Stephen Curry and the drawbacks of the NBA draft
... emphis took Hasheem Thabeet with the second pick. Minnesota, memorably, took Jonny Flynn with No. 6. Some scouts viewed Curry as a one-dimensional gunner that lacked ...
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... move (trading up to draft Ricky Rubio), one spectacularly bad one (drafting Jonny Flynn over Stephen Curry) and a bunch that shade somewhere to the wrong side of th ...
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Stephen Curry almost went to Phoenix Suns in 2009 draft
... rwolves, with back-to-back picks, selected two point guards, Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn at No. 5 and No. 6 a cheer went up in the Suns draft room. Curry, it seemed, ...
Flip Saunders Officially Replaces David Kahn as Minnesota Timberwolves Personnel Chief
... same position despite various needs on the team, taking both Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn in 2009. Rubio would postpone entering the NBA from Spain and Flynn would so ...
NBA High-5: Warriors' success offers a blueprint for next season's Blazers
... probably be best remembered for his draft picks, which have included taking Jonny Flynn at No. 6 in 2009, Wesley Johnson at No. 4 in 2010 and Derrick Williams at No ...
David Kahn ends his Minnesota Timberwolves career in a blaze of excuse-making glory
... e draft, they took Hasheem Thabeet with the second pick. Q: Why did you take Jonny Flynn? A: [Names a bunch of other teams that drafted bad players.] And the reason ...
Saunders named new T-Wolves president, part owner
... ral questionable decisions in both the draft and free agency. He chose guard Jonny Flynn, now out of the NBA, over Golden State star Stephen Curry with the sixth pic ...
Are Wolves better off than they were 4 years ago?
... ers. The Wolves took three point guards in that draft: Ricky Rubio at No. 5, Jonny Flynn at No. 6 and Ty Lawson at No. 18 in a prearranged deal with Denver. Rubio st ...
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Flip Saunders in as Timberwolves president, David Kahn out
... sition with the Minnesota Timberwolves for a while -- probably since he took Jonny Flynn with the sixth pick of the 2009 NBA Draft. That was just after he took Ricky ...
Flip Saunders to join Timberwolves as president of basketball operations and part-owner
... ecisions Kahn made. Among them: Selecting, with a slew of first-round picks, Jonny Flynn over Steph Curry and Brandon Jennings in 2009 and Wes Johnson over Paul Geor ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves: Flip Saunders in, David Kahn out as team president
... 009 he famously selected three point guards in the first round (Ricky Rubio, Jonny Flynn and Ty Lawson). After snagging Rubio with the fifth pick, Kahn chose Flynn o ...
Chart: David Kahn, the good and the bad
... o-year record for Rambis • Too many failed high first-round picks, including Jonny Flynn (sixth overall in 2009, selected ahead of budding superstar Stephen Curry), ...
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