The NBA draft is but 15 days away and the Timberwolves continue to evaluate players both here at the downtown training facility and afar at "pro days" organized for NBA teams by agents.
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On Wednesday, Texas big man Jarrett Allen was in town for a 90-minute individual workout after he dined with Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau and the team's coaching staff Tuesday night.
He fits the profile of players the Wolves interviewed at the combine in Chicago last month and have brought to town in a process they try to make highly secretive: Long, athletic, agile and able to defend both the perimeter when switching screens and at the rim.
"That's the way the game is going now," Allen said by phone after today's workout.
He's projected as a mid first-round pick and thus is unlikely to go as high as the Wolves' seventh overall pick, but they could trade down or make a trade to acquire another first-round pick.
Allen said he thinks he can be drafted anywhere from 10th to 20, but sure wouldn't mind No. 7.
"They seemed pretty interested in me," said Allen, a 19-year-old who played one season at Texas. "But you know on draft night, you never know what's going to happen. You just have to wait and see."
