St. Andrew’s alum and Mem­phis for­ward Josh Minott may not be head­ing to the team that select­ed him in the sec­ond round of the NBA draft, but he is turn­ing pro all the same.

Minott is head­ing to the Min­neso­ta Tim­ber­wolves after they trad­ed for his draft rights on Thurs­day night. The 19-year-old Minott was ini­tial­ly select­ed by the Char­lotte Hor­nets with the No. 45 pick, but the Tim­ber­wolves land­ed him and the New York Knicks’ 2023 sec­ond-round draft pick by trad­ing the draft rights of Bryce McGowens to the Hornets.

The 6‑foot‑8 Minott played just one col­le­giate sea­son with the Tigers, aver­ag­ing 6.6. points and 3.8 rebounds in 14.6 min­utes per game as a fresh­man. He start­ed five times in 33 appear­ances for Memphis.

Rec­og­nized as a Sun Sen­tinel All-Coun­ty Play­er of the Year in 2021, Minott enjoyed a stel­lar high school career with St. Andrew’s. He not only helped the Scots win their first state cham­pi­onship as a junior, but also aver­aged 23.1 points and 8.3 rebounds as a senior.

Minott will now look to make the ros­ter of a Tim­ber­wolves team that went 46–36 last sea­son en route to reach­ing the first round of the playoffs.

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