The Timberwolves have been very happy with their rookies this season. Point guard Jonny Flynn has been starting since day #1 for the T-Wolves and he seems to be getting better every day. Flynn has played in 58 games (all starts) for the Timberwolves this season and he is averaging 29.2 minutes, 13.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game. I fully expect Flynn to keep getting better as time goes by especially if the T-Wolves upgrade the roster. Shooting guard Wayne Ellington has been solid off the bench for the Minnesota T-Wolves this season. He has played in 56 games (1 start) for the Timberwolves this season and he is averaging 17.8 minutes, 6.4 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. Ellington could force his way into the starting lineup down the road if he keeps improving.

Starting point guard Jonny Flynn has hit the ground running in Minnesota. He has played in 35 games (all starts) for the T-Wolves so far this season and he is averaging 29.2 minutes, 14.4 points, 2.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Flynn will be the starting point guard for a long time if he continues to improve as a player and there is no reason to think he won’t. Shooting guard Wayne Ellington has worked his way into the rotation lately for the T-Wolves. He has played in 33 games (1 start) for the T-Wolves this season and he is averaging 17.2 minutes, 5.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. It’s too bad that the Timberwolves didn’t select someone else instead of Ricky Rubio or this would truly be a outstanding rookie class.

Jonny Flynn is one of the many great guards from this year’s rookie class.  Flynn has been even better than expected for the Timberwolves this year, and it looks like the small but strong guard will continue to get better.  Flynn will be a fun player to watch in Minnesota for years to come, but see where he ranks now among the other Top Rookies in the NBA so far.

20-year old point guard Jonny Flynn is off to a good start for the T-Wolves. He has played in 11 games (all starts) this season and he is averaging 28.4 minutes, 14.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Flynn has a huge upside but he needs to start passing the ball a little more to be effective at point guard. 21-year old shooting guard Wayne Ellington is off to a slow start shooting the ball this season (32.8% from the floor) but he has been getting his minutes. Ellington has played in 11 games (1 start) this season so far and he is averaging 16.2 minutes, 4.7 rebounds, 2.0 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game.

Ricky Rubio, the Minnesota Timberwolves 5^th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, has decided to continue his basketball career in Spain for at least the next two years.  The 19-year-old Spaniard who has been compared to great guards such as “Pistol” Pete Maravich and Steve Nash, agreed to a six year deal with Regal FC Barcelona after the club paid a $5 million buyout to Rubio’s former team DKV Joventut.  The deal with Barcelona also includes a buyout clause; however Rubio cannot exercise that clause for two years.  Rubio has stated he wants to be in the NBA and intends to head there as soon as his buyout clause is available. 

This news came as a surprise to many, but it probably came as a bigger surprise to Minnesota Timberwolves President David Kahn who had been traveling back and forth to Spain and seemingly rapped up a deal with Rubio to become the point guard for the Timberwolves.  This agreement happened only two days before the point guard changed his mind and decided to stay in Spain.

 Kahn tried his best to attract the phenom to Minnesota, yet the NBA limited what the Timberwolves could do financially.  NBA rules prevented the Timberwolves from being able to pay Rubio’s buyout clause from DKV Joventut as the highest offer they could make was $500,000.  What Kahn did have to offer was a number of endorsements, sponsorships, and the fame that comes with being an NBA attraction but it was not enough to keep the talented young point guard from leaving his home country.  This will most likely hurt the Timberwolves’ win column as well as their ticket sales this year, yet they do have another young talented point guard in former Syracuse Orange guard Jonny Flynn, whom they selected right behind Rubio at the 6^th spot in the 2009 NBA draft.