Who coached the team, in 2014, for which Zach LaVine was the 13th overall pick during the NBA draft?
2015–16 Minnesota Timberwolves season The 2015–16 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 27th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Before the season, the Timberwolves announced that head coach and team president Flip Saunders will not coach the team this season as he continued his battle with cancer. Sam Mitchell was named interim head coach. On October 25, 2015, Saunders died and the Wolves announced that Mitchell would be the interim coach for the entire season. Around the start of the season, the Timberwolves would be the first team in NBA history to hold four players that were around 20 or younger between Andrew Wiggins, Zach LaVine, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Tyus Jones to start out a season. It would also mark the final season under Kevin Garnett's time in the NBA and his return with the Timberwolves.
Doug McDermott Douglas Richard McDermott (born January 3, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). While playing college basketball for Creighton University, he led the nation in scoring in 2013–14, was a three-time consensus first-team All-American. He was the consensus national player of the year as a senior in 2014, and finished his college career with the fifth-most points in NCAA Division I men's basketball history. After graduating from Creighton, McDermott entered the 2014 NBA draft, where he was drafted 11th overall by the Chicago Bulls. He went on to play two and half seasons for the Bulls before being traded to the Thunder in February 2017. McDermott is the son of current Creighton coach, Greg McDermott; Greg coached McDermott during his college career.