Timberwolves general manager David Kahn insists that the team doesn't plan to trade the rights to point guard Ricky Rubio.

"I felt then, as I feel now, (drafting Rubio) was the best thing for us to do in terms of our long-term future," Kahn told HoopsWorld.

"The only other choice that could have been made, I felt, at that moment... well, there were two others. We could have done Stephen Curry, and we were considering DeMar DeRozan. Stephen, as you know, was also a point guard, so there was sort of the same issue there. DeMar is a wing who I think has a lot of talent and a really bright future, but at the end of the day I really felt that for our future Rubio was the best pick. And I knew that he probably wasn't going to come right away. I was told that morning that it was going to be at least a year. Even with the wait, we thought it was the best thing for us to do. I surely do feel the same way today."