Basketball NBA returned to the twin cities in 1989 for the first time since departed from Minneapolis Lakers in Los Angeles in 1960 when the NBA gave one of its four new expansion teams (the others being the Orlando Magic, Charlotte Hornets and the Miami Heat) to the original owners Marv Wolfenson and Harvey Ratner to begin play in the 1989/90 season.(There were two franchises of the American Basketball Association, the Minnesota Muskies, 1967-68 and the Minnesota Pipers, 1968-69) .Recibieron "Timberwolves" name as the result of a "Name that the computer" contest.Minnesota is home to the largest population of the timberwolves lower (approximately 2,921) 48 States.
Minnesota began the NBA preseason with two games in London and in Europe, as part of NBA Europe Live 2007. October 10, The Wolves lost Kevin Garnett and the renewed Boston Celtics 92/81. To start the season, the wolves started 0/5 before finally put an end to the drought with a win over Sacramento.As drought also brought about the possible dismissal of the head coach Randy Wittman speculation.The youngest team in the NBA started to adjust to life after the star Kevin Garnett to Boston franchise, meanwhile playing without budding talent Randy Foye for the first half of the season of comercio.Guardias Sebastian Telfair and Marko Jaric was recruited as starting during the absence of injury to the Timberwolves Foye.Los point guards ended the season 22/60.
A handful of occasions during the season, the team showed flashes of his potential in WINS or very close contests with top-level teams.
In 2008 the NBA, the Timberwolves Draft had selected o. j. Mayo out of Southern California with the third position of the Draft.Cuando came to the conclusion of the project, the Timberwolves traded may, Antoine Walker, Greg Buckner and Marko Jaric Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for the Draft Kevin Love, Mike Miller, Jason Collins, Brian Cardinal 5th in a movement called Jim, stack "treatment we couldn t spend."
In 2008, in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the franchise, the team unveiled a new logo and new uniformes.Los designs first appeared in the first game preseason against the Chicago Bulls in the United Center on October 14, 2008. There were also reformed the use of the word in the Target Center, returning to the traditional pattern of floor and had added touches of varnish while exposing much of hardwood.
December 8, 2008, after a loss of 23 points to the Clippers in Los Angeles who left the team for 4/15, the Timberwolves fired Randy Wittman and Kevin McHale took charge of jefe.McHale coach also renounced his vice President of basketball operations functions.It is not clear whether the McHale team future depended on the success or the progress of the team that put together during the previous four years.
These questions seem to be answered when the Timberwolves was 10-4 for the month of January, giving McHale coach of the month honors.But on February 8, 2009, main Al Jefferson star team of it ripped off his ACL in his right knee in a game in New Orleans, relegation him for the rest of the season.At the time of the injury, Jefferson was having his best season to date, with an average of 23 points, 11 rebounds and 2 tapones.Sin Jefferson and Corey Brewer (who also suffered a season ending injury), spray wolves, to finish with a record of 24-58.
On 17 June 2009, new President David Kahn announced that McHale would not return to the team as coach at jefe.Kahn basketball operations not gave a specific reason for the dismissal of McHale only saying "This will be a transition period."Furthermore, McHale said that he wanted to return, but was not offered a contract.
Later, in August, the Timberwolves announced the signing of Kurt Rambis, then an Assistant of the Los Angeles Lakers to a contract of 8 million dollars for his new coach for four years. with Kurt Rambis, team stumbled to the second worst record in the League, behind the Nets New Jersey.Los Timberwolves because only 15 victories.
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