2022 Draft night thread

[Note30]

I would have been surprised if we did anything splashy tonight. FA is going to be absolutely nuts for everyone.

[Nick K]

Matteo Spagnolo.....
Round 2Pick 50
Drafted By:Minnesota Timberwolves

Position
G
Height/Weight
6-4 / 196 lbs
School/Club
Vanoli Cremona (Italy)
Country
Italy
Status
International
Birthday
01/10/2003

Draft 2022
Prospect Overview

• Spagnolo was born Jan. 10, 2003 in Brindisi, Italy. He began playing basketball at four years old. Later, he started his youth career with Aurora Brindisi, where he scored 155 combined points in the semifinal and final of the regional under-14 championship.

• At 13 years old, he joined Stella Azzurra in Rome and made his Serie B debut at age 14, becoming the youngest Italian to play at the senior level. In six games, he averaged 2.7 points and 1.2 rebounds in 9.0 minutes. In 2018, he joined Real Madrid in Spain. That season, he appeared in eight games for the U18 team, averaging 3.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 11.0 minutes.

• In 2018, he also participated in the U16 Euro Championship A, where he averaged 9.3 points, 2.9 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 24 minutes across seven appearances. In 2019, he averaged 16.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.6 assists in the same junior team event and was awarded to the All-Tournament Team.

• During the 2019-20 campaign with Real Madrid U18, he averaged 9.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.0 steals in 22.5 minutes. He also made his Real Madrid senior team debut but played less than a minute. In 2020, he participated in the EuroBasket Qualifiers with the FIBA senior team and averaged 3.8 points and 1.6 rebounds in 11 minutes across five appearances.

• In 2020-21 with Real Madrid U18, Spagnolo averaged 14.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists in 27.4 minutes. In 2021, he participated in the U20 Euro Challengers FIBA junior team event and averaged 12.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.4 steals in 27 minutes. He also saw limited run in the 2021 European World Cup Qualifier.

• For the 2021-22 season, Spagnolo joined Vanoli Cremona of the Italian Lega A. In 25 appearances, he averaged 12.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 27.0 minutes. At the 2022 NBA Combine, he measured 6-foot-4 without shoes and 196 pounds with a 6-foot-8 wingspan. He recorded a 31.5-inch vertical leap.

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At @50 why not? I like him.

[Neeva]

I would have been surprised if we did anything splashy tonight. FA is going to be absolutely nuts for everyone.

It just sucks that it’s always the usual fa destinations that get everyone good first and wolves are left with scraps.

[_AIJ_]

Good night boys. Now, please Stop crying about Liddell.

[Domejandro]

After tonight
Dlo/Beverly/jmac/Moore
Ant/Beasley/Nowell
Mcdaniels/
Vando/ Prince?
Kat/Kessler/Reid

Need to trade a pg (dlo?) and Reid? Bolmaro?

I'm going with

DLo, Bev, JMac
Ant, Beas, Nowell
McDaniels, Moore, Bolmaro
Kat, Vando, Minott
Kessler, Reid

Until other moves are made...

Absolutely no shot that Kessler starts, he is a rookie.

[_AIJ_]

Italian guy

We got Spagnolo not Cockburn. People need to just stop throwing names out there to confuse me.

Exactly. He’s Italian and did i say anything about cockburn? Lol

[KGdaBom]

Good night boys. Now, please Stop crying about Liddell.

I'm not crying. You're crying.

[KGdaBom]

Italian guy

We got Spagnolo not Cockburn. People need to just stop throwing names out there to confuse me.

Exactly. He’s Italian and did i say anything about cockburn? Lol

Somebody else did.

[Domejandro]

I am very happy with Minnesota’s draft, tonight.

[KGdaBom]

I am very happy with Minnesota’s draft, tonight.

Hey I was lobbying for Kessler and we got him and Moore. Great draft.

[Nick K]

Great draft! Connelly and crew are rock stars considering what we had.

[moss_is_1]

Quite a few guys I hope we look at if they don't get picked here.

John Butler, Harper Jr, Montero, Alondes Williams, Justin Lewis, Spagnolo, Besson not sure those last 2 guys would come to the NBA on 2 way deals.

[minimus]

Bouyea went undrafted?

No idea, but have not seen any news about him

[karch34]

Good night boys. Now, please Stop crying about Liddell.

Yeah. The 2023 Second Round pick of the Knicks will fix all of our PF issues this season.

[Araxen]

I am very happy with Minnesota’s draft, tonight.

I think we did good for the hand we were dealt. FA and trades is were Connelly is really going to make his mark this off-season.

[KGdaBom]

Quite a few guys I hope we look at if they don't get picked here.

John Butler, Harper Jr, Montero, Alondes Williams, Justin Lewis, Spagnolo, Besson not sure those last 2 guys would come to the NBA on 2 way deals.

We drafted Spagnolo.

[Nick K]

I am very happy with Minnesota’s draft, tonight.

Hey I was lobbying for Kessler and we got him and Moore. Great draft.

Damn skippy baby! Great draft. This front office had every move countered as things changed. They were prepared big time. Wow! I don't impress easy.

[minimus]

Jabari Walker to POR. TC please bring here Justin Lewis and Barlow as undrafted


P.S. Bouyea will play SL for MIA

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[Norseman79]

After tonight
Dlo/Beverly/jmac/Moore
Ant/Beasley/Nowell
Mcdaniels/
Vando/ Prince?
Kat/Kessler/Reid

Need to trade a pg (dlo?) and Reid? Bolmaro?

I'm going with

DLo, Bev, JMac
Ant, Beas, Nowell
McDaniels, Moore, Bolmaro
Kat, Vando, Minott
Kessler, Reid

Until other moves are made...

Absolutely no shot that Kessler starts, he is a rookie.

Time will tell, but I agree. I am just basing it off of current roster makeup and that its obvious they want Kat at the four way more often

[minimus]

Justin Lewis to CHI

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