberson – Colorado
(2013) 2nd – 52 – Lorenzo Brown – North Carolina State
(2013) 2nd – 59 – Bojan Dubljevic – Montenegro

(2012) 2nd – 58 – Robbie Hummel – Purdue

(2011) 1st – 2 – Derrick Williams – University of Arizona
(2011) 1st – 20 – Donatas Motiejunas – Lithuania

(2010) 1st – 4 – Wesley Johnson – Syracuse University
(2010) 1st – 16 – Luke Babbitt – University of Nevada, Reno
(2010) 1st – 23 – Trevor Booker – Clemson University
(2010) 2nd – 45 – Paulao Prestes – Brazil
(2010) 2nd – 56 – Hamady N’Diaye – Rutgers University

2000’s

(2009) 1st – 5 – Ricky Rubio – Spain
(2009) 1st – 6 – Jonny Flynn – Syracuse University
(2009) 1st – 18 – Ty Lawson – University of North Carolina
(2009) 1st – 28 – Wayne Ellington – University of North Carolina
(2009) 2nd – 45 – Nick Calathes – University of Florida
(2009) 2nd – 47 – Henk Norel – Netherlands

(2008) 1st – 3 – O.J. Mayo – University of Southern California
(2008) 2nd – 31 – Nikola Pekovic – Montenegro
(2008) 2nd – 34 – Mario Chalmers – University of Kansas

(2007) 1st – 7 – Corey Brewer – University of Florida
(2007) 2nd – 41 – Chris Richard – University of Florida

(2006) 1st – 6 – Brandon Roy – University of Washington
(2006) 2nd – 36 – Craig Smith – Boston College
(2006) 2nd – 37 – Bobby Jones – University of Washington
(2006) 2nd – 57 – Loukas Mavrokefalidis – Greece

(2005) 1st – 14 – Rashad McCants – University of North Carolina
(2005) 2nd – 47 – Bracey Wright – Indiana University

(2004) 2nd – 58 – Blake Stepp – Gonzaga University

(2003) 1st – 26 – Ndudi Ebi – Westbury Christian H.S. (TX)
(2003) 2nd – 55 – Rick Rickert – University of Minnesota

(2002) 2nd – 52 – Marcus Taylor – Michigan State University

(2001) 2nd – 45 – Loren Woods – University of Arizona

(2000) 2nd – 51 – Igor Rakocevic – Serbia

1990’s

(1999) 1st – 6 – Wally Szczerbiak – Miami University
(1999) 1st – 14 – William Avery – Duke University
(1999) 2nd – 42 – Louis Bullock – University of Michigan

(1998) 1st – 17 – Rasho Nesterovic – Slovenia
(1998) 2nd – 46 – Andrae Patterson – Indiana University

(1997) 1st – 20 – Paul Grant – University of Wisconsin
(1997) 2nd – 43 – Gordon Malone – West Virginia University

(1996) 1st – 5 – Ray Allen – University of Connecticut

(1995) 1st – 5 – Kevin Garnett – Farragut Career Academy H.S. (IL)
(1995) 2nd – 48 – Mark Davis – Texas Tech University
(1995) 2nd – 49 – Jerome Allen – University of Pennsylvania

(1994) 1st – 4 – Donyell Marshall – University of Connecticut
(1994) 2nd – 30 – Howard Eisley – Boston College

(1993) 1st – 5 – Isaiah Rider – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
(1993) 2nd – 29 – Sherron Mills – Virginia Commonwealth University

(1992) 1st – 3 – Christian Laettner – Duke University
(1992) 2nd – 28 – Marlon Maxey – University of Texas at El Paso
(1992) 2nd – 34 – Chris Smith – University of Connecticut
(1992) 2nd – 51 – Tim Burroughs – Jacksonville University

(1991) 1st – 7 – Luc Longley – University of New Mexico
(1991) 2nd – 34 – Myron Brown – Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

(1990) 1st – 6 – Felton Spencer – University of Louisville
(1990) 1st – 20 – Gerald Glass – University of Mississippi

1980’s

(1989) 1st – 10 – Pooh Richardson – University of California, Los Angeles
(1989) 2nd – 34 – Gary Leonard – University of Missouri
(1989) 2nd – 38 – Doug West – Villanova University

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