Minnesota Timberwolves Roundup: Garnett’s return, the Sealy Game

The NBA’s ongoing hiatus has provided plenty of time for looking back at key moments in franchise history. For the Minnesota Timberwolves, that means plenty of Kevin Garnett and Malik Sealy.

We’re still in the middle of a hiatus that, unfortunately, has no end in sight. That means that we have a golden opportunity to look back at some of the best moments in Minnesota Timberwolves history.

Here at Dunking With Wolves, we’ve highlighted a few recent pieces by Jon Krawczynski at The Athletic. In light of FOX Sports North’s Wednesday broadcast of Kevin Garnett‘s return to the Wolves back in 2015, Krawczynski released an article this week walking through that night (subscription required).

It’s one part oral history and one part Jon’s own recollection of events, so it’s definitely worth your time if you have a subscription to The Athletic.

Elsewhere, Kyle Ratke at Timberwolves.com wrote about the Malik Sealy game-winner against the Indiana Pacers on Martin Luther King Jr. Day back in 2000. The game is being broadcast by FSN on Friday, April 3 as the second of seven classic Wolves games to be shown over the next couple of weeks.

Aptly, Ratke dives into both the shot itself –a banked in 3-pointer with the Wolves down by two to defeat the Pacers — and Sealy’s tragic death. Sealy was killed by a drunk driver only months after his dramatic buzzer-beater and remains the only Timberwolves player with his number retired and hanging in the rafters at Target Center.

If you aren’t familiar with the story, be sure to check it out. And even if you’re a long-time Wolves fan, it’s a good reminder of just how much Sealy meant to his teammates and the organization as a whole.

Finally, yours truly discussed one of the worst teams in Timberwolves franchise history on the most recent episode of the Locked On Wolves Podcast. Former Memphis Grizzlies executive John Hollinger and NBA commentator Nate Duncan talked through the worst teams of the 2010’s in a recent episode of their Hollinger & Duncan Podcast, spurring the conversation on LOW.

We’ll be back this weekend with some more analysis, both on the upcoming draft and offseason as well as looking back at some Wolves teams and players of the past.