The second reason you heard for them passing was that Dell Curry informed the Wolves he did not want his son in Minnesota. Dell has confirmed this publicly several times over the years, so they were not wrong. The only problem with that theory is that Ricky Rubio’s camp made it pretty clear in the run-up that they would have much preferred to have him in New York rather than Minnesota as well, and the Wolves were so enamored with him that they just took him and held firm that he would eventually play here. Kahn did a very good job on that front, being patient and waiting two years for Rubio to come over, teaming with (assistant GM) Tony Ronzone to recruit him even after he was drafted, meet the family and assure them that Ricky would do well in Minnesota. They played it beautifully, which means they could have done the same thing with Steph, if they really believed he was a future star.