#3 – Al Jefferson
Big Al Jefferson was the centerpiece of the Kevin Garnett trade with the Boston Celtics in 2007 and played solid basketball for the Wolves for three seasons before he too was traded, this time in favor of Kevin Love.
Jefferson wasn’t quite a superstar, and it’s unclear if Kevin McHale and company really thought he’d be anywhere near the level of Garnett, but he was (and is) a fantastic low-post scorer. Over his three seasons in Minnesota, Jefferson scored at a rate of 20.1 points per game on 49.9 percent shooting from the field.
He was a 20-10 player for two of his years with the Wolves and has been once since leaving the organization. For his career, Jefferson has averaged 16.9 points and nine rebounds and he’s now in his age-31 season.
Jefferson has been one of the best post scorers in the NBA since his first year with the Wolves back in 2007-08, and it’s safe to say that a low-post isolation for Big Al is one of the most effective scoring options in Timberwolves history. That’s enough to land him at #3 in our rankings.
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