2009–10 Minnesota Timberwolves season

The 2009–10 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 21st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association.[1]

2009–10 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Head coachKurt Rambis
General managerDavid Kahn
OwnersGlen Taylor
ArenaTarget Center
Results
Record15–67 (.183)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Northwest)
Conference: 15th (Western)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFox Sports North, KSTC
RadioKFAN

Key dates

Summary

NBA Draft 2009
Main article: 2009 NBA draft

The Timberwolves, thanks to various trades, had six picks in the 2009 draft. They had four first-round picks at the #5, #6, #18, and #28 slots, as well as the #45 and #47 picks in the second.

Their first pick was Spanish teenage point guard sensation Ricky Rubio, followed immediately by another point guard, Syracuse sophomore Jonny Flynn. At #18, they picked yet another point guard, North Carolina's Ty Lawson. Their final first-rounder was Lawson's backcourt mate, shooting guard Wayne Ellington.

In the second round, the Timberwolves selected a fourth point guard, Nick Calathes of Florida. The team's final selection was Henk Norel, a Dutch power forward who was Rubio's teammate at Spanish club power Joventut Badalona.

The glut of point guards was partially resolved when the Timberwolves traded the rights to Lawson to the Denver Nuggets and Calathes to the Dallas Mavericks. In any event, Calathes was not expected to join the NBA in the near future, as he has signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Panathinaikos, one of the strongest clubs in his ancestral home of Greece.

Draft picks
Main article: 2009 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team
1 5 Ricky Rubio(from Washington) PG  Spain DKV Joventut (Spain)
1 6 Jonny Flynn PG  United States Syracuse (So.)
1 18 Ty Lawson(from Miami, traded to Denver) PG  United States North Carolina (Jr.)
1 28 Wayne Ellington(from Boston) SG  United States North Carolina (Jr.)
2 45 Nick Calathes(from Philadelphia via Miami, traded to Dallas) PG  United States
 Greece		 Florida (So.)
2 47 Henk Norel(from Miami) PF  Netherlands DKV Joventut (Spain)

Roster
Roster listing
2009–10 Minnesota Timberwolves roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G/F 22 Brewer, Corey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Florida
F 14 Cardinal, Brian 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Purdue
G 19 Ellington, Wayne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) North Carolina
G 10 Flynn, Jonny 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Syracuse
G/F 8 Gomes, Ryan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Providence
F/C 1 Hollins, Ryan 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) UCLA
F/C 25 Jefferson, Al 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Prentiss HS (MS)
F/C 42 Love, Kevin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) UCLA
F/C 31 Miličić, Darko 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Serbia
G/F 11 Pavlović, Aleksandar 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Serbia
F/C 4 Pecherov, Oleksiy  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 234 lb (106 kg) Ukraine
G 7 Sessions, Ramon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Nevada
C 34 Stiemsma, Greg 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Wisconsin
G/F 3 Wilkins, Damien 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Georgia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Pre-season
2009 Pre-season Game Log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
1October 23 (in Sioux Falls, South Dakota)Toronto RaptorsMinnesota Timberwolves

Regular season

Standings
Northwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Denver Nuggets5329.646–34–719–2212–4
x-Utah Jazz5329.646–32–921–208–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers5032.610326–1524–178–8
x-Oklahoma City Thunder5032.610327–1423–189–7
Minnesota Timberwolves1567.1833810–315–363–13
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers5725.695–
2 y-Dallas Mavericks5527.6712
3 x-Phoenix Suns5428.6593
4 y-Denver Nuggets5329.6464
5 x-Utah Jazz5329.6464
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers5032.6107
7 x-San Antonio Spurs5032.6107
8 x-Oklahoma City Thunder5032.6107
9 Houston Rockets4240.51215
10 Memphis Grizzlies4042.48817
11 New Orleans Hornets3745.45120
12 Los Angeles Clippers2953.35428
13 Golden State Warriors2656.31731
14 Sacramento Kings2557.30532
15 Minnesota Timberwolves1567.18342

Record vs. opponents
2009-10 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK OKC ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —4–02–23–11–31–11–12–21–12–03–02–01–12–01–32–12–03–01–11–30–21–32–11–12–02–01–13–12–04–0
Boston 0–4—3–02–22–21–11–12–11–11–12–11–11–11–13–02–22–03–11–13–11–11–33–10–22–02–01–14–01–13–1
Charlotte 2–20–3—1–33–10–21–12–12–01–11–21–11–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–11–33–12–00–22–01–11–20–24–0
Chicago 1–32–23–1—2–20–20–24–01–12–03–10–20–20–21–31–32–01–22–03–11–11–23–11–11–11–12–01–20–22–1
Cleveland 3–12–21–32–2—1–10–24–02–01–13–12–02–01–13–03–12–04–02–03–02–02–23–02–02–02–01–13–11–12–1
Dallas 1–11–12–02–01–1—2–12–03–12–22–03–02–23–12–02–03–12–02–21–12–21–11–12–11–34–03–11–11–21–1
Denver 1–11–11–12–02–01–2—1–14–02–12–02–13–13–11–10–23–12–03–11–13–11–11–11–33–11–22–22–03–11–1
Detroit 2–21–21–20–40–40–21–1–1–11–10–40–20–21–11–22–22–02–11–11–30–21–33–10–20–21–11–10–40–24–0
Golden State 1–11–10–21–10–21–30–41–1–0–31–12–20–42–20–20–23–02–01–32–01–30–20–21–32–22–20–32–00–30–2
Houston 0–21–11–10–21–12–21–21–13–0—0–22–11–34–00–22–03–02–01–32–03–10–21–10–42–22–22–21–12–22–0
Indiana 0–31–22–11–31–30–20–24–01–12–0—1–10–20–20–40–41–14–00–22–21–11–32–11–10–21–10–22–21–13–1
L.A. Clippers 0–21–11–12–00–20–31–22–02–21–21–1—2–22–21–11–13–11–10–40–21–20–22–00–41–31–30–40–21–32–0
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–12–00–22–21–32–04–03–12–02–2—2–11–12–03–02–02–12–03–11–12–03–11–24–02–21–13–12–0
Memphis 0–21–10–22–01–11–31–31–12–20–42–02–21–2—1–10–23–12–02–22–01–21–11–12–22–22–12–22–01–22–0
Miami 3–10–31–33–10–30–21–12–12–02–04–01–11–11–1—1–31–14–01–13–00–22–24–01–11–12–00–22–21–13–1
Milwaukee 1–22–22–23–11–30–22–02–22–00–24–02–00–22–03–1—2–04–01–13–01–10–32–11–11–11–10–22–11–12–2
Minnesota 0–20–20–20–20–21–31–30–20–30–31–11–30–31–31–10–2—2–00–41–10–40–21–10–40–42–20–30–22–21–1
New Jersey 0–31–32–22–10–40–20–21–20–20–20–41–10–20–20–40–40–2—1–12–20–20–30–40–20–21–11–10–40–20–4
New Orleans 1–11–11–10–20–22–21–31–13–13–12–04–01–22–21–11–14–01–1—0–21–21–10–21–31–22–10–40–21–31–1
New York 3–11–32–21–30–31–11–13–10–20–22–22–00–20–20–30–31–12–22–0—0–20–33–11–11–10–20–20–40–23–1
Oklahoma City 2–01–11–11–10–22–21–32–03–11–31–12–11–32–12–01–14–02–02–12–0–1–12–02–11–33–11–32–03–12–0
Orlando 3–13–13–12–12–21–11–13–12–02–03–12–01–11–12–23–02–03–01–13–01–1–4–01–11–12–01–13–11–12–2
Philadelphia 1–21–31–31–30–31–11–11–32–01–11–20–20–21–10–42–21–14–02–01–30–20–4–0–21–12–01–11–30–20–3
Phoenix 1–12–00–21–10–21–23–12–03–14–01–14–01–32–21–11–14–02–03–11–11–21–12–0–1–24–02–12–02–22–0
Portland 0–20–22–01–10–23–11–32–02–22–22–03–12–12–21–11–14–02–02–11–13–11–11–12–1–4–03–02–00–41–1
Sacramento 0–20–20–21–10–20–42–11–12–22–21–13–10–41–20–21–12–21–11–22–01–30–20–20–40–4–0–41–12–11–1
San Antonio 1–11–11–10–21–11–32–21–13–02–22–04–02–22–22–02–03–01–14–02–03–11–11–11–20–34–0–1–10–42–0
Toronto 1–30–42–12–11–31–10–24–00–21–12–22–01–10–22–21–22–04–02–04–00–21–33–10–20–21–11–1—0–22–1
Utah 0–21–12–02–01–12–11–32–03–02–21–13–11–32–11–11–12–22–03–12–01–31–12–02–24–01–24–02–0—2–0
Washington 0–41–30–41–21–21–11–10–42–00–21–30–20–20–21–32–21–14–01–11–30–22–23–00–21–11–10–21–20–2—

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season
Minnesota Timberwolves statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Corey Brewer 828230.3.431.346.6483.42.41.4.413.0
Brian Cardinal 2909.2.389.333.9441.0.8.3.11.7
Wayne Ellington 76118.2.424.395.8712.11.0.3.16.6
Jonny Flynn 818128.9.417.358.8262.44.41.0.013.5
Ryan Gomes 766429.1.447.372.8254.61.6.8.210.9
Jason Hart 105.0.000...01.01.0.0.0
Ryan Hollins 732716.8.558.000.6902.8.7.3.56.1
Nathan Jawai 39210.6.441.000.6842.7.6.3.23.2
Al Jefferson 767632.4.498.000.6809.31.8.81.317.1
Kevin Love 602228.6.450.330.81511.02.3.7.414.0
Darko Milicic 241825.6.492.000.5365.51.8.81.48.3
Sasha Pavlovic 71012.4.363.297.3851.6.8.3.13.7
Oleksiy Pecherov 44510.2.410.269.9062.8.3.2.34.5
Ramon Sessions 82121.1.456.067.7172.63.1.7.18.2
Alando Tucker 406.3.444...8.3.0.02.0
Damien Wilkins 803119.8.433.295.7983.11.7.8.35.6

References
  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2010.html
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