2006–07 Minnesota Timberwolves season

2006–07   Minnesota Timberwolves season
Head coach	Dwane Casey (fired 23 January 2007) Randy Wittman
General manager	Kevin McHale
Owner(s)	Glen Taylor
Arena	Target Center
Results
Record	32–50 (.390)
Place	Division: 4th (Northwest) Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	FSN North KSTC
Radio	KLCI
< 2005–06 2007–08 >

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. ^[1]

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

Main article: 2006 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	6	Brandon Roy	SG	United States	Washington
2	36	Craig Smith	PF	United States	Boston College
2	37	Bobby Jones		United States	Washington
2	57	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	F/C	Greece

Regular season

Season standings

Northwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	51	31	.634	-	31–10	20–21	10–6
x-Denver Nuggets	45	37	.549	6	23–18	22–19	9–7
Portland Trail Blazers	32	50	.390	19	18–23	14–27	7–9
Minnesota Timberwolves	32	50	.390	19	20–21	12–29	6–10
Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	20	20–21	11–30	8–8

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Dallas Mavericks	67	15	.817	-
2	y-Phoenix Suns	61	21	.744	6
3	x-San Antonio Spurs	58	24	.707	9
4	y-Utah Jazz	51	31	.622	16
5	x-Houston Rockets	52	30	.634	15
6	x-Denver Nuggets	45	37	.549	22
7	x-Los Angeles Lakers	42	40	.512	25
8	x-Golden State Warriors	42	40	.512	25
9	Los Angeles Clippers	40	42	.488	27
10	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	39	43	.476	28
11	Sacramento Kings	33	49	.402	34
12	Portland Trail Blazers	32	50	.390	35
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	32	50	.390	35
14	Seattle SuperSonics	31	51	.378	36
15	Memphis Grizzlies	22	60	.268	45

Roster

2006–07 Minnesota Timberwolves roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From C 30 Mark Blount 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1975-11-30 Pittsburgh SF 31 Ricky Davis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1979-09-23 Iowa PG 4 Randy Foye 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1983-09-24 Villanova PF 21 Kevin Garnett 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 253 lb (115 kg) 1976-05-19 Farragut Academy (IL) PF 41 Eddie Griffin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1982-05-30 Seton Hall SG 23 Trenton Hassell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 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 13 Mike James 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1975-06-23 Duquesne SG 55 Marko Jarić 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1978-10-12 Serbia C 35 Mark Madsen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1976-01-28 Stanford SG 1 Rashad McCants 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1984-09-25 North Carolina PF 9 Justin Reed 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1982-01-16 Mississippi PF 5 Craig Smith 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 272 lb (123 kg) 1983-11-10 Boston College SG 6 Bracey Wright 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1984-07-01 Indiana

Head coach Dwane Casey (fired) Randy Wittman Assistant(s) Aleksandar Džikić Rex Kalamian Bob Ociepka Vince Taylor Gregg Farnam (trainer) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Updated: July 13, 2006

Roster Notes

• Forward Eddie Griffin died in a car accident on August 17.

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mark Blount	C	82	81	2,544	505	67	43	58	1,010	31.0	6.2	.8	.5	.7	12.3
Mike James	PG	82	65	2,069	163	297	55	7	828	25.2	2.0	3.6	.7	.1	10.1
Randy Foye	PG	82	12	1,879	218	232	53	21	832	22.9	2.7	2.8	.6	.3	10.1
Craig Smith	PF	82	5	1,537	416	49	51	18	608	18.7	5.1	.6	.6	.2	7.4
Ricky Davis	SF	81	81	3,021	315	385	80	23	1,374	37.3	3.9	4.8	1.0	.3	17.0
Kevin Garnett	PF	76	76	2,995	975	313	89	126	1,704	39.4	12.8	4.1	1.2	1.7	22.4
Trenton Hassell	SG	76	68	2,223	243	203	22	26	512	29.3	3.2	2.7	.3	.3	6.7
Marko Jarić	SG	70	13	1,555	184	145	75	16	371	22.2	2.6	2.1	1.1	.2	5.3
Mark Madsen	C	56	0	473	87	10	10	10	61	8.4	1.6	.2	.2	.2	1.1
Justin Reed	PF	41	3	318	46	17	5	3	106	7.8	1.1	.4	.1	.1	2.6
Rashad McCants	SG	37	0	554	47	38	26	7	184	15.0	1.3	1.0	.7	.2	5.0
Troy Hudson	PG	34	6	554	48	73	14	2	202	16.3	1.4	2.1	.4	.1	5.9
Bracey Wright	SG	19	0	190	21	15	9	1	67	10.0	1.1	.8	.5	.1	3.5
Eddie Griffin	PF	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

1. 2006-07 Minnesota Timberwolves