Minnesota Timberwolves: Top 30 Scorers in Franchise History

#28 – Joe Smith

Another player who was not known as a “scorer” throughout a lengthy NBA career, but Joe Smith did average in double-figures in nine of 16 seasons and more than 13 points per game four times, although only one of those instances was in a Timberwolves uniform.

Smith was the first-overall selection in the loaded 1995 draft (Kevin Garnett was selected fifth-overall by Minnesota) and is notorious for the salary cap scandal when he re-joined the Wolves. But he was a productive player both with the Timberwolves and throughout his 16-year career.

Smith was a great complementary player for KG’s prime years and also played on a couple of LeBron James-led playoff teams in Cleveland, including the 2008-09 squad that lost to Dwight Howard‘s Orlando Magic squad in the Eastern Conference Finals.

He remains 21st in minutes played in Wolves history, and his longevity with the organization and in the league contributed to his ranking on this list. But he was a legitimately potent scorer in his first handful of years in the league, so he isn’t completely out of place at #28.

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