NBA: Minnesota

Ty Lawson(notes), center, who was selected as the 18th pick in the NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, jokes with Mark Warkentien, left, vice president, and George Karl, head coach of the Denver Nuggets, before a news conference in Denver on June 26, 2009. A draft-day trade sent Lawson to the Nuggets. Lawson, who helped to lead North Carolina to the 2009 NCAA Championship, will back up Nuggets' guards Chauncey Billups(notes) and Anthony Carter(notes).