Team:
Minnesota Timberwolves
Sport: NBA Basketball
Background: The Minnesota Timberwolves
are a National Basketball Association team based in
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Founded: 1989
Home Arena: Target Center
Uniform colors: Black, Blue, White,
Green, and Grey
Logo design: A snarling wolf rising
from a green forest, the words "MINNESOTA"
(in small type) and "TIMBERWOLVES" (in large
type)
Franchise history
NBA Championships: None
NBA Finals: None
NBA Conference Finals: 2004
Division Champions: 2004 Midwest
Playoff Appearances: (8) 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Best Season: 2003/04 (58-24)
Worst Season: 1991/92 (15-67)
The Timberwolves made their debut on November 3, 1989
losing to the Seattle SuperSonics on the road 106-94.
Five days later they would make their home debut at
the Metrodome losing to the Chicago Bulls 96-84. Just
two nights later the Wolves would finally get their
first win beating the Philadelphia 76ers at home 125-118
on November 10th. The Timberwolves would go on to
finish with a 22-60 record while finishing in 6th
place in the Midwestern Division, as Tony Campbell
led the team with 23.2 ppg. Playing in the cavernous
Metrodome the expansion Timberwolves would draw over
1 million fans including the 3rd largest crowd in
NBA history at 49,551 on April 17, 1990 that saw the
Timberwolves lose to the Minnesota Timberwolves 99-88 in the
final home game of the season.
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The next season the team moved into the Target Center
and won 29 games. They fired their head coach Bill
Musselman. The franchise would encounter mediocrity
and a near relocation in 1994 before NBA owners rejected
the team's move to New Orleans. Glen Taylor bought
the team and named Kevin McHale general manager.
In 1995, the Timberwolves selected Kevin Garnett and
Flip Saunders became coach. Changes were abound for
the Timberwolves as Christian Laettner is traded along
with Sean Rooks to the Atlanta Hawks for Andrew Lang
and Spud Webb. Also first round pick Donyell Marshall
was traded that season for Golden State Warriors'
forward Tom Gugliotta, who was earlier traded himself
from Washington for Chris Webber The trade paved the
way for rookie Kevin Garnett to become the go to player
inside. Garnett would go on to average 10.4 ppg in
his rookie season as the T-Wolves finished in 5th
place with a 26-56 record.
External links
Minnesota Timberwolves official web site
(http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/)
Official Summer Pro League web site for the Minnesota
Timberwolves (http://www.summerproleague.com/)
