Minnesota Timberwolves

What draft picks do the Minnesota Timberwolves have?

The Timberwolves control 5 first-round and 3 second-round picks through the 2032 draft, with 1 tied up in swap rights.
First-round picks
5
Second-round picks
3
Next first
2026 1st (via DET)
Own picks owed out
10

Through the 2032 draft the Timberwolves control 5 first-round picks and 3 second-round picks, with 1 tied up in swap rights. Their firsts land in 2026, 2027, 2028, 2030, and 2032. 10 of their own picks are owed elsewhere.

In 2026 the Timberwolves pick twice: DET's first (Detroit's own first conveyed to Minnesota, landing at pick 28, from the pick-swap chain tied to the Mike Conley deals.) and SAS's second (San Antonio's own second conveyed to Minnesota at pick 59, routed via Indiana.); they also owe out their own first to DET (Minnesota's own first conveyed to Detroit, landing at pick 21. Minnesota in turn picks at 28 with Detroit's first.) and their own second to WAS (Minnesota's own second conveyed to Washington at pick 51, routed via Detroit and New York.).

In 2027 the Timberwolves pick once: DET's first (Owed to Minnesota, protected 1-9 (Detroit keeps it only if it lands 1-9, the likely outcome being it conveys); if it does not convey it becomes a 2027 second. From the Karl-Anthony Towns trade chain.); they also owe out their own first to UTA (Unprotected first owed to Utah from the 2022 Rudy Gobert trade. Inside the UTA/MIN/CLE 2027 pool this is the slot UTA keeps as the second most favorable, after MEM takes the most favorable (UTA's own) and PHX takes the least favorable (CLE).) and their own second to POR (Unprotected second owed to Portland, acquired in a 2024 three-team trade.).

In 2028 the Timberwolves pick once: their own first; they also owe out their own second to SAS (Unprotected second owed to San Antonio.).

In 2029 the Timberwolves owe out their own first to CHA (CHA gets the least favorable of the UTA, CLE, and MIN 2029 firsts from the June 2025 Mark Williams trade, top-5 protected on MIN's slot; if MIN lands in the top 5 it does not convey and CHA instead gets a 2029 MIN second. UTA keeps the two most favorable. MIN's slot entered the pool in the 2022 Rudy Gobert trade.) and their own second to CHI (Owed to Chicago, one of the four seconds in the February 2026 Ayo Dosunmu trade.).

In 2030 the Timberwolves pick twice: their own first, swap-encumbered (SAS holds swap rights from the June 2024 Rob Dillingham draft-night trade; the protection is reported differently across accounts (top-1 versus a more-favorable-of-DAL-and-MIN structure).) and MEM's second (Owed to Minnesota, protected 31-50.); they also owe out their own second to DET (Unprotected second owed to Detroit from the Monte Morris trade.).

In 2031 the Timberwolves owe out their own first to SAC (Unprotected first owed to Sacramento, acquired in the February 5 2025 De'Aaron Fox three-team trade; originated in the June 2024 Rob Dillingham draft-night trade to San Antonio.) and their own second to CHI (Chicago takes the more favorable of the Minnesota and Golden State 2031 seconds and Detroit the less favorable. Minnesota's slot is the one projected more favorable and goes to Chicago.).

Their 2032 book is clean: their own picks, nothing owed.

The rule behind this

An unsigned first-round pick charges the team's cap at 120% of his draft slot's rookie-scale salary (because first-rounders may sign for up to 120% of scale, and almost all do).

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Numbers come straight from the live Timberwolves cap sheet, recomputed whenever the data updates.