2007–08 Minnesota Timberwolves season

2007–08 Minnesota Timberwolves season
2007–08 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Head coach	Randy Wittman
General manager	Kevin McHale
Owner(s)	Glen Taylor
Arena	Target Center
Results
Record	22–60 (.268)
Place	Division: 4th (Northwest); Conference: 14th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN North; KSTC;
Radio	KLCI
< 2006–07	2008–09 >

Players warming up prior to a January 2008 Wolves home game versus the Phoenix Suns.

The 2007–08 Minnesota Timberwolves season was their 19th season in the NBA and their first since the 1994-95 season that Kevin Garnett was not on the roster as he was traded to the Boston Celtics during the summer.

Draft picks[]

Minnesota's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	7	Corey Brewer	Forward	United States	Florida
2	41	Chris Richard	Power Forward	United States	Florida

Roster[]

2007–08 Minnesota Timberwolves roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
SF	22	Brewer, Corey	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986-03-05	Florida
SG	7	Buckner, Greg	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1976-09-16	Clemson
C	51	Doleac, Michael	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	262 lb (119 kg)	1977-06-15	Utah
PG	4	Foye, Randy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	1983-09-24	Villanova
PF	8	Gomes, Ryan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1982-09-01	Providence
SG	55	Jarić, Marko	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	1978-10-12	Serbia
C	25	Jefferson, Al	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	256 lb (116 kg)	1985-01-04	Prentiss HS (MS)
PF	35	Madsen, Mark	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1976-01-28	Stanford
SG	1	McCants, Rashad	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	1984-09-25	North Carolina
C	32	Richard, Chris	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	1984-12-25	Florida
PF	5	Smith, Craig	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	272 lb (123 kg)	1983-11-10	Boston College
SF	30	Snyder, Kirk	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1983-06-05	Nevada
PG	3	Telfair, Sebastian	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	1985-06-09	Abraham Lincoln HS (NY)
PF	24	Walker, Antoine	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1976-08-12	Kentucky

Head coach

Randy Wittman

Assistant coach(es)

J. B. Bickerstaff
Brent Haskins
Bob Ociepka
Ed Pinckney
Jerry Sichting
Gregg Farnam (trainer)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 29, 2008

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Northwest Division v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	54	28	.659	–	37–4	17–24	13–3
x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	4	33–8	17–24	10–6
Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	13	28–13	13–28	10–6
Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	32	15–26	7–34	3–13
Seattle SuperSonics	20	62	.244	34	13–28	7–34	6–10

#	Western Conference v t
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	r-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-New Orleans Hornets	56	26	.683	1
3	x-San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	1
4	y-Utah Jazz	54	28	.659	3
5	x-Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	2
6	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	2
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	51	31	.622	6
8	x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	7

9	Golden State Warriors	48	34	.585	9
10	Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	16
11	Sacramento Kings	38	44	.463	19
12	Los Angeles Clippers	23	59	.280	34
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	35
14	Memphis Grizzlies	22	60	.268	35
15	Seattle SuperSonics	20	62	.244	37

Record vs. opponents[]

2007-08 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–0	—	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–3
Charlotte	2–2	1–3	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3
Chicago	2–2	0–4	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2
Cleveland	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	—	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–0
Detroit	4–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	–	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0
Houston	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Indiana	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	–	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–1
Miami	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–4
Milwaukee	2–2	0–4	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1
New Orleans	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2
New York	0–4	0–4	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	—	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	—	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2
Toronto	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–3
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	—

Game log[]

2007–08 game log

November

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 2	Nuggets	91–99	McCants (23)	Jefferson (13)	Telfair (5)	Target Center 19,443	0–1
2	November 4	@ Knicks	93–97	Gomes (19)	Jefferson (12)	Telfair (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	0–2
3	November 6	Magic	103–111	Jefferson (25)	Jefferson (10)	Jaric (10)	Target Center 12,003	0–3
4	November 9	@ Lakers	93–107	Jefferson (24)	Jefferson (15)	Jaric (6)	Staples Center 18,997	0–4
5	November 10	@ Kings	93–100	Jefferson (17)	Jefferson (12)	Buckner (5)	ARCO Arena 13,170	0–5
6	November 14	Kings	108–103	McCants (33)	Jaric (8)	Telfair (8)	Target Center 11,656	1–5
7	November 16	Wizards	89–105	McCants (19)	Jefferson (10)	Jaric (4)	Target Center 11,783	1–6
8	November 17	Hornets	82–100	Jefferson (20)	Jefferson (10)	Three-way tie (3)	Target Center 15,324	1–7
9	November 21	Cavaliers	86–97	Jefferson (30)	Jefferson (8)	Two-way tie (4)	Target Center 15,224	1–8
10	November 23	@ Nuggets	93–99	Walker (24)	Jefferson (14)	Jaric (6)	Pepsi Center 17,097	1–9
11	November 24	Hawks	87–94	Jefferson (23)	Jefferson (16)	Jaric (6)	Target Center 14,101	1–10
12	November 26	@ Hornets	103–94	Jaric (21)	Buckner (9)	Telfair (8)	New Orleans Arena 8,393	2–10
13	November 28	@ Mavericks	103–109	Jefferson (31)	Jefferson (14)	Jaric (7)	American Airlines Center 20,054	2–11
14	November 30	Spurs	91–106	Jefferson (23)	Jefferson (11)	Two-way tie (4)	Target Center 16,297	2–12

December

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
15	December 1	@ Grizzlies	80–109	McCants (18)	Walker (9)	Telfair (6)	FedExForum 12,896	2–13
16	December 4	Lakers	95–116	Telfair (16)	Jefferson (12)	Three-way tie (3)	Target Center 17,513	2–14
17	December 6	@ Hawks	89–90	Smith (25)	Brewer (10)	Jaric (10)	Philips Arena 12,232	2–15
18	December 8	Suns	100–93	Jefferson (32)	Jefferson (20)	Telfair (6)	Target Center 19,356	3–15
19	December 11	@ Wizards	88–102	Smith (36)	Brewer (9)	Telfair (10)	Verizon Center 12,177	3–16
20	December 12	@ 76ers	94–98	Jefferson (22)	Jefferson (11)	Telfair (11)	Wachovia Center 10,971	3–17
21	December 14	Sonics	88–99	Jefferson (22)	Jefferson (16)	Two-way tie (6)	Target Center 16,523	3–18
22	December 15	@ Bucks	92–95	Smith (30)	Jefferson (15)	Telfair (8)	Bradley Center 15,512	3–19
23	December 17	@ Heat	87–91	Jefferson (22)	Jefferson (20)	Telfair (6)	AmericanAirlines Arena 19,600	3–20
24	December 19	Warriors	98–111	Jefferson (24)	Jefferson (14)	Telfair (8)	Target Center 13,001	3–21
25	December 21	Pacers	131–118	Jefferson (29)	Jefferson (13)	Telfair (11)	Target Center 15,379	4–21
26	December 22	@ Hornets	76–110	Gomes (20)	Jefferson (13)	Green (4)	New Orleans Arena 11,257	4–22
27	December 26	@ Warriors	101–105	Jefferson (20)	Jefferson (19)	Jaric (5)	Oracle Arena 19,596	4–23
28	December 28	@ Blazers	98–109	Jefferson (22)	Two-way tie (7)	Telfair (11)	Rose Garden 20,491	4–24
29	December 29	@ Sonics	90–109	Jefferson (17)	Two-way tie (8)	Telfair (6)	KeyArena 14,038	4–25
30	December 31	@ Clippers	82–91	Jefferson (22)	Two-way tie (15)	Telfair (7)	Staples Center 14,404	4–26

2007–08 season schedule

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Corey Brewer	79	35	22.8	.374	.194	.800	3.7	1.4	.96	.32	5.8
Greg Buckner	31	4	16.8	.385	.300	.864	2.1	1.3	.68	.06	4.0
Michael Doleac	24	8	10.7	.444	.000	.500	2.0	.3	.42	.42	2.4
Randy Foye	39	31	32.3	.429	.412	.815	3.3	4.2	.92	.08	13.1
Ryan Gomes	82	74	29.7	.457	.330	.830	5.8	1.8	.79	.12	12.6
Marko Jarić	75	56	29.2	.430	.362	.742	3.0	4.1	1.29	.43	8.3
Al Jefferson	82	82	35.6	.500	.000	.721	11.1	1.4	.90	1.45	21.0
Mark Madsen	20	6	7.6	.158	.000	.250	1.9	.2	.15	.10	.5
Rashad McCants	75	24	26.9	.453	.407	.748	2.7	2.2	.88	.24	14.9
Chris Richard	52	3	10.7	.471	.000	.593	2.6	.3	.19	.23	1.9
Craig Smith	77	11	20.1	.563	.000	.665	4.6	.8	.47	.22	9.4
Kirk Snyder*	36	18	21.1	.508	.217	.727	3.5	1.8	.56	.42	7.3
Sebastian Telfair	60	51	32.2	.401	.281	.743	2.3	5.9	.98	.18	9.3
Antoine Walker	46	1	19.4	.363	.324	.530	3.7	1.0	.72	.17	8.0

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Trades[]

February 22, 2008 The Houston Rockets acquired Gerald Green from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Kirk Snyder, a future 2010 draft choice, and cash considerations.

v t Minnesota Timberwolves
Founded in 1989 Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Franchise	All-time roster Draft history 1989 Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Target Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Glen Taylor President Vacant General manager Vacant Head coach Chris Finch
G League affiliate	Iowa Wolves
Retired numbers	2
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Crunch the Wolf Failed relocation to New Orleans Flip Mayo Clinic Square