Straight outta Hawa'ii, Chad Ford weighs in with the first of what will no doubt be many iterations of his Mock Draft. Let's see who he has going to the Wolves, and what he has to say about those players, as well as other ones that might be of interest.

He has the Wolves getting the first pick and taking Kyrie Irving:

Analysis: Stop with the David-Kahn-drafting-a-point-guard jokes and you'll realize ... sixth time is a charm. Yes, Kahn has drafted three point guards and signed another two via free agency in his short, two-year term. But to date, none of them has panned out.

Two of them -- Ramon Sessions and Ty Lawson -- were traded. Ricky Rubio is still hanging out in Spain with no definitive answer on when he's coming to the NBA. Jonny Flynn has been a major disappointment, and Luke Ridnour is not the future of the franchise.

Irving, on the other hand, makes perfect sense for the young Wolves. He has the most potential of any of the guards Kahn has recruited. He also has a high basketball IQ, can shoot (something the Wolves really need) and is a high-character player (another thing they could use).

With the 20th pick, the Wolves would be taking Nikola Mirotic:

Analysis: Rest easy, Wolves fans. No, we don't have Minnesota taking yet another point guard here. Instead, we have the team taking a point forward. Mirotic is a serious talent -- a versatile forward playing at a very high level in the Euroleague right now.

There are some serious questions about his buyout right now (not sure the Wolves want to revisit this again), but at this point in the draft, he's a great value. If his contract were clean and he could come right away, he'd be a lottery pick.

Other players of interest include Enes Kanter third to the Raptors, Bismack Biyombo seventh to the Pistons, Alec Burks to the Jazz at 12, and Jimmer right afterwards to Phoenix at 13.