While waiting for Gasol, Wolves draft night yields...Robbie Hummel

Draft night has come and gone and the Wolves walked away Thursday without making a deal to get back into the first round or without pulling off any other deals, including one they continue to pursue to bring them Pau Gasol.

Instead, they waited all night, until the third from final pick before they took Purdue senior Robbie Hummel with the 58th pick.

David Kahn said the team contemplated making a deal to get a player they targeted late in the first round -- he wouldn't say who, but it was Duke center Miles Plumlee, who they brought to Target Center for a second workout on Tuesday -- but they didn't succeed when Indiana took him 26th.

So they waited another couple hours and took Hummel, a 6-8 shooting small forward who Kahn deemed would have been a first-round pick if his career hadn't been detoured by two torn ACLs within 10 months of each other in 2010.

If you're keeping score at home, Hummel's arrival now gives the Wolves eight white guys currently on their roster.

Kahn said they drafted Hummel intending he will compete for a roster spot this fall if he continues his progress back from those two surgeries.

So it was a quiet night.

The Associated Press reported that the Wolves offer of Derrick Williams to Charlotte for the Bobcats' second overall pick was part of a bigger deal that would bring Gasol to Minnesota, where he'd join Spanish national teammate and pal Ricky Rubio.

The Bobcats refused the offer and took Kentucky's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist instead.

The Lakers have been shopping Gasol and the $37 million left on his contract. They reportedly sought a Top 10 pick in Thursday's draft and an established player.

The Wolves have pursued Gasol since last year's draft and are interested in a 32-year-old with a huge contract probably because Rick Adelman is 66, Glen Taylor probably won't own the team for more than three or four more years and Kahn needs to get this team to the playoffs to keep his job.

They're probably figuring a core of Gasol, Rubio and Love could win 50 games and not only getting them into the playoffs, but well into them.

If such a trade for Gasol is made, it might come closer to training camp than draft night, but we'll see.

I"m not sure how to read this latest development: Is it a sign of movement toward a deal or an indication that one could be hard to strike if the Lakers aren't interested in Williams himself.

Meanwhile, the Wolves move on from Thursday toward the start of free agency on Sunday.

On Friday we should find out if Portland shooting guard Jamal Crawford has opted out of his contract for next season and if the Wolves will pursue signing him along with Brandon Roy when free agency begins Sunday.

Someone, including the Wolves, could still trade for him before that decision comes, too.