2006–07 Minnesota Timberwolves season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Minnesota Timberwolves 2007 32 50 Northwest 4 13 Dwane Casey (fired 23 January 2007) Randy Wittman Kevin McHale Glen Taylor Target Center Did not qualify MIN FSN North KSTC KLCI The 2006-07 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the team's 18th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 33-49 output from the previous season. However, they came one win shy of tying it, finishing 32-50.2006-07 Minnesota Timberwolves It was Kevin Garnett's final season of his first stint with the Timberwolves as he was traded to the Boston Celtics following the season. He would eventually win a championship with the Celtics in 2008. Garnett returned to Minnesota midway in the 2014-15 season for his second stint. Also following the season, tragedy struck as Eddie Griffin died in an automobile accident on August 17, 2007. Draft picks 2006 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 6 Brandon Roy SG Washington 2 36 Craig Smith PF Boston College 2 37 Bobby Jones Washington 2 57 Loukas Mavrokefalidis F/C Regular season Season standings MIN MIN Game log Roster Minnesota Timberwolves 2006–07 #005083 #FFFFFF #000000 #FFFFFF 30 Mark Blount C 7 0 230 1975-11-30 Pittsburgh 31 Ricky Davis SF 6 6 195 1979-09-23 Iowa 4 Randy Foye PG 6 4 213 1983-09-24 Villanova 21 Kevin Garnett PF 6 11 253 1976-05-19 Farragut Academy (IL) 41 Eddie Griffin basketball PF 6 10 220 1982-05-30 Seton Hall 23 Trenton Hassell SG 6 5 200 1979-03-04 Austin Peay State University 16 Troy Hudson PG 6 1 170 1976-03-13 Southern Illinois 13 Mike James basketball, born 1975 PG 6 2 188 1975-06-23 Duquesne 55 Marko Jarić SG 6 7 224 1978-10-12 Serbia 35 Mark Madsen basketball C 6 9 250 1976-01-28 Stanford 1 Rashad McCants SG 6 4 226 1984-09-25 North Carolina 9 Justin Reed PF 6 8 240 1982-01-16 Mississippi 5 Craig Smith basketball, born 1983 PF 6 7 272 1983-11-10 Boston College 6 Bracey Wright SG 6 3 210 1984-07-01 Indiana Dwane Casey (fired) Randy Wittman Aleksandar Džikić Rex Kalamian Bob Ociepka Vince Taylor Gregg Farnam (trainer) (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2007.html July 13, 2006 Roster notes Forward Eddie Griffin died in a car accident on August 17. Player statistics Ragular season Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameMark BlountC82 81 2,544 505 67 43 58 1,010 31.0 6.2 .8 .5 .7 12.3Mike James basketball, born 1975PG82 65 2,069 163 297 55 7 828 25.2 2.0 3.6 .7 .1 10.1Randy FoyePG82 12 1,879 218 232 53 21 832 22.9 2.7 2.8 .6 .3 10.1Craig Smith basketball, born 1983PF82 5 1,537 416 49 51 18 608 18.7 5.1 .6 .6 .2 7.4Ricky DavisSF 81 81 3,021 315 385 80 23 1,374 37.3 3.9 4.8 1.0 .3 17.0Kevin GarnettPF 76 76 2,995 975 313 89 126 1,704 39.4 12.8 4.1 1.2 1.7 22.4Trenton HassellSG 76 68 2,223 243 203 22 26 512 29.3 3.2 2.7 .3 .3 6.7Marko JarićSG 70 13 1,555 184 145 75 16 371 22.2 2.6 2.1 1.1 .2 5.3Mark Madsen basketballC 56 0 473 87 10 10 10 61 8.4 1.6 .2 .2 .2 1.1Justin ReedPF 41 3 318 46 17 5 3 106 7.8 1.1 .4 .1 .1 2.6Rashad McCantsSG 37 0 554 47 38 26 7 184 15.0 1.3 1.0 .7 .2 5.0Troy HudsonPG 34 6 554 48 73 14 2 202 16.3 1.4 2.1 .4 .1 5.9Bracey WrightSG 19 0 190 21 15 9 1 67 10.0 1.1 .8 .5 .1 3.5Eddie Griffin basketballPF 13 0 92 25 4 0 7 18 7.1 1.9 .3 .0 .5 1.4 Awards and records Kevin Garnett, All-NBA Second Team Kevin Garnett, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Randy Foye, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team Craig Smith, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team References Category:Minnesota Timberwolves seasons Category:2006 in sports in Minnesota Category:2007 in sports in Minnesota Monnesota