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Tmiberwolves 2008 Outlook

The Minnesota Timberwolves began the season with no expectations. The offseason trade of Kevin Garnett gave them a new emerging star in Al Jefferson and a young point guard in Sebastian Telfair. The season went as expected record wise, with a 22-60 record that put them toward the bottom of the Western Conference. But the season also the exciting development of Al Jefferson. Jefferson manned the post as the only real offensive threat and averaged a double-double with 21 pints and 11 rebounds a game. The Timberwolves will use their lottery pick to build around the future star center.

Timberwolves History

The Timberwolves are one of the youngest teams in the NBA, starting in 1989. Their history began with a struggle typical of expansion teams in any sport, failing to reach the playoffs in their first seven seasons.

The Timberwolves then hit the lottery with selection of Kevin Garnett in 1995. Garnett was the first high schooler taken in the draft since Moses Malone. The fifth overall pick averaged over 10 points a game in first season. The tall, lanky forward was already starting to create match nightmares with his incredible quickness and his imposing length.

The addition of Stephon Marbury in the following draft gave the Timberwolves two future stars with which to build the franchise. The Timberwolves made the playoffs for the first time in the 1996-97 season. The club would lose in the first round.

The first round loss was not a bug concern for the Timberwolves because the team was just beginning to build a contender. Unfortunately the first round loss would be repeated six more times as the Timberwolves’ front office found it difficult to build a team around Garnett, who went on to sign the largest contract in NBA history at the time in 1998. Marbury became unhappy and was traded away in 1998, leaving the club with one star.

The Timberwolves added several players to the roster in the coming years, including Wally Szczerbiak, Joe Smith, Latrell Sprewell, Sam Cassell, and Ervin Johnson. Eventually the roster worked, and in the 2003-04 season the Timberwolves won 58 games and made to the Conference finals. The Wolves were unable to beat the Lakers, and the team fell on hard times as the West became more and more competitive.

The Timberwolves decided to trade Garnett in the summer of 2007 in effort to rebuild the team. The experiment continues and the club has a new host of young talent. Watch them play with Timberwolves tickets from The Seats.