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The Minnesota Timberwolves are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a member of the Northwest Division of the NBA's Western Conference. In order to persuade the NBA to give Minnesota a team, Marv Wolfenson and Harvey Ratner, the future owners of the organization, conducted a "name the team" contest and eventually selected two finalists, the "Timberwolves" and the "Polars", in December 1986.[1] The team then asked the 842 city councils in Minnesota to select the winner, as the "Timberwolves" prevailed.[2] Minnesota was given a team, and took part in the 1989 NBA Expansion Draft with the Orlando Magic. The Timberwolves have since made eight playoff appearances, advancing to the Western Conference finals once during the 2003–04 NBA season, where they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers.[3] Since the franchise's inception, 198 players have made an appearance in a competitive game for the team.
Of those 198 players, one has been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this being Kevin Garnett. A total of 14 Minnesota players have been elected to the NBA All-Rookie Team.[4] Only seven players, however, have made an appearance in the NBA All-Star Game while a Timberwolf: Tom Gugliotta was selected to the team in 1997 along with Kevin Garnett, who was selected from 1997 to 2007. Wally Szczerbiak in 2002, Sam Cassell in 2004, and Jimmy Butler in 2018 each made one appearance. Kevin Love and Karl-Anthony Towns are the only Timberwolves, other than Garnett, to make multiple All-Star games: Love appeared in the 2011, 2012, and 2014 games, while Towns appeared in the 2018, 2019, and 2022 games.[5]
Garnett holds a multitude of Minnesota's career records, including the most points, assists, rebounds, blocks, steals, field goals made, free throws, and minutes played in team history. Tony Campbell holds the career record for most points per game, with 20.6, beating Garnett by a tenth of a point.[6] Pooh Richardson holds the single season record for assists, accumulating 734 during the 1990–91 season, and Sam Mitchell committed a record 338 personal fouls over the same span. Other single season leaders include Tyrone Corbin for his 175 steals during the Timberwolves' inaugural 1989–1990 season, and Gugliotta for his 293 turnovers from 1996 to 1997.[7]
| † | Indicates that the player is a member of the Timberwolves' current roster[8] |
| Year | Italic text indicates the player has made an appearance in the NBA All-Star Game while a member of the Timberwolves[5] |
| Nationality | Indicates the nation of birth of the player |
| School/Club | Denotes what school or club the player was drafted out of |
| Position(s) | Indicates the player's primary position(s) |
| P | Point(s) scored while playing for the Timberwolves[A] |
| REB | Rebound(s) made while playing for the Timberwolves[A] |
| MP | Minute(s) played for the Timberwolves[A] |
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Notes
- A Statistics were last updated July 11, 2022.
References
- General
- "Minnesota Timberwolves Players". Basketball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 2, 2016. Note: nationality, school/club, and years for each player are found by following the player's link on the list.
- Specific
- ↑ "Nickname Choice Narrowed to 2". San Jose Mercury News. MediaNews Group. December 20, 1986. p. 4E.
- ↑ Millea, John (February 4, 1999). "The Wolves' 10th season; The Dome has given way to Target Center, the Garnett grin has replaced the Laettner scowl, and Musselman screams no longer. A decade has changed Minnesota's NBA team". Star Tribune. The Star Tribune Company. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2012. (subscription required)
- ↑ "Minnesota Timberwolves Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ↑ "NBA & ABA All-Rookie Teams". Basketball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- 1 2 "Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Game Selections". Basketball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Minnesota Timberwolves Career Leaders". Basketball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ↑ "Minnesota Timberwolves Season Leaders". Basketball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ↑ "Timberwolves Roster". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Kevin Love scores 51, but Thunder prevail in double OT". ESPN. Associated Press. March 23, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Heat, Timberwolves finalize Beasley trade". NBA Media Ventures. Associated Press. July 12, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Wayne Ellington". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Timberwolves Release Evans, Taylor". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures. October 24, 2002. Archived from the original on January 27, 2004. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Jonny Flynn". Basketball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Wizards-Timberwolves complete draft night swap". USA Today. Gannett Company. June 25, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ↑ "Fred Hoiberg rewarded with new deal". ESPN. Associated Press. May 30, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ↑ John, Andrew L. (July 4, 2010). "Wes Johnson thrilled to reunite with Jonny Flynn in Minnesota". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Nikola Pekovic". NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Cool hand Luke: Ridnour leads Oregon to first Pac-10 tournament title". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. March 15, 2003. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Ricky Rubio has torn ACL". ESPN. March 11, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Anthony Tolliver". NBA.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012.