http://www.nbadraft.net/team-needs-northwest-division-5 Minnesota Timberwolves Needs: Towns or Okafor to be a star Picks: 1, 31, 36 With the draft lottery in the books, Minnesota simultaneously finds itself in both the best and arguably most unenviable situation leading up to the draft. On the one hand, they hold the number one overall pick which gives them the right to select either Kentucky's Karl Anthony-Towns or Duke's Jahlil Okafor. It's not every year that there are two big men in a draft that so clearly project to be difference makers at the NBA level. They do it in different ways, but Minnesota will have the opportunity to decide which type of big man they would like to add to their young group of players. Towns represents a player with gobs of potential who excels on both ends of the court and should develop a nice pick and pop game. Okafor, on the other hand, is more of a throwback big man who, despite his current defensive limitations, should be an Al Jefferson type player that controls the post and allows the team to play through him. The idea of having either of those two players sounds appealing to any franchise. At the same time, the Wolves have struggled to claw their way back to relevance since the days of KG, Sprewell, and Cassell, and the fan base is getting antsy. They look like they are on the right track with young players such as Andrew Wiggins, Ricky Rubio, Zach LaVine, and Shabazz Muhammad on the roster. This brings us to the conundrum that you can only accumulate so much young talent before the team is expected to win, and Wiggins, Rubio and Towns/Okafor puts them up against that metaphorical line. On the flip side, you don't see many teams experience a great deal of success with a team as young as the Wolves will be the next handful of years. They really need to nail this first pick and let their group of young players gel in to one cohesive unit together. If that happens, and a few things break their way, they could turn the franchise around in a hurry. With their 2nd round picks (31 and 36) they could continue with their UCLA Bruin success by targeting a defensive minded 2-guard such as Norman Powell. --

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