2005–06 Minnesota Timberwolves season

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2005–06   Minnesota Timberwolves season
Head coach Dwane Casey
General manager Kevin McHale
Owner(s) Glen Taylor
Arena Target Center
Results
Record3349 (.402)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Northwest)
Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television KSTC
FSN North
Radio KFAN
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The 2005-06 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the team's 17th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 44-38 output from the previous season. However, they came eleven wins shy of tying it, finishing 33-49 and missing the playoffs for the second straight season. [1]

Contents

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
114 Rashad McCants SGFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina
247 Bracey Wright GFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana

Roster

2005–06 Minnesota Timberwolves roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.PlayerHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 3 Marcus Banks 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)205 lb (93 kg)1981-11-19 UNLV
C 30 Mark Blount 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)250 lb (113 kg)1975-11-30 Pittsburgh
PG 7 Anthony Carter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)190 lb (86 kg)1975-06-16 Hawaiʻi
SF 31 Ricky Davis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)195 lb (88 kg)1979-09-23 Iowa
SF 12 Ronald Dupree 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)210 lb (95 kg)1981-01-26 LSU
PF 21 Kevin Garnett 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)220 lb (100 kg)1976-05-19 Farragut Academy (IL)
C 41 Eddie Griffin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)240 lb (109 kg)1982-05-30 Seton Hall
SG 23 Trenton Hassell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)233 lb (106 kg)1979-03-04 Austin Peay
PG 16 Troy Hudson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)170 lb (77 kg)1976-03-13 Southern Illinois
PG 55 Marko Jarić 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)198 lb (90 kg)1978-10-12 Serbia
C 35 Mark Madsen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)245 lb (111 kg)1976-01-28 Stanford
SG 1 Rashad McCants 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)207 lb (94 kg)1984-09-25 North Carolina
SF 9 Justin Reed 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)240 lb (109 kg)1982-01-16 Mississippi
SG 6 Bracey Wright  (DL)6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)210 lb (95 kg)1984-07-01 Indiana
Head coach
Assistant(s)

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured

Roster
Updated: April 10, 2006

Regular season

Season standings

W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Denver Nuggets 4438.537-26–1518–2310–6
Utah Jazz 4141.500322–1919–2211–5
Seattle SuperSonics 3547.427922–1913–2810–6
Minnesota Timberwolves 3349.4021124–179–326–10
Portland Trail Blazers 2161.2562315–266–353–13
#
Team W L PCT GB
1c-San Antonio Spurs 6319.768-
2y-Phoenix Suns 5428.6599
3y-Denver Nuggets 4438.53719
4x-Dallas Mavericks 6022.7323
5x-Memphis Grizzlies 4933.59814
6x-Los Angeles Clippers 4735.57316
7x-Los Angeles Lakers 4537.54918
8x-Sacramento Kings 4438.53719
9 Utah Jazz 4141.50022
10 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets 3844.46325
11 Seattle SuperSonics 3547.42728
12 Golden State Warriors 3448.41529
13 Houston Rockets 3448.41529
14 Minnesota Timberwolves 3349.40230
15 Portland Trail Blazers 2161.25642

Game log

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player POS GP GS MP REB AST STL BLK PTS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rashad McCants SG79121,36214363442262717.21.8.8.6.37.9
Trenton Hassell SG77672,514216203432971032.62.82.6.6.49.2
Kevin Garnett PF76762,9579663081041071,65638.912.74.11.41.421.8
Marko Jarić PG75492,1022332931082158728.03.13.91.4.37.8
Eddie Griffin C70271,359389401314832019.45.6.6.22.14.6
Mark Madsen C6276761411123177410.92.3.2.4.31.2
Anthony Carter PG4585896210124915013.11.42.2.5.23.3
Mark Blount C42301,15720333254042927.54.8.8.61.010.2
Wally Szczerbiak SF40401,555190112211580538.94.82.8.5.420.1
Marcus Banks PG40281,228116188471147930.72.94.71.2.312.0
Justin Reed SF4067069534181125017.72.4.9.5.36.3
Ricky Davis SF36361,46016417342868940.64.64.81.2.219.1
Troy Hudson PG3608004410612434222.21.22.9.3.19.5
Ronald Dupree SF3602654914120807.41.4.4.3.02.2
Michael Olowokandi C322475217917192719323.55.6.5.6.86.0
Richie Frahm SG250225231532669.0.9.6.1.12.6
Bracey Wright SG70135185106219.32.6.7.1.08.9
Nikoloz Tskitishvili PF5013200032.6.4.0.0.0.6
  • Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Timberwolves only.

Awards and records

Transactions

References