According to someone who should know, Kentucky guard Jamal Murray wants to play for the Timberwolves.
This comes according to Wildcats coach John Calipari, who did a pre-draft conference call to talk about the four Kentucky players likely to be taken in Thursday's draft – Murray, Alex Poythress, Skal Labissiere and Tyler Ulis.
As for Murray, his high-scoring, versatile guard?
He wants to come here, according to his coach.
That info came up when Calipari was asked how Murray would fit with Karl-Anthony Towns, the Kentucky Wildcat taken by the Wolves with the No. 1 overall pick last year.
"Who is Mr. Towns?' Calipari joked. "That KAT kid? OK, well, here's what I would say. [Wolves president of basketball operations and coach Tom Thibodeau] and I are great friends. He helped my career, helped me basketball-wise and every other way. I'm a big fan of Thibs. Jamal? I'm saying this to you and no one else. He loves Minnesota. As a matter of fact, that's where he'd like to go.''
How often have you heard that about the Timberwolves franchise in the last decade-plus? Just another sign of the times.
Whether or not Murray will be there at No. 5, when the Wolves pick comes up – and how, exactly, Thibodeau feels about Murray -- is unclear.
