1995–96 Minnesota Timberwolves season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

1995–96 Minnesota Timberwolves season

Head coach|

* Bill Blair (fired)
* Flip Saunders (interim)

General manager| Kevin McHale
Owner(s)| Glen Taylor
Arena| Target Center
Results
Record| 26-56 (.317)
Place| Division: 5th (Midwest)
Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish| Did not qualify

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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television| KARE
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Radio| KFAN
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The 1995–96 NBA season was the Timberwolves' 7th season in the National Basketball Association.[1] This season is most memorable when the Timberwolves selected high school basketball star Kevin Garnett with the fifth overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The team also signed free agent All-Star guard Terry Porter,[8][9][10][11] and re-signed former T-Wolves forward Sam Mitchell during the off-season.[12][13] The Timberwolves got off to a bad start losing nine of their first ten games, as head coach Bill Blair was fired after a 6–14 start and was replaced with Flip Saunders,[14][15][16] while Michael Williams was out for the remainder of the season with a left heel injury after only just nine games.[17][18]

At midseason, the team traded Christian Laettner and Sean Rooks to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Andrew Lang and Spud Webb,[19][20][21][22] as the team re-acquired second-year guard Darrick Martin after a brief stint with the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies.[23] After holding a 13–32 record at the All-Star break,[24] and despite posting an 8–8 record in March, the Timberwolves lost their final six games, and finished fifth in the Midwest Division with a 26–56 record, missing the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.[25]

Isaiah Rider continued to lead the T-Wolves in scoring with 19.6 points per game, while Tom Gugliotta provided the team with 16.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game, and Mitchell contributed 10.8 points per game. In addition, Garnett averaged 10.4 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, and finished in sixth place in Rookie of the Year voting,[26][27][28][29] while Porter provided with 9.4 points and 5.5 assists per game, and Doug West contributed 6.4 points per game.[30]

Following the season, Rider, who dealt with off-the-court troubles, was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers,[31][32][33][34] while Lang was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks,[35] Martin signed with the Los Angeles Clippers,[36][23] and Webb was released to free agency.

## Offseason

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### NBA draft

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Main article: 1995 NBA draft

Round  | Pick  | Player  | Position  | Nationality  | College

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1  | 5  | Kevin Garnett | SF/PF  |  United States |
2  | 48  | Mark Davis | SG/SF  |  United States | Texas Tech
2  | 49  | Jerome Allen | PG  |  United States | Pennsylvania

### Kevin Garnett

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In Garnett's rookie season, the Timberwolves were in the midst of a transition phase; they replaced Bill Blair with Flip Saunders as head coach early in the season and made several trades. Garnett initially came off the bench in his rookie year, but moved into the starting lineup soon after Saunders became head coach. In his rookie year, Garnett and fellow newcomer Tom Gugliotta carried the scoring load. Garnett did not immediately leap to stardom as later prep-to-pro prospects such as Amar'e Stoudemire, LeBron James, and Dwight Howard would, but he did have a very respectable rookie year. He averaged 10.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.6 blocks per game and was voted into the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Despite having some promising players, the Timberwolves suffered through their seventh consecutive sub-30 win season and failed to make the playoffs. At the time Garnett was the youngest NBA player in history at 19 years and 11 months of age.

## Roster

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1995–96 Minnesota Timberwolves roster Players  | Coaches

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G | 53 | Allen, Jerome | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)  | 184 lb (83 kg)  | ––  | Penn
F | 33 | Bragg, Marques | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)  | 230 lb (104 kg)  | ––  | Providence
F | 7 | Davis, Mark | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)  | 210 lb (95 kg)  | ––  | Texas Tech
F | 21 | Garnett, Kevin | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)  | 220 lb (100 kg)  | ––  | Farragut Academy (IL)
F | 24 | Gugliotta, Tom | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)  | 240 lb (109 kg)  | ––  | NC State
C | 28 | Lang, Andrew | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)  | 245 lb (111 kg)  | ––  | Arkansas
G | 15 | Martin, Darrick | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)  | 170 lb (77 kg)  | ––  | UCLA
F | 42 | Mitchell, Sam | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)  | 210 lb (95 kg)  | ––  | Mercer
G | 30 | Porter, Terry | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)  | 195 lb (88 kg)  | ––  | UW–Stevens Point
G | 34 | Rider, Isaiah | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)  | 215 lb (98 kg)  | ––  | UNLV
C | 40 | Riley, Eric | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)  | 245 lb (111 kg)  | ––  | Michigan
G | 4 | Webb, Spud | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)  | 133 lb (60 kg)  | ––  | NC State
G | 5 | West, Doug | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)  | 200 lb (91 kg)  | ––  | Villanova
G | 4 | Williams, Micheal | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)  | 175 lb (79 kg)  | ––  | Baylor

Head coach

* Flip Saunders

Assistant coach(es)

* Greg Ballard
* Mike Schuler
* Jerry Sichting
* Randy Wittman

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Legend

* (DP) Unsigned draft pick
* (FA) Free agent
* (S) Suspended
* Injured

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Roster

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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Midwest Division

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y-San Antonio Spurs | 59 | 23 | .720 | – | 33–8 | 26–15 | 19–5
x-Utah Jazz | 55 | 27 | .671 | 4 | 34–7 | 21–20 | 14–10
x-Houston Rockets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 11 | 27–14 | 21–20 | 15–9
Denver Nuggets | 35 | 47 | .427 | 24 | 24–17 | 11–30 | 13–11
Minnesota Timberwolves | 26 | 56 | .317 | 33 | 17–24 | 9–32 | 10–14
Dallas Mavericks | 26 | 56 | .317 | 33 | 16–25 | 10–31 | 10–14
Vancouver Grizzlies | 15 | 67 | .183 | 44 | 10–31 | 5–36 | 3–21

Western Conference

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#  | Team  |  W  |  L  |  PCT  |  GB  |  GP
1  | c-Seattle SuperSonics * | 64 | 18 | .780 | – | 82
2  | y-San Antonio Spurs * | 59 | 23 | .720 | 5 | 82
3  | x-Utah Jazz | 55 | 27 | .671 | 9 | 82
4  | x-Los Angeles Lakers | 53 | 29 | .646 | 11 | 82
5  | x-Houston Rockets | 48 | 34 | .585 | 16 | 82
6  | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 44 | 38 | .537 | 20 | 82
7  | x-Phoenix Suns | 41 | 41 | .500 | 23 | 82
8  | x-Sacramento Kings | 39 | 43 | .476 | 25 | 82
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9  | Golden State Warriors | 36 | 46 | .439 | 28 | 82
10  | Denver Nuggets | 35 | 47 | .427 | 29 | 82
11  | Los Angeles Clippers | 29 | 53 | .354 | 35 | 82
12  | Minnesota Timberwolves | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38 | 82
13  | Dallas Mavericks | 26 | 56 | .317 | 38 | 82
14  | Vancouver Grizzlies | 15 | 67 | .183 | 49 | 82

### Record vs. opponents

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1995-96 NBA Records

Team  | ATL  | BOS  | CHA  | CHI  | CLE  | DAL  | DEN  | DET  | GSW  | HOU  | IND  | LAC  | LAL  | MIA  | MIL  | MIN  | NJN  | NYK  | ORL  | PHI  | PHO  | POR  | SAC  | SAS  | SEA  | TOR  | UTA  | VAN  | WAS
Atlanta | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3
Boston | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2
Charlotte | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1
Chicago | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0
Cleveland | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1
Dallas | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–2
Denver | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1
Detroit | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2
Golden State | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1
Houston | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1
Indiana | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0
L.A. Clippers | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | — | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1
L.A. Lakers | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1
Miami | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2
Milwaukee | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3
Minnesota  | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2
New Jersey | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2
New York | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1
Orlando | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0
Philadelphia | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3
Phoenix | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0
Portland | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2
Sacramento | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2
San Antonio | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1
Seattle | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1
Toronto | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1
Utah | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–1
Vancouver | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | — | 0–2
Washington | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | —

### Game log

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## Player statistics

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### Ragular season

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Player  |  POS  |  GP  |  GS  |  MP  |  REB  |  AST  |  STL  |  BLK  |  PTS  |  MPG  |  RPG  |  APG  |  SPG  |  BPG  |  PPG

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Terry Porter | PG  | 82 | 40 | 2,072 | 212 | 452 | 89 | 15 | 773 | 25.3 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 1.1 | .2 | 9.4
Kevin Garnett | SF  | 80 | 43 | 2,293 | 501 | 145 | 86 | 131 | 835 | 28.7 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 10.4
Tom Gugliotta | PF  | 78 | 78 | 2,835 | 690 | 238 | 139 | 96 | 1,261 | 36.3 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 16.2
Sam Mitchell | SF  | 78 | 42 | 2,145 | 339 | 74 | 49 | 26 | 844 | 27.5 | 4.3 | .9 | .6 | .3 | 10.8
Isaiah Rider | SG  | 75 | 68 | 2,594 | 309 | 213 | 48 | 23 | 1,470 | 34.6 | 4.1 | 2.8 | .6 | .3 | 19.6
Doug West | SG  | 73 | 16 | 1,639 | 161 | 119 | 30 | 17 | 465 | 22.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 | .4 | .2 | 6.4
Mark Davis | SF  | 57 | 0 | 571 | 125 | 47 | 40 | 22 | 188 | 10.0 | 2.2 | .8 | .7 | .4 | 3.3
Marques Bragg | PF  | 53 | 0 | 369 | 79 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 131 | 7.0 | 1.5 | .2 | .3 | .2 | 2.5
Sean Rooks† | C  | 49 | 7 | 902 | 204 | 38 | 19 | 28 | 331 | 18.4 | 4.2 | .8 | .4 | .6 | 6.8
Christian Laettner† | C  | 44 | 44 | 1,518 | 302 | 129 | 40 | 43 | 792 | 34.5 | 6.9 | 2.9 | .9 | 1.0 | 18.0
Jerome Allen | SG  | 41 | 0 | 362 | 25 | 49 | 21 | 5 | 108 | 8.8 | .6 | 1.2 | .5 | .1 | 2.6
Darrick Martin† | PG  | 35 | 16 | 747 | 44 | 156 | 26 | 2 | 254 | 21.3 | 1.3 | 4.5 | .7 | .1 | 7.3
Spud Webb† | PG  | 26 | 21 | 645 | 40 | 154 | 25 | 5 | 244 | 24.8 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 1.0 | .2 | 9.4
Eric Riley | C  | 25 | 10 | 310 | 76 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 92 | 12.4 | 3.0 | .2 | .3 | .6 | 3.7
Andrew Lang† | C  | 20 | 18 | 550 | 121 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 175 | 27.5 | 6.1 | .2 | .4 | 2.1 | 8.8
Micheal Williams | PG  | 9 | 7 | 189 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 21.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | .6 | .3 | 6.1
Charles Smith | PG  | 8 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4.9 | .6 | .8 | .1 | .0 | .8

* † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Timberwolves only.

## Awards and honors

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* Kevin Garnett, NBA All-Rookie Second Team

## Transactions

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* Minnesota Timberwolves on Basketball Reference

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* 1995 NBA expansion draft
* 1995 NBA draft
* All-Star Game
* Playoffs
* Finals
* Transactions

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* Boston
* Miami
* New Jersey
* New York
* Orlando
* Philadelphia
* Washington

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* Atlanta
* Charlotte
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Indiana
* Milwaukee
* Toronto

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* Dallas
* Denver
* Houston
* Minnesota
* San Antonio
* Utah
* Vancouver

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* Golden State
* L.A. Clippers
* L.A. Lakers
* Phoenix
* Portland
* Sacramento
* Seattle

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* Founded in 1989
* Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Franchise|

* All-time roster
* Draft history
* 1989
* Records
* Head coaches
* Seasons
* Current season

Arenas|

* Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
* Target Center

Personnel|

Owner(s)
Glen Taylor
President
Tim Connelly
General manager
Tim Connelly
Head coach
Chris Finch

G League affiliate|

* Iowa Wolves

Retired numbers|

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Rivalries|

* Denver Nuggets

Culture and lore|

* Broadcasters
* Crunch the Wolf
* Failed relocation to New Orleans
* Flip
* Mayo Clinic Square
* Timberwolves Brasil
* Starting 5

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