1991–92 Minnesota Timberwolves season

The 1991–92 NBA season was the third season for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association.^[1] The Timberwolves received the seventh overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft, and selected Australian center Luc Longley from the University of New Mexico,^[2][3][4][5] and hired Jimmy Rodgers as their new head coach.

1991–92 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Head coach	Jimmy Rodgers
Arena	Target Center
Results
Record	15–67 (.183)
Place	Division: 6th (Midwest) Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KSTP-TV/KITN-TV (Kevin Harlan, Quinn Buckner, Chet Coppock, Tom Hanneman) Prime Sports Upper Midwest (Jerry Schemmel, Greg Kelser, Robb Leer)
Radio	KFAN (Kevin Harlan, Chad Hartman)
< 1990–91 1992–93 >

The Timberwolves began their season amidst a blizzard when a one-day record 24 inches or 0.61 metres of snow fell as they lost to the Utah Jazz 112–97 on November 1, 1991. Early into the regular season, the team traded Tyrone Corbin to the Jazz in exchange for Thurl Bailey.^[6][7][8] The Timberwolves continued to get worse with an awful 8–38 start around the All-Star Break, and then posted a 16-game losing streak in March, finishing in last place in the Midwest Division with a 15–67 record (.183),^[9] which remains the equal lowest winning percentage in the franchise's history,^[10] alongside the 2009–10 Timberwolves.

Following the season, Tony Campbell was traded to the New York Knicks,^[11][12][13] and Pooh Richardson and Sam Mitchell were both dealt to the Indiana Pacers.^[14][15][16]

Draft picks

Main article: 1991 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Luc Longley	C	Australia	New Mexico
2	34	Myron Brown	G	United States	Slippery Rock

Roster

1991–92 Minnesota Timberwolves roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From PF 41 Thurl Bailey 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) –– NC State C 45 Randy Breuer 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 230 lb (104 kg) –– Minnesota PG 1 Scott Brooks 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) –– UC Irvine SF 19 Tony Campbell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) –– Ohio State SG 4 Gerald Glass 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 221 lb (100 kg) –– Mississippi C 13 Luc Longley 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 265 lb (120 kg) –– New Mexico PF 42 Sam Mitchell 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) –– Mercer PF 9 Tod Murphy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) –– UC Irvine PF 52 Mark Randall 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) –– Kansas PG 24 Pooh Richardson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) –– UCLA C 50 Felton Spencer 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) –– Louisville SG 5 Doug West 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) –– Villanova

Head coach Jimmy Rodgers Assistant(s) Jim Brewer Sidney Lowe Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	—	37–4	18–23	20–6
x-San Antonio Spurs	47	35	.573	8	31–10	16–25	18–8
Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	13	28–13	14–27	12–14
Denver Nuggets	24	58	.293	31	18–23	6–35	8–18
Dallas Mavericks	22	60	.268	33	15–26	7–34	11–15
Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	40	9–32	6–35	9–17

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Portland Trail Blazers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Golden State Warriors	55	27	.671	2
4	x-Phoenix Suns	53	29	.646	4
5	x-San Antonio Spurs	47	35	.573	10
6	x-Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573	10
7	x-Los Angeles Clippers	45	37	.549	12
8	x-Los Angeles Lakers	43	39	.524	14
9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	28
11	Denver Nuggets	24	58	.293	33
12	Dallas Mavericks	22	60	.268	35
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1991-92 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–1	2–2	0–5	0–5	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2
Boston	1–3	—	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	5–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	1–3	—	0–4	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	1–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2
Chicago	5–0	3–1	4–0	—	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0
Cleveland	5–0	1–3	3–2	2–3	—	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Dallas	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	3–2	0–2	0–4	4–2	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–5	0–4	1–4	0–2
Denver	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–3	—	0–2	0–4	2–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–4	1–3	1–5	1–1
Detroit	4–1	0–4	4–1	1–4	1–3	2–0	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	—	2–2	2–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	5–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–0
Houston	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–2	0–2	2–2	—	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	1–4	2–0
Indiana	4–1	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–5	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–0	—	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–3	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–3	2–2	0–2	3–2	—	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
Miami	2–2	2–3	3–1	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	—	4–0	2–0	2–2	1–4	3–1	1–4	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0
Milwaukee	1–3	2–2	3–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	—	2–0	0–4	1–3	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	1–1	0–4	2–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	—	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–6	0–4	2–3	0–2
New Jersey	1–3	3–2	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	—	2–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3
New York	2–2	2–3	4–0	0–4	0–4	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	—	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	4–0
Orlando	2–2	0–5	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–3	1–4	—	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3
Philadelphia	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–3	2–3	—	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	5–0
Phoenix	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	—	3–2	4–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0
Portland	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	3–2	1–3	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	—	5–0	2–2	4–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–5	1–3	1–1	3–2	1–4	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	0–5	—	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	5–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	—	3–1	1–4	0–2
Seattle	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–4	4–1	1–3	—	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	5–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	4–1	1–3	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	0–4	3–2	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Pooh Richardson	PG	82	82	2,922	301	685	119	25	1,350	35.6	3.7	8.4	1.5	.3	16.5
Sam Mitchell	PF	82	63	2,151	473	94	53	39	825	26.2	5.8	1.1	.6	.5	10.1
Scott Brooks	PG	82	0	1,082	99	205	66	7	417	13.2	1.2	2.5	.8	.1	5.1
Doug West	SG	80	72	2,540	257	281	66	26	1,116	31.8	3.2	3.5	.8	.3	14.0
Tony Campbell	SF	78	41	2,441	286	229	84	31	1,307	31.3	3.7	2.9	1.1	.4	16.8
Gerald Glass	SF	75	41	1,822	260	175	66	30	859	24.3	3.5	2.3	.9	.4	11.5
Thurl Bailey†	PF	71	18	1,777	407	59	30	102	829	25.0	5.7	.8	.4	1.4	11.7
Randy Breuer	C	67	25	1,176	281	89	27	99	363	17.6	4.2	1.3	.4	1.5	5.4
Luc Longley	C	66	3	991	257	53	35	64	281	15.0	3.9	.8	.5	1.0	4.3
Felton Spencer	C	61	54	1,481	435	53	27	79	405	24.3	7.1	.9	.4	1.3	6.6
Tod Murphy	PF	47	3	429	110	11	9	8	98	9.1	2.3	.2	.2	.2	2.1
Mark Randall†	PF	39	0	374	62	26	12	3	145	9.6	1.6	.7	.3	.1	3.7
Tom Garrick†	SG	15	0	112	9	18	7	3	29	7.5	.6	1.2	.5	.2	1.9
Tyrone Corbin†	SF	11	8	344	69	33	12	6	158	31.3	6.3	3.0	1.1	.5	14.4
Tellis Frank	PF	10	0	140	26	8	5	4	46	14.0	2.6	.8	.5	.4	4.6
Myron Brown	PG	4	0	23	3	6	1	0	9	5.8	.8	1.5	.3	.0	2.3

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Timberwolves only.