![]() ![]() Let’s take a look a peak at some of the rules that Charlotte management were given in 2004: Hindsight is 20/20 so it’s easy to judge some of these teams on their relatively poor expansion draft performances, Minnesota included. Photo by Kent Smith/NBAE via Getty Images *Johnson was the first majority Black owner of a major professional sports team in the US. I tried to dig up if NBA teams had to publicly disclose who they chose to protect, but Google did not have any answers for me. At the time, the Timberwolves were fresh off a Western Conference Finals appearance, yet they didn’t lose a single player to Charlotte in the draft. You can also have some fun looking up and down that list where you will find some Wolves legends like Oliver Miller or Reggie Slater.Ģ004 Draft (Charlotte Bobcats): Robert “Bob” Johnson* and his astutely self-named Charlotte Bobcats have been the last team to join the NBA. Guibert previously played just 22 games in his first two seasons in the league, but never ended up taking to the court again after being acquired by Toronto. Of the 27 players selected, the Wolves had to say goodbye to Cuban big man, Andrés Guibert, to the Toronto Raptors with the fifth pick. With the NBA’s exploration into the Canadian market, the Timberwolves were finally on the giving end of an expansion draft. ![]() Cool name.ġ995 Draft (Toronto Raptors & Vancouver Grizzlies): They didn’t call David Stern “Mr. *They traded Mahorn for a future draft pick that ended up being Gerald “World Class” Glass. Now I know why they called him a Bad Boy! In fact, seven of them never even played a single game for the Wolves in the Metrodome, including their top pick and then NBA champion, Rick Mahorn, who rudely refused to report to Minneapolis*. With the 11-players Minnesota drafted on June 15, 1989, only two players suited up for that full season. Butler/NBAE via Getty Imagesġ989 Draft (Minnesota Timberwolves & Orlando Magic): The dawn of the Timberwolves was. That’s either impressive or very sad, depending on how you view it. Only two names were recognizable to me and those were Dell Curry and Muggsy Bogues, two of the most recognizable names in Hornets history. If you fast-forward to the “Modern Era” ( Somewhere in the 1980’s), there have been four expansion drafts:ġ988 Draft (Miami Heat & Charlotte Hornets): This was pre-Timberwolves so there’s not too much to breakdown here. There have been a total of 11 expansion drafts dating back to 1961 when the Chicago Packers, now known as the Washington Wizards, were formed. What if there was an expansion draft? Would Minnesota likely lose any players? If so, who would it be? To further explore this question, we should first hop into our time machine and visit some NBA history. What else is there to discuss? It seems the major trade dominoes have all finally fallen. However, as mentioned earlier, we’re in the dog days of the offseason - the final weeks before training camp and preseason kicks off. The only addition was Buzz Peterson, who now is the only person on staff with the sole title of "Scout.Rumors Of Looming NBA Expansion To Seattle, Las Vegas Untrue - Hoops Wire - Sam Amico September 7, 2022 (4) changed the title of Dicky Simpkins and Francis Williams from "Scout" to "Team Scout." (3) let go of Anthony Gacona and Jim Thrash as Scouts, (2) let go of Jason Rosenfeld as Director of Basketball Analytics and that position was phased out, (1) let go of Scott Howard as Director of Scouting and that position was phased out, Our current staff listing provides for the following positions:ĭirector of Global Scouting - Adam FilippiĢ Team Scouts - Dicky Simpkins, Francis Williams ![]() In terms of our general scouting staffing, in 2012-13 we had the following positions:ĭirector of International Scouting - Adam Filippiĭirector of Advance Scouting - Drew Perryĭirector of Basketball Analytics - Jason RosenfeldĤ Scouts - Anthony Gacona, Dickey Simpkins, Jim Thrash, Francis WilliamsĢ Video Scouts - Rick Higgins, Joey Levin ![]() Here is a link to the 2013-14 staff, and here is one to the 2014-15 staff. I had a post a couple months ago showing the changes in the staff from the beginning of the 2013-14 season to the beginning of the 2014-15 season, but can't seem to find it. Don't think we have a separate thread on non-GM and non-head coaching staff, but with the news about the scout reshuffling seems like this would be a worthwhile thread. ![]()
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