Update: Timberwolves Trade Ty Lawson For Future Pick

After a recent trade that shipped out guards Randy Foye and Mike Miller for the No. 5 pick and salary scraps (Darius Songaila, Etan Thomas, and Oleksiy Pecherov) the Minnesota Timberwolves are determined to keep wheeling and dealing.

The expiring contracts received puts them in position to grab a franchise type player like forward Chris Bosh in the 2010 NBA Free Agency period.

Now armed with four first-round picks, including the No. 5 and No. 6 picks, they have a lot of flexibility to make a deal.

An ideal trade would have been with the Memphis Grizzlies who hold the No. 2 pick, but that has been nixed because of the Wolves' reluctance to part with both of their top picks or forward Kevin Love and a top pick.

After letting go of Miller and Foye, the Timberwolves now need two guards.

Common sense would entail they have a strong interest in Spanish guard Ricky Rubio. 

With the flurry of moves that occur in any professional draft, you can bet your bottom dollar the Timberwolves will be one of the teams making one. They do not want to be carrying four first round picks on their roster, they want to consolidate and move up for the more complete players.

The other two teams ahead of them that might be amenable to a deal are the Oklahoma City Thiefs, I mean Thunder, at No. 3, and the Sacramento Kings at No. 4.

Any deal at this point would likely include one of their top picks, and either their No. 16 or No. 28 overall pick, or a combination of players thrown in that would likely end up as a package deal.

As a rebuilding team, this is an important next 48 hours for the Timberwolves franchise as they try to rise from the ashes of utter ruin.

Update: The Minnesota Timberwolves have selected Ty Lawson and traded him for a future first round pick