The Minnesota Timberwolves don’t exactly have an illustrious draft history. The top of the list is strong, but who will round out the top 15 draft picks?
Between only existing as a franchise for 29 seasons and … not exactly being successful over the course of their nearly three decades of existence (to the tune of a .397 winning percentage), it’s to be expected that the Minnesota Timberwolves’ draft history isn’t littered with all-stars and hall of fame players.
That said, the list is a bit top-heavy with some past and current stars and plenty of mainstays during the many consistently decent Timberwolves squads of the late 1990s and early-to-mid 2000s.
After all, the Wolves have never been a marquee destination in free agency, and there are only a handful of instances of the organization acquiring talent via trade. That means that this team has largely been attempting to build through the draft, and with so many losing seasons, they’ve often selected in the lottery.
Let’s jump right into the list.
- Three seasons with Timberwolves (2007-09)
- Averaged 8.9 points and 4.5 rebounds per game
The 15th-best draft pick in Timberwolves history is Craig Smith, an undersized power forward drafted in the second round, right at the tail end of the Kevin Garnett era in Minnesota.
“The Rhino” was a rookie in Garnett’s last season in his first go-around with the Timberwolves as the team won just 32 games and saw head coach Dwane Casey fired and replaced by Randy Wittman. Smith, however, played in all 82 games, averaging 7.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in 18.7 minutes per game.
As the Wolves descended into the doldrums of the NBA, Smith was a consistent presence over the next two seasons, essentially functioning as the team’s second-best player next to Al Jefferson. He was primarily a bench player, but was always a key cog in the rotation, scoring efficiently and bringing energy to the second unit.
Smith provided outstanding value for a second-round pick. He was eventually traded to the Los Angels Clippers in a cost-saving move by new Timberwolves boss David Kahn prior to the 2009-10 NBA season. After two years in L.A. Smith played one season in Portland before heading overseas.
- Nine seasons with the Timberwolves (1989-98)
- Averaged 10.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2 assists
- Member of inaugural Timberwolves team in 1989-90
Doug West was the third of three selections by the Timberwolves in the 1989 NBA Draft, their first as a franchise, and he stayed with the team the longest of the trio.
Like Smith, West was as early second-round pick and provided tremendous value for where he was selected, albeit primarily for a series of bad Wolves teams.
He barely played in his first two seasons, appearing in averaging just 9.5 minutes per game over the two campaigns. He became a starter in year three and put up 14 points and 3.5 assists per game, cementing his role as a Wolves starter for the next several years.
From his age-24 to age-27 seasons, West averaged 15.3 points per game while shooting 49.9 percent from the field and leading the Wolves’ backcourt scoring effort. Ultimately, West played nine seasons in Minnesota before heading to the then Vancouver Grizzlies in 1998 and spending the last three seasons of his career north of the border.
West was a member of the first two Timberwolves playoff squads, including the 1996-97 team that was swept out of the first round by the Houston Rockets and the 1997-98 team that pushed the then Seattle SuperSonics to the brink before losing in a decisive Game 5.
This is another example of incredible second-round value, which matters quite a bit for this list. That, plus West’s longevity with the Timberwolves was enough to out-weigh his extremely brief peak (19.3 points per game in 1992-93).
- Three seasons with Timberwolves (2014-17)
- Averaged 13.7 points, 3.2 assists, and 2.9 rebounds per game
- Key component in trade that brought Jimmy Butler to Minnesota in June 2017
Zach LaVine was somewhat of a controversial selection by former front office boss Flip Saunders back in the summer of 2014.
The Timberwolves had just gone 40-42 in Rick Adelman‘s final season as head coach, just missing the playoffs. Kevin Love was still on the roster, and Saunders was spending his first full offseason as the man in charge of personnel decisions, swatting away Love trade rumors and trying to figure out who he would be hiring as his head coach.
Ultimately, Saunders hired himself to helm the bench, and tabbed LaVine, a bouncy 19-year-old who didn’t even start in his freshman year at UCLA, as the 13th-overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. With other (potentially safer) prospects on the board, such as T.J. Warren, Gary Harris, and others, Saunders decided to bet on LaVine’s overwhelming potential and solid personality traits.
You may recall LaVine’s controversial draft night reaction…
He explained it as relief that he was selected, but of course there was much of the internet that felt otherwise.
As a rookie, LaVine was miscast as a point guard and struggled mightily, with some metrics suggesting that he was the worst player in the NBA to receive consistent minutes. The Wolves won just 16 games, but Saunders believed that LaVine’s heavy minutes with the ball in his hands would serve him well in coming years.
Tragically, Saunders became ill with cancer after LaVine’s rookie season and passed away before the start of the following season.
But Saunders’ goals for LaVine seemed to come to fruition as the young guard showed incremental improvement in his sophomore season and a massive jump in year three. However, that was before a torn ACL ruined the rest of the 2016-17 campaign and caused him to miss the first part of the 2017-18 season as well.
In the middle of his recovery from knee surgery, LaVine was shipped to Chicago as the key piece that brought back perennial All-Star wing Jimmy Butler. Now, the Bulls face a choice regarding whether or not to extend LaVine despite the question marks that remain after the injury.
Oh, and we can’t not mention the dunk contest performances and back-to-back wins…
From LaVine’s dunk contest prowess, the close connection between he and Wolves legend Flip Saunders, his rapid improvement, fun demeanor, and status as a fan favorite, plus his importance in the deal that brought Butler to Minnesota, LaVine deserves the No. 13 ranking.
- Six seasons with Timberwolves (2007-10, 2013-14)
- Averaged 9.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists
- Traded twice from Wolves, returned once as free agent
Corey Brewer is a tough draft pick to evaluate.
The two-time NCAA champion at the University of Florida was the seventh-overall pick of the Timberwolves in 2007 — the same year that Smith was drafted in the second round. The Wolves were looking to acquire enough talent to keep Kevin Garnett in the fold, and instead they got an extremely raw wing that didn’t do much but provide defensive intensity.
Even after three years at Florida, Brewer didn’t exactly have a … polished offensive game. He played in 79 games as a rookie for the Wolves and averaged just 5.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per game despite starting 35 contests. (The latter statistic still ties for a career high, some 11 seasons later.)
Brewer tore his ACL just 15 games into his second season as a pro, which only compounded the myriad issues the Garnett-less Wolves were encountering.
In 2009-10, his third season but first full campaign as a non-rookie, Brewer averaged a (still) career-high of 13 points while playing 30.3 minutes per game and starting all 82 contests. Also, this happened:
Then, prior to the trade deadline of his fourth season, Brewer was dealt as part of the infamous Darko Milicic trade initiated by David Kahn.
After being waived immediately by the New York Knicks, Brewer finished the season with the Dallas Mavericks, winning a championship with Rick Carlisle‘s squad. Then, after two years with the Denver Nuggets under George Karl, where Brewer found his groove as he entered the prime of his career.
As a free agent in the summer of 2013, Brewer returned to Minnesota for a second tour. He came on a modest contract as one of the wings to fill out the rotation alongside newly acquired veteran Kevin Martin and the injured Chase Budinger. The 2013-14 campaign became known for Kevin Love’s numerous long outlet passes that found the streaking Brewer as the 27-year-old reinvented himself as a unique weapon.
That Wolves squad won 40 games, under-performing their point differential at near-historic levels and failing to make the playoffs. Brewer was traded to the Houston Rockets early in the following season and has bounced from the Rockets to the Los Angeles Lakers to Oklahoma City Thunder over the past three years.
While there were plenty of players selected after Brewer in the 2007 draft that may have been better overall players and fits for the Timberwolves, Brewer has been a consistent and overall valuable NBA player and a fan-favorite during both of his stints in Minnesota.
- Three seasons with Timberwolves (1993-95)
- Averaged 18.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists per game
Isaiah Rider, also known as J.R., came to the Timberwolves as the fifth-overall draft pick in 1993, following a 19-win campaign in 1992-93. The team wasn’t much better in 1993-94, winning just 20 games despite a stellar rookie campaign by Rider.
Outside of Allan Houston and Sam Cassell, who were both picked later in the first round, the 1993 draft was relatively thin, and Rider wasn’t terrible value at No. 5.
J.R. averaged 16.6 points per game as a rookie, barely trailing team leader Christian Laettner‘s mark of 16.8. He was consistent, too, playing 75 or more games per season during each of his first three years in the NBA.
Rider was scorer, reaching 20.4 points per game in just his second season and averaging 18.8 points per game overall during his three seasons in a Timberwolves uniform. He shot 35.9 percent from beyond the arc and 82.2 percent from the free throw line as a Wolf.
Similar to LaVine — although not the same, of course — Rider made an impact in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest as a rookie.
Despite a strong first three years in the league, the relatively inefficient shooting guard was shipped to the Portland Trail Blazers for what should have been a solid haul: James Robinson, Bill Curley, and a first-round pick, although the draft pick was used to take Paul Grant, who appeared in all of four games for the Wolves.
Rider’s swift peak, high scoring numbers and durability over three seasons, plus the return that the Wolves received via trade, is enough to put him 11th on the list of the Wolves’ best all-time draft picks.
- Three seasons with Timberwolves (1996-99)
- Averaged 16.9 points and 8.3 assists with Timberwolves
- Traded during third season, prior to any All-Star appearances
As mentioned earlier, the Timberwolves don’t have an illustrious draft history. That means that we’re including draft night trades on this list. (Trust us, it was necessary.)
Marbury was picked fourth-overall by the Milwaukee Bucks. The Wolves picked Hall of Fame shooting guard Ray Allen with the very next pick, and ultimately shipped him to the Bucks in exchange for Marbury and a future first-rounder, which became Rasho Nesterovic.
The fact that the Wolves traded Allen before he ever wore a Timberwolves jersey absolutely factors into this ranking coming in at just No. 10, as does Marbury’s relatively short stint in Minnesota and the circumstances under which he exited the Target Center.
Marbury was awesome as a 19-year-old rookie, dropping 15.8 points and 7.8 assists per game while leading the Wolves to their first-ever playoff berth. While it ended in a 3-0 sweep at the hands of Houston, the Wolves were back the following year, pushing George Karl’s Seattle squad to the maximum five games in the first round.
But midway through the following campaign, Marbury all but forced his way out of Minnesota. Flip Saunders and Kevin McHale decided to be proactive, moving the talented young star to the then New Jersey Nets in a three-team deal that brought back former All-Star Terrell Brandon and a future first-round draft pick, which used to pick Wally Szczerbiak.
Marbury’s relationship with Kevin Garnett was tenuous, and their competing alpha-dog personalities was ultimately what brought down what could have been a top-two or three selection by the Timberwolves.
- Four seasons with Timberwolves (1993-96)
- Averaged 17.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game
Some combination of attending Duke University and being drafted right after Shaquille O’Neal and Alonzo Mourning ensured that poor Christian Laettner would probably never get his due as a downright solid NBA player. (After all, there was a documentary created with the title: I Hate Christian Laettner.)
Of course, being drafted third overall obviously comes with expectations, and while he turned in a lengthy and productive professional career, there seem to have been a wide range of where those expectations landed.
As a rookie with the Wolves in 1993-94, Laettner started 81 games and put up 18.2 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. The next year, his shooting percentage dropped from 47.4 percent as a rookie to just 44.8 percent, but Laettner still scored 16.8 points per contest.
His numbers dropped just a bit more in his third season, and he was traded midway through the 1995-96 season to the Atlanta Hawks, where he notched his only career All-Star appearance.
That means that Laettner left right before the Timberwolves broke through the playoff barrier, further cementing his reputation as somewhat of a draft bust in Minnesota. Again, this is surely more due to Shaq and ‘Zo being picked right before him.
And the return for Laettner simply wasn’t much; the former No. 3 pick was sent along with Sean Rooks for rentals Andrew Lang and Spud Webb.
Laettner was an efficient scorer and a decent rebounder. While injuries derailed the later portion of his career, his consistency when he was on the court was vital to the teams that he played on.
- Three seasons with Timberwolves (1989-92)
- Averaged 15 points, 8.8 assists, and 3.3 rebounds per game
- Played in all 246 possible games with the Wolves, starting 212
Pooh Richardson was the first-ever draft selection by the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise, going 10th overall in 1989 after playing college ball at UCLA.
Richardson became a starter midway through his rookie season and never looked back, appearing in all 82 games as a rookie and starting all 82 games in his second and third seasons in the league. From day one, Richardson was a pass-first point guard, but he scored when he needed to, putting up 17.1 points per game in 1990-91.
He was primarily the distributor, of course, dishing out 8.8 assists per game during his three years in Minnesota.
The Timberwolves were bad during their first three years of existence, of course, winning just 22, 29, and 15 games, respectively. But along with Doug West and Scott Brooks, Richardson was arguably the best all-around player on the team during his time with the Wolves.
Richardson was traded along with Sam Mitchell (who later returned to Minnesota as a player and an assistant and eventually, interim head coach) to Indiana in exchange for sharpshooter Chuck Person and Michael Williams.
Richardson was one of the early fan favorites and led the franchise in assists until Kevin Garnett passed him, and still holds the second-highest mark on the list for a point guard, trailing only Ricky Rubio.
First draft pick in team history, fan favorite, solid trade piece, and franchise leaderboard? That’s enough for No. 8 on the list.
- Six seasons with Timberwolves (2010-16)
- Averaged 12.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game
In the 2008 NBA Draft, Nikola Pekovic was the consensus “first pick of the second round” draft pick, meaning that he was likely a player that would not come over to the United States from Europe right away, and keeping him stashed overseas and on a flexible and affordable contract when he did choose to join the team was attractive.
The Timberwolves were lucky enough to be able to pick him at No. 31, and Pekovic made an immediate impact when he eventually came stateside in 2010.
After a rough rookie season that saw Pek struggle to stay on the court due to the learning curve when it came to avoiding foul trouble in the NBA compared to Euroleague (he played just 13.6 minutes per game over 65 contests as a rookie), Pekovic broke out in his sophomore season.
In the lockout-shortened 2011-12 campaign, Pekovic put up 13.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in 26.9 minutes per game over 47 games. The next year, Pek’s numbers increased to 16.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, although he only played in 62 of 82 contests.
His best statistical season came in 2013-14. Pekovic tallied 17.5 points and 8.7 rebounds per game but only appeared in 54 games as foot and ankle injuries that had begun bothering the massive Montenegrin began to crop up once again.
Over his last two years in the NBA, Pekovic appeared in just 43 out of 164 possible games. It was a disappointing downfall for an outstanding player, but the value that Pekovic provided as a second-round pick was certainly enough to put him in the top seven on this list.
- Five seasons with Timberwolves (1998-2003)
- Averaged 7.5 points and 5.4 rebounds per game
Rasho Nesterovic was acquired using the first-round draft pick that the Timberwolves acquired in the Ray Allen for Stephon Marbury draft night trade. It was a valuable selection, as it turned out, as Nesterovic was the primary starting center for four straight years in Minnesota as the Wolves made the playoffs each season.
After only appearing in two games as a rookie, Nesterovic played in all 82 games, starting 55 in year two. He averaged just 5.7 points and 4.6 rebounds in 21 minutes per game but was a vital cog in the defensive unit alongside Kevin Garnett.
Nesterovic only cracked double-digits in scoring average once, and it was in his final year in Minnesota prior to hitting free agency. In 2002-03 (which also happened to be the last season before the Timberwolves finally cracked the seemingly impossible code that was the first round of the Western Conference playoffs), Rasho put up 11.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game.
After leaving the Timberwolves, Nesterovic played three seasons with the San Antonio Spurs and was on the title-winning squad in 2005. Then, he rounded out his career with two seasons with the Toronto Raptors, one with the Indiana Pacers, and a final year with the Raptors in 2009-10.
For the 17th-overall pick and a player that only played in two games at the tail-end of the lockout-shortened 1998-99 campaign, Nesterovic turned in a solid all-around career. Being part of five playoff teams in Minnesota is nothing to sneeze at, either, and a championship with the Spurs is just a feather in his cap.
- Six seasons with the Timberwolves (2011-17)
- Averaged 10.3 points, 8.5 assists, and two steals per game
Let the controversy begin.
Ricky Rubio was a worthy fifth-overall selection back in 2009; there was zero shock when the pick was announced. The Timberwolves, after all, held the No. 6 pick as well, and surely would take both Rubio and Davidson Wildcats guard Stephen Curry as they continued their ongoing rebuild.
Instead, the Timberwolves picked up Syracuse Orange point guard Jonny Flynn, doubling down on the point guard position and essentially ensuring that Rubio wouldn’t come stateside immediately.
While the Flynn-over-Curry mishap obviously factors in here, the Rubio selection has to be evaluated on its own merits. And the pick holds up as a solid decision.
Rubio arrived in Minnesota prior to the lockout-shortened 2011-12 NBA season to incredible fanfare. He was a revelation early on, dazzling in his NBA debut.
Overall, Rubio still had a solid rookie season, averaging 10.6 points, 8.2 assists, and 2.2 steals per game before tearing his ACL in a March game against the Lakers He only shot 35.7 percent from the field, however, and there wasn’t much improvement for year two.
That could have largely been chalked up to recovery from knee surgery, and while year three was more of the same, it was still his first full season after the ACL tear. But then, in year four, Rubio suffered a severe ankle sprain and only appeared in 22 games, not looking like himself when he did play.
His final two years in Minnesota featured marginal improvement when it came to shooting efficiency, although the distribution numbers faltered a bit. After spending his first three years with Rick Adelman as his head coach, Rubio played for three different coaches in the next three years, which surely had an effect on his overall production.
Rubio was traded to Utah in the summer of 2017 as head coach and front office boss Tom Thibodeau made room to sign veteran Jeff Teague in free agency, whom he had identified as a better fit next to the newly acquired Jimmy Butler on the perimeter.
Rubio is one of the most popular players to ever play for the Timberwolves, and was consistently one of the best assist and steal men in the NBA. He ranks second in franchise history in assists and steals, second only to Kevin Garnett in both categories.
- Seven seasons with Timberwolves (1999-2006)
- Averaged 15.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.7 assists
- 1x All-Star with Timberwolves
And with that, we’ve finally arrived at the first home-grown, Timberwolves All-Star.
Wally Szczerbiak was selected with the draft pick that the Timberwolves acquired from the Nets in the trade that sent Stephon Marbury to New Jersey. He hit the ground running in the NBA, appearing in 73 games and starting 53 while averaging 11.6 points per game.
After a decent sophomore season in which his playing time and overall scoring increased but his shooting percentages dipped, Szczerbiak made his lone All-Star team in 2001-02, his third season with the Wolves. He averaged 18.7 points in 38 minutes per game while shooting an insane 45.5 percent from beyond the arc and 50.8 percent from the field, almost entirely on jumpers — only 16.7 percent of his field goal attempts came from within three feet of the rim, according to Basketball-Reference.
Szczerbiak played in all 82 games in back-to-back seasons in year two and year three, but never did it again in his career. Knee issues started to crop-up in 2002-03, and he appeared in just 52 games. Then, in the Western Conference Finals seasons of 2003-04, Szczerbiak played only 28 regular season games and 12 playoff contests, starting zero.
He played another season and half in Minnesota before being shipped to the Boston Celtics as part of the first of a pair of massive Wolves-Celtics trades that would take place over the course of a year-plus.
Szczerbiak was in Boston for just over a year before being traded to Seattle. Then, he finished his career with a season and a half with the Cleveland Cavaliers that included a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals with LeBron James in 2009.
- Six seasons with Timberwolves (2008-14)
- Averaged 19.2 points and 12.2 rebounds per game
- 3x All-Star with Timberwolves
Kevin Love was another draft night acquisition by the Timberwolves. Minnesota had selected O.J. Mayo with the third pick, and later in the evening sent him to Memphis as part of a six-player trade that brought Love, the fifth pick, back to Minnesota.
Love was solid as a rookie, coming off the bench for more than half the season and averaging 11.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.
The breakthrough came in year two. While Love only averaged 14 points and 11 rebounds on the year, the 31-31 game put him on the map.
From that point forward, head coach Kurt Rambis, who had refused to publicly acknowledge that Love was already the best player on the squad and bristled when the media suggested such an idea or when the issue of Love’s minutes was mentioned as a topic, was forced to give consistent minutes to the second-year big man.
Love was an All-Star in his third season as he averaged 20.2 points and a league-leading 15.2 rebounds per game. He added a consistent 3-point shot to his game, shooting 2.9 attempts per contest and hitting on 41.7 percent.
After another All-Star season in 2011-12, Love broke his hand prior to the 2012-13 campaign and re-injured it during the season. It was a lost year, but he was back on the All-Star team by 2013-14, the final year with Rick Adelman in Minnesota. That offseason, Flip Saunders traded Love to Cleveland in exchange for Andrew Wiggins and other ancillary pieces.
To date, Kevin Love is the second-best player to play for the Timberwolves, although Karl-Anthony Towns is on the precipice of passing him.
Speaking of KAT…
- Three seasons with Timberwolves (2015-present)
- Averaging 21.6 points, 11.7 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game
- 1x All-Star with Timberwolves
Karl-Anthony Towns is about to head into his fourth NBA season, and he is already the second-best draft pick in Timberwolves franchise history.
Towns began his NBA career with a bang, averaging an impressive 18.3 points and 10.5 rebounds in his rookie season. It was under difficult circumstances, as Flip Saunders had drafted Towns as both an executive and the team’s head coach but passed away due to complications surrounding cancer in the fall before ever having the chance to coach Towns.
After playing for interim head coach Sam Mitchell as a rookie, the Timberwolves hired Tom Thibodeau as head coach and president of basketball operations ahead of his sophomore season in the league.
In year two, Towns improved his numbers to 25.1 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. His defense took a small step back as he learned a new system under Thibodeau. Then in 2017-18, Towns was named to his first All-Star team as he assisted Jimmy Butler in carrying the Wolves to their first playoff berth in 14 years.
Towns’ shooting percentages and overall performance improved in year three. While his per-game numbers dipped slightly, that was primarily due to a lower usage rate with Butler in the fold. Towns improved his 3-point shooting percentage incrementally over his first three years, from 34.1 percent as a rookie, to 36.7 percent in year two, to 42.1 percent during the most recent season.
While his overall field goal percentage mostly held steady from 54.2 to 54.5 percent, his free throw percentage continued to improve as well, from 81.1 percent as a rookie, to 83.2 percent in year two, to 85.8 percent in 2017-18.
Towns has started all 246 possible regular season games for the Timberwolves over his first three seasons in the league. Between durability and offensive consistency and improvement, he’s already developed into a bona fide superstar. The next step, of course, is to improve on defense, but his issues on that end of the floor aren’t enough to keep him from the No. 2 spot on this list.
- 14 seasons with Timberwolves (1995-2007, 2015-16)
- Averaged 19.8 points, 11 rebounds, 4.3 assists per game
- 10x All-Star with Timberwolves
There was never any doubt. The Big Ticket holds down the top spot on yet another Timberwolves all-time list.
Kevin Garnett was drafted fifth in the 1995 NBA Draft and spent 12 seasons in Minnesota before being shipped to Boston prior to the 2007-08 campaign. After getting his title with the Celtics and playing a couple of seasons with the Nets, Flip Saunders brought Garnett back to Minnesota in what was each man’s second tour of ‘Sota.
Garnett finished the 2014-15 season with the Wolves and played 2015-16 under Sam Mitchell after Saunders’ tragic death, and while he has not yet officially announced his retirement, he certainly appears to be done playing.
Unsurprisingly, Garnett tops virtually every Timberwolves all-time franchise list. That includes points, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals, minutes, and games played. His relationship with owner Glen Taylor appears to be icy once again; fans may recall that this was one of the largest hurdles when it came to Garnett coming back to Minnesota for a late-career reunion.
But Garnett’s first tour with the Timberwolves was unforgettable. From the 10 All-Star appearances to the playoff success in 2004, the best days in Wolves history were led by Kevin Garnett, and it’s not close.
Timberwolves fans can hope that the feud between Garnett and Taylor ends sooner rather than later; the fact that there hasn’t been a jersey retirement at Target Center as of yet is somewhat concerning, although it must happen at some point. It’s unknown what the relationship between Garnett and Tom Thibodeau is at this point; Garnett’s final departure from Minnesota did come after Thibodeau was hired, but there’s no reason to believe that there’s any bad blood between the two former Celtics.
It seems unlikely that Garnett will ever be unseated from the No. 1 spot on this list. That is, until a home-grown player leads the Timberwolves to a championship.
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