Minnesota Timberwolves
(25-25, 4th in Midwest, 12 games out)
DRAFT PICKS: (No. 6, No. 14, No. 43)

1999   D R A F T   C H O I C E S Round Pick Player Pos College 1 6 Wally Szczerbiak SF/PF Miami (OH) 1 14 William Avery PG Duke 2 42 Louis Bullock 2G Michigan

T E A M   S T R E N G T H S Kevin Garnett Offense GM Kevin McHale/Flip Saunders W E A K N E S S E S $ tied up with KG Consistent outside shooting C H A N G E S Brandon, Joe Smith are free agents N E E D S Consistent jumpshooter PG to replace Brandon?/backup PG N O T E S: Lost in the first round of the playoffs for the third straight season...Wolves have never won a playoff series. Only West team to beat Spurs in playoffs (First Round, Game 2) Fell to 11th in scoring in the league (92.9) after ranking 2nd last season (101.1) Traded Stephon Marbury hours before trading deadline. Wolves were 12-6 with Marbury, 13-19 without Joe Smith signed a one-year deal in January. He averaged a career-low 13.7 ppg. Last year's No. 1 pick -- Radoslav Nesterovic -- played in the season's final two games and averaged 4.0 ppg 4-0 when they shot 50 percent or better. Team's FG percentage this year was 7th-worst in league (.425) Kevin Garnett averaged 20.8 ppg and 10.4 rpg in the first season of his six-year, $126 million deal Had the fewest turnovers in the league for the second straight season Fourth-worst three-point shooting team in the league (.298) Had only three games that were decided by three or fewer points (1-2) and only four games decided by 20 or more points (2-2) Scored 110+ points four times this season (3-1, all the games were with Marbury) F I R S T   R O U N D   P I C K S   I N   T H E   9 0 ' S 1990 - Felton Spencer, C (6); Gerald Glass, F (20) 1991 - Luc Longley, C (7) 1992 - Christian Laettner, F (3) 1993 - J.R. Rider, G (5) 1994 - Donyell Marshall, F (4) 1995 - Kevin Garnett, F (5) 1996 - Ray Allen, G (5) 1997 - Paul Grant, C (20) 1998 - Radolslav Nesterovic, C (17) P L A Y E R S   B Y   P O S I T I O N Small Forwards Kevin Garnett Sam Mitchell Dennis Scott Power Forwards Joe Smith Tom Hammonds Andrae Patterson Centers Dean Garrett Radoslav Nesterovic Bill Curley Point Guards Terrell Brandon Bobby Jackson Reggie Jordan Shooting Guards Anthony Peeler Malik Sealy James Robinson F R E E   A G E N T S 1999 Brandon Jordan Curley Patterson Hammonds Scott J. Smith Robinson 2000 B. Jackson Sealy Garrett (PO) 2001

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