New Timberwolves center Walker Kessler is the reigning National Defensive Player of the Year, and Tuesday as he and two of his fellow draftees, Wendell Moore and Josh Minnot, fielded questions for the first time as teammates, Kessler was asked if defense was always his strong suit.
"That's a negative," Kessler said. "High school years, I didn't know what defense was. I was just a stretch big, skilled big, offensive player, that's all I did."
Kessler figured that out and became a first-round pick because of it. Kessler, Moore and Minnot did a lot of shaking hands and showing off their new jerseys in the Target Center lobby as Wolves employees got an hour off work to come and cheer the newest members of the organization.