1995–96 Minnesota Timberwolves season

1995–96 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Kevin Garnett's rookie season
Head coach	Flip Saunders
Owner(s)	Glen Taylor
Arena	Target Center
Results
Record	26–56 (.317)
Place	Division: 5th (Midwest) Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Midwest Sports Channel, KARE, KLGT
Radio	KFAN

The 1995-96 NBA season was the Timberwolves' 7th season in the NBA.^[1] In the 1995 NBA draft, the Timberwolves selected high school star Kevin Garnett with the fifth pick, and signed free agent Terry Porter while re-signing Sam Mitchell during the offseason. Under new head coach Flip Saunders, the Timberwolves got off to a bad start losing nine of their first ten games. Midway through the season, Christian Laettner and Sean Rooks were traded to the Atlanta Hawks for Andrew Lang and Spud Webb. Despite posting an 8–8 record in March, the Timberwolves finished fifth in the Midwest Division with a 26–56 record, missing the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. Following the season, Isaiah Rider, who dealt with off-the-court troubles was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1995 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	Kevin Garnett	SF/PF	United States	Farragut Academy HS
2	48	Mark Davis	SG/SF	United States	Texas Tech
2	49	Jerome Allen	PG	United States	Pennsylvania

Kevin Garnett

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 and 1.8 assists per game and was voted into the All-Rookie Second Team.^[2] 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

1995–96 Minnesota Timberwolves roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
2.0 !SG	53	USA !	Allen, Jerome	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	Pennsylvania
4.5 !PF	33	USA !	Bragg, Marques	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Providence
3.0 !SF	7	USA !	Davis, Mark	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Texas Tech
3.0 !SF	21	USA !	Garnett, Kevin	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Farragut Academy (HS)
4.5 !PF	24	USA !	Gugliotta, Tom	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	North Carolina State
6.0 !C	28	USA !	Lang, Andrew	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Arkansas
1.0 !PG	15	USA !	Martin, Darrick	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	UCLA
3.0 !SF	42	USA !	Mitchell, Sam	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Mercer
1.0 !PG	30	USA !	Porter, Terry	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Wisconsin-Stevens Point
2.0 !SG	34	USA !	Rider, Isaiah	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	UNLV
6.0 !C	40	USA !	Riley, Eric	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Michigan
1.0 !PG	4	USA !	Webb, Spud	7000167640000000000♠5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	133 lb (60 kg)	North Carolina State
2.0 !SG	5	USA !	West, Doug (C)	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Villanova
1.0 !PG	4	USA !	Williams, Micheal	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Baylor

Head coach

Flip Saunders (Minnesota)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
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
Dallas Mavericks	26	56	.317	33	16–25	10–31	10–14
Minnesota Timberwolves	26	56	.317	33	17–24	9–32	10–14
Vancouver Grizzlies	15	67	.183	44	10–31	5–36	3–21

Record vs. opponents

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	—

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Allen, Jerome !Jerome Allen
Bragg, Marques !Marques Bragg
Davis, Mark !Mark Davis
Garnett, Kevin !Kevin Garnett
Gugliotta, Tom !Tom Gugliotta
Laettner, Christian !Christian Laettner
Lang, Andrew !Andrew Lang
Martin, Darrick !Darrick Martin
Mitchell, Sam !Sam Mitchell
Porter, Terry !Terry Porter
Rider, Isaiah !Isaiah Rider
Riley, Eric !Eric Riley
Rooks, Sean !Sean Rooks
Smith, Charles !Charles Smith
Webb, Spud !Spud Webb
West, Doug !Doug West
Williams, Micheal !Micheal Williams

Awards and honors

Kevin Garnett, NBA All-Rookie Second Team

References

1995–96 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston Miami New Jersey New York Orlando Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee Toronto

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Minnesota San Antonio Utah Vancouver

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

Minnesota Timberwolves

Founded in 1989 Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Franchise	Franchise Expansion draft All-time roster Seasons Accomplishments and records Broadcasters Draft history Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Metrodome Met Center Target Center

General managers	McKinney McCloskey Saunders McHale Kahn Saunders Newton Layden

D-League affiliate	None

Administration	Owner Glen Taylor General Manager Scott Layden President of Basketball Operations Tom Thibodeau Head Coach Tom Thibodeau

Divisional titles (1)	2004

Culture and lore	Crunch the Wolf Failed move to New Orleans Joe Somebody Mayo Clinic Square

Retired numbers	2

Minnesota Timberwolves seasons

1990s

2000s

2010s

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