Wolvespedia
Thirty-seven years of Timberwolves basketball — the players, the games, the heartbreak, and the moments that made this franchise ours. A living encyclopedia, updated as history happens.
Players
Current Timberwolves
Anthony Edwards
The face of the franchise's second golden age. No. 1 pick in 2020, back-to-back Western Conference Finals in 2024 and 2025, an Olympic gold medal, and the most magnetic personality the Wolves have ever employed.
Ayo Dosunmu
A 2026 trade-deadline rental who dropped 43 off the bench with Edwards and DiVincenzo hurt, then re-signed — the efficient shooting guard who became a keeper.
Donte DiVincenzo
The scrappy Villanova guard who arrived in the 2024 Karl-Anthony Towns trade, started all 82 games as Minnesota's point guard, and tore his Achilles in the 2026 playoffs.
Jaden McDaniels
The Federal Way kid who punched a wall, became a rallying cry, and grew into the defensive heartbeat of a conference finalist. The complete Jaden McDaniels file.
Jaylen Clark
The 53rd pick who lost a full year to a torn Achilles, then out-worked the odds into Minnesota's rotation — a tenacious perimeter stopper the Wolves paid to keep in 2026.
Rudy Gobert
Villain, punchline, four-time Defensive Player of the Year, and the reason the Wolves finally started winning the games they used to lose. The complete Rudy Gobert file.
Terrence Shannon Jr.
A 27th pick who showed up NBA-ready: five college seasons turned an old rookie into playoff poise, Summer League dominance, and a Wolves bet on the future.
The Expansion Era · 1989–1994
Christian Laettner
The two-time NCAA champion the Wolves took No. 3 in 1992, after the lottery gods handed Shaquille O'Neal to Orlando — the hype that never quite paid off.
Doug West
An original Timberwolf and Minnesota's first homegrown star: Doug West rose from the 38th pick to the franchise scoring record before Kevin Garnett arrived.
Isaiah Rider
The most electrifying talent of Minnesota's pre-Garnett years: a 1994 Slam Dunk Contest champion whose immense promise was swallowed whole by off-court chaos.
Sam Mitchell
An original 1989 Timberwolf, Sam Mitchell was a Garnett-era mainstay, mentor to a teenage Kevin Garnett, and later the Wolves' interim head coach.
Tony Campbell
The Timberwolves' first star: a Lakers benchwarmer turned 23-a-night scorer, the expansion franchise's original leading man before the losses piled up.
The Garnett Era · 1995–2007
Anthony Peeler
The sharpshooting guard Minnesota acquired for Doug West in 1998, whose 28 points in Game 5 capped the first playoff wins in franchise history against Seattle.
Chauncey Billups
The third overall bust who found himself in Minnesota, learned point guard next to Kevin Garnett, and left for Detroit a champion. The one who got away.
Fred Hoiberg
The Mayor of Ames became the deadliest shooter the Timberwolves ever owned, until a hidden heart defect ended his playing days and turned him into one of Minnesota's front-office minds.
Joe Smith
The No. 1 overall pick of 1995 whose secret Timberwolves contract triggered the harshest penalty in NBA history and gutted Kevin Garnett's prime.
Kevin Garnett
The franchise. Twelve seasons, an MVP, the 2004 run, a bitter departure, a homecoming — and finally, this season, the No. 21 in the rafters. No player is more synonymous with Timberwolves basketball.
Latrell Sprewell
Latrell Sprewell in Minnesota: a starter on the 2004 Western Conference Finals team whose infamous 'feed my family' contract standoff ended his NBA career.
Malik Sealy
The heart of the 1999-2000 Wolves, Kevin Garnett's best friend, and the owner of the first jersey Minnesota ever retired — No. 2, raised after his death at 30.
Rasho Nesterovic
The steady Slovenian 7-footer who anchored the middle through the early Kevin Garnett era, flirted with a breakout in 2002-03, then chased a ring.
Sam Cassell
The point guard of the best regular-season team in Timberwolves history, whose 2004 playoff hip injury became the franchise's greatest what-if.
Stephon Marbury
Stephon Marbury's combustible partnership with Kevin Garnett made the mid-1990s Timberwolves a rising power, until a power struggle forced him out.
Terrell Brandon
Acquired for Stephon Marbury in 1999, the two-time All-Star point guard led Minnesota to its first 50-win season and still owns its best assist rate.
Tom Gugliotta
Tom Gugliotta became the Timberwolves' first All-Star and, alongside a young Kevin Garnett, lifted a punchline franchise to its first playoff berths.
Trenton Hassell
The defensive stopper who started for the 58-win 2003-04 Timberwolves, drew the Kobe assignment in the Western Conference Finals, and earned a six-year deal.
Troy Hudson
The undrafted backup who became the Laker Killer, torching Shaq and Kobe for 37 in the 2003 playoffs, then chasing an NBA payday and a rap dream in Minnesota.
Wally Szczerbiak
Wally World: the matinee-idol sharpshooter who became a 2002 All-Star, feuded with Kevin Garnett, and left Minnesota in the 2006 Ricky Davis trade.
The Dark Ages · 2008–2021
Al Jefferson
The centerpiece of the Kevin Garnett trade: a low-post scorer who posted 20 and 10 a night for losing teams and never became the star Minnesota needed.
Andrew Wiggins
The No. 1 pick who came back for Kevin Love, half of a back-to-back top-pick core with Karl-Anthony Towns, and the centerpiece of Minnesota's 2018 playoff breakthrough.
Corey Brewer
The lottery wing from Florida's dynasty who never got Minnesota over the hump — but ran the floor, picked pockets, and once dropped 51 in a single night during the darkest years the franchise ever knew.
Jimmy Butler
The four-time All-Star who ended Minnesota's 14-year playoff drought in 2018, then forced his way out in one of the ugliest exits in franchise history.
Kevin Love
Kevin Love gave Minnesota six seasons of historic numbers — a 30-30 game, a 53-game double-double streak, three All-Star nods — yet not one playoff game.
Ricky Rubio
The beloved Spanish playmaker who arrived in 2011 and left as the most gifted passer the franchise had seen since Garnett. Second all-time in Wolves assists and steals.
Wolves Back · 2022–2025
Julius Randle
The centerpiece of the Karl-Anthony Towns trade, Julius Randle rewrote his playoff reputation on a 2025 conference finals run before his two-year Minnesota stay ended.
Karl-Anthony Towns
Karl-Anthony Towns: the No. 1 pick who became the best shooting big man in Timberwolves history, from a 60-point night and the Butler feud to grief and a 2024 trade.
Naz Reid
Undrafted out of LSU, Naz Reid became the Timberwolves' first Sixth Man of the Year and a Minnesota cult hero whose name turned into a greeting. The full file.
Coaches
Chris Finch
Chris Finch pulled the Timberwolves out of the wilderness to back-to-back Western Conference Finals, coaching a 2024 playoff run on a ruptured knee tendon.
Flip Saunders
Flip Saunders, the winningest coach in Timberwolves history: two tenures on the bench, the 2004 Western Conference Finals run, and the legacy his son carries.
Kevin McHale
The Boston legend who ran Minnesota basketball for 13 years: he drafted Kevin Garnett, built the lone 2004 conference finalist, and survived the Joe Smith scandal.
Tom Thibodeau
The coach and president who inherited Flip Saunders' young core, reunited with Jimmy Butler to snap a 13-year playoff drought, then watched the whole thing come apart in a single season.