NBA Rumors: Latest Buzz Surrounding 2016 Lottery Teams

NBA lottery teams have the toughest decisions of all ahead of the 2016 NBA draft. 

On paper, it seems like the teams lucky enough to reside in the top 14 picks have the most reason for optimism. Maybe it’s a notion that’s halfway true, but such a standing and reasonable expectation for improvement leaves the teams not only under more pressure, but more prone to error.

It’s not always great to be a lottery team. Make one wrong pick or free-agent decision, and a trip to the lottery starts to become an annual event instead of a one-off appearance.

The risk-reward of the situation is what makes the lottery teams so interesting to watch on the rumors market. Here’s a look at the latest.

Timberwolves Eyeing a Forward?

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The Minnesota Timberwolves are one of the most interesting teams in the 2016 draft because of what the franchise has already been able to build. 

With Ricky Rubio at the point, Andrew Wiggins floating around and Karl-Anthony Towns underneath the basket, all Minnesota has to do is make a smart decision at No. 5 and the franchise will have one of the league’s most intimidating cores in place for a long time.

It’s interesting, then, to hear about the team looking at a prospect like Providence’s Ben Bentil, according to Darren Wolfson of 1500ESPN:

#Twolves GM Scott Layden spotted in L.A. at the CAA + Octagon Pro Days. Got another look at Providence forward Ben Bentil this morning.

— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) May 26, 2016

Now, Bentil isn’t a bad prospect by any means. But he’s a player perhaps ready to come off the board near the end of the first round, so unless Minnesota swings a trade one way or another, he’s going somewhere else.

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