Minnesota Timberwolves see Eric Bledsoe as Andrew Wiggins sidekick
By Josh Hill
The Minnesota Timberwolves are all of a sudden an exciting young team to watch as they traded Kevin Love for a pair of recent former No. 1 picks and are looking to add more to their roster before the season starts.
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Eric Bledsoe is one name that the Timberwolves are looking at trying to add and they’re prepared to offer him a max contract to get him to come north from Phoenix. According to Brian Windhorst from ESPN.com, the Wolves see Bledsoe as a sidekick for Andrew Wiggins — meaning this is a situation sans Ricky Rubio.
"The Wolves, who acquired No. 1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins after trading Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers last month, see Bledsoe as a strong running mate to their new franchise player and have made some aggressive offers to Phoenix to try to get them to accept a deal."
What this would mean is that Ricky Rubio isn’t part of the Wolves future as notice he’s not mentioned at all next to Wiggins. As soon as the former No. 1 pick arrived, there was talk of Wiggins being the face of the franchise and of the future — not Rubio.
This business with Eric Bledsoe seems to only confirm this as the Wolves know what they want and that apparently isn’t Rubio.
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