Timberwolves Select Joan Beringer With The 17th Overall Pick

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00:00The 17th overall pick, the team that has reached the Western Conference Finals each of the previous

00:05two seasons. The pick is in for the Minnesota Timberwolves. At number 17, Yohan Berenje.

00:13The French national now will make his way to the Twin Cities. Kev, Tom, right back to you.

00:19Berenje was a guy that you both mentioned. Had some lottery consideration from the odds

00:25perspective, he ends up at 17. To the Timberwolves, what do you make of the selection?

00:31Yeah, I think that Minnesota got a guy. We saw a lot of buzz that was being created for

00:36a lottery-level player. They get it at 17. You're going to fall right into Rudy Gobert comps

00:42due to the French piece of it, due to both being on the Minnesota Timberwolves. I think

00:47it does serve as a legitimate reminder how willing Minnesota was to trade Rudy Gobert

00:53just a couple days ago. Gobert was firmly on the block in those Kevin Durant trade discussions,

01:01Tom. And the only reason Rudy Gobert isn't a part of the Phoenix Suns center situation

01:06is because Kevin Durant didn't want to be a Minnesota Timberwolves.

01:11Yeah, so when we bring this all together and when we talk about the Rudy Gobert moves that

01:15I still believe will happen at some point. It may not be this summer. It may happen during

01:19the season. I see this as like we are, we're getting ready for the future because everything

01:24about him is he's got shot blocking, lob threat, he can guard the four of the five. He averaged

01:28over two blocks per 36 minutes if you look at his stats from earlier this season. The

01:32offensive skill set is very limited right now and the low post game is just not there for

01:37him. So this is like we will trade Rudy Gobert. We will free ourselves from this contract.

01:42We will bring in another score alongside Ant, which is what the Timberwolves need, and we will

01:46have a placeholder to take over for Rudy Gobert. It's a Minnesota team that enters with more

01:52question marks into free agency than I think their 25, 26 title odds would suggest. Everyone knows,

02:01oh, not a real, you know, exciting free agency class. Who are some of the top names? Timberwolves,

02:07Timberwolves, Timberwolves. Randall may opt out. Nas Reid will opt out. Mikael Alexander-Walker is a

02:13straight up free agent. Three important pieces for the Minnesota Timberwolves, who of course

02:19have been to the conference finals in consecutive seasons at West Bend.