2004–05 Minnesota Timberwolves season

NBA professional basketball team season October 2016 October 2016 Minnesota Timberwolves 2005 44 38 Northwest 3 9 Flip Saunders (fired) Kevin McHale Kevin McHale Glen Taylor Target Center Did not qualify MIN FSN North KFAN The 2004–05 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 16th season competing in the National Basketball Association.https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2005.html 2004-05 Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball-reference.com 2012-06-17 After appearing in the Conference Finals the previous season, the Timberwolves played at around .500 for the first half of the season. However, the team began to struggle further into the season, losing six straight games between January and February and slipping below .500. After a 25–26 start, longtime head coach Flip Saunders was fired and replaced with general manager Kevin McHale for the remainder of the season. The Timberwolves improved under McHale's management, but finished the season in third position in the Northwest Division. With a 44–38 regular season record, they missed the playoffs for the first time since 1996. Kevin Garnett led the team in scoring, rebounding and assists, as he was selected for the 2005 NBA All-Star Game. Following the season, Latrell Sprewell retired after turning down a contract extension, Sam Cassell was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, and McHale was fired as coach. This marked the beginning of over a decade of futility for the Timberwolves. From 2005 to 2018, they failed to make the playoffs. Draft picks 2004 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 30 Forfeited pick 2 58 Blake Stepp PG Gonzaga Roster Minnesota Timberwolves 2004–05 #005083 #FFFFFF #000000 #FFFFFF 7 Anthony Carter basketball PG 6 1 190 1975-06-16 Hawaii 19 Sam Cassell PG 6 3 185 1969-11-18 Florida State 44 Ndudi Ebi SG 6 9 200 1984-06-18 Westbury Christian HS (TX) 21 Kevin Garnett PF 6 11 220 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 32 Fred Hoiberg SG 6 4 203 1972-10-15 Iowa State 16 Troy Hudson PG 6 1 170 1976-03-13 Southern Illinois 40 Ervin Johnson C 6 11 245 1967-12-21 New Orleans 35 Mark Madsen basketball C 6 9 240 1976-01-28 Stanford 34 Michael Olowokandi C 7 0 269 1975-04-03 Pacific 8 Latrell Sprewell SF 6 5 190 1970-09-08 Alabama 10 Wally Szczerbiak SF 6 7 244 1977-03-05 Miami University 12 John Thomas basketball C 6 9 265 1975-09-08 Minnesota Flip Saunders (fired) Kevin McHale Sidney Lowe Jerry Sichting Randy Wittman Don Zierden Gregg Farnam (trainer) https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2005.html November 1, 2004 Regular season Season standings MIN MIN 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 gameKevin GarnettPF82 82 3,121 1,108 466 121 112 1,817 38.1 13.5 5.7 1.5 1.4 22.2Trenton HassellSG82 51 2,068 219 128 30 30 541 25.2 2.7 1.6 .4 .4 6.6Wally SzczerbiakSF 81 37 2,558 303 191 40 16 1,253 31.6 3.7 2.4 .5 .2 15.5Latrell SprewellSF 80 79 2,450 254 179 53 21 1,021 30.6 3.2 2.2 .7 .3 12.8Troy HudsonPG 79 32 1,729 105 283 27 6 691 21.9 1.3 3.6 .3 .1 8.7Fred HoibergSG 76 0 1,272 181 85 50 15 437 16.7 2.4 1.1 .7 .2 5.8Eddie Griffin basketballPF 70 0 1,492 453 53 23 118 527 21.3 6.5 .8 .3 1.7 7.5Anthony Carter basketballPG 66 12 742 69 161 35 18 181 11.2 1.0 2.4 .5 .3 2.7Michael OlowokandiC 62 34 1,215 324 29 15 56 368 19.6 5.2 .5 .2 .9 5.9Sam CassellPG 59 38 1,522 157 301 36 14 799 25.8 2.7 5.1 .6 .2 13.5Ervin JohnsonC 46 23 410 113 6 7 13 73 8.9 2.5 .1 .2 .3 1.6John Thomas basketballC 44 8 521 97 17 15 13 111 11.8 2.2 .4 .3 .3 2.5Mark Madsen basketballC 41 14 601 128 18 7 14 88 14.7 3.1 .4 .2 .3 2.1Ndudi EbiSG 2 0 54 16 1 1 1 27 27.0 8.0 .5 .5 .5 13.5 Awards and records Kevin Garnett, NBA All-Defensive First Team References Category:Minnesota Timberwolves seasons Category:2004 in sports in Minnesota Category:2005 in sports in Minnesota Minnesota