Beringer lands on a team with a player who knows exactly what it is like to come over to the United States from France at a young age.

Joan Beringer became the Minnesota Timberwolves ' first-round pick at the 2025 NBA Draft, bringing a French center who it's believed could replace the team's current center, Rudy Gobert. Beringer is still unpolished and needs development, but he'll have a great mentor in Gobert.

The Timberwolves selected Joan Beringer in the NBA Draft, a young French center to pair with fellow countryman Rudy Gobert.