Warriors awarded the 7th and 14th picks
Now the question is what should Golden State do with the selections?
The Warriors’ most likely scenario came to fruition during Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery, as they will have two picks in the top 14 of next month’s draft, including Minnesota’s first-round pick. But after missing the playoffs the last two years, Warriors GM Bob Myers is determined to put the rebuilding behind the organization.
“We’re not trying to develop players at the risk of losing,” Myers said in a news conference following Tuesday night’s draft lottery. “We’re not going to develop and have it cost us games. That’ s nottheplan.”
The annual draft lottery gave Golden State the seventh and 14th overall picks in the draft. Golden State held the 14th and last spot in the lottery after missing the playoffs by losing the Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies in the play-in tournament. That gave the War
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Meanwhile, most of the intrigue pertained to the Timberwolves’ pick that the Warriors acquired in the 2020 trade that
sent D’Angelo Russell to Minnesota for Andrew Wiggins. That pick, which was slotted sixth in the lottery, was protected for selections 1-3. Minnesota would keep the pick only if it jumped into the top three.
So while the best-case scenario would have been Golden State’s own pick jumping to the top spot and Minnesota’s landing at No. 4, the far more probable scenario involved something along the lines of the Warriors’ own pick staying at 14 and Minnesota’s landing in the middle of the lottery.