1993–94 Minnesota Timberwolves season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the fifth season for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association.^[1] The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota hosted the 1994 NBA All-Star Game at the Target Center. The Timberwolves received the fifth overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft, and selected shooting guard Isaiah Rider from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,^[2][3][4] and acquired Mike Brown from the Utah Jazz during the off-season.^[5][6][7]

1993–94 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Head coach	Sidney Lowe
Arena	Target Center
Results
Record	20–62 (.244)
Place	Division: 5th (Midwest) Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KARE KITN-TV Prime Sports Upper Midwest
Radio	KFAN
< 1992–93 1994–95 >

The Timberwolves continued to struggle losing their first five games of the regular season, then posted two 7-game losing streaks in December and February, holding a 14–32 record at the All-Star break.^[8] At mid-season, the team traded Luc Longley to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Stacey King.^[9][10][11] The Timberwolves posted an 8-game losing streak in March, and lost their final ten games of the season, finishing in fifth place in the Midwest Division with a 20–62 record.^[12]

Second-year star Christian Laettner averaged 16.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.2 blocks per game, while Rider finished second on the team in scoring with 16.6 points per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and also won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest during the NBA All-Star weekend.^[13][14][15] In addition, Doug West provided the team with 14.7 points per game, while Michael Williams contributed 13.7 points, 7.2 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and Chuck Person provided with 11.6 points per game, and led the Timberwolves with 100 three-point field goals. Meanwhile, Thurl Bailey contributed 7.4 points per game, while second-year guard Chris Smith provided with 5.9 points and 3.5 assists per game, and Brown averaged 3.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.^[16]

Following the season, the Timberwolves were nearly sold to a group of investors that would have moved the team to New Orleans, Louisiana, despite the stellar attendance at the Target Center. However, the NBA Board of Governors vetoed the sale, and new owner Glen Taylor promised to keep the team in Minneapolis.^[17][18][19]

Also following the season, Person signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs,^[20][21][22] while Bailey retired, and head coach Sidney Lowe was fired.^[23]

Draft picks

Main article: 1993 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	Isaiah Rider	SG	United States	Nevada-Las Vegas
2	29	Sherron Mills	F	United States	Virginia Commonwealth

Roster

1993–94 Minnesota Timberwolves roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From F 41 Thurl Bailey 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) –– NC State C 40 Mike Brown 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 257 lb (117 kg) –– George Washington F 23 Brian Davis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) –– Duke F 32 Tellis Frank 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) –– Western Kentucky C 51 Andrés Guibert 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) –– Cuba G 7 Stanley Jackson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) –– UAB C 21 Stacey King 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) –– Oklahoma F 32 Christian Laettner 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) –– Duke F 25 Marlon Maxey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) –– UTEP F 45 Chuck Person 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) –– Auburn G 34 Isaiah Rider 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) –– UNLV G 3 Chris Smith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) –– Connecticut F 5 Doug West 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) –– Villanova G 4 Micheal Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) –– Baylor

Head coach Sidney Lowe Assistant(s) Jim Brewer Chuck Davisson Bob Weinhauer Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Houston Rockets	58	24	.707	—	35–6	23–18	15–11
x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	3	32–9	23–18	16–10
x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	5	33–8	20–21	21–5
x-Denver Nuggets	42	40	.512	16	28–13	14–27	14–12
Minnesota Timberwolves	20	62	.244	38	13–28	7–34	5–21
Dallas Mavericks	13	69	.159	45	6–35	7–34	7–19

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Seattle SuperSonics	63	19	.768	–
2	y-Houston Rockets	58	24	.707	5
3	x-Phoenix Suns	56	26	.683	7
4	x-San Antonio Spurs	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	10
6	x-Golden State Warriors	50	32	.610	13
7	x-Portland Trail Blazers	47	35	.573	16
8	x-Denver Nuggets	42	40	.512	21
9	Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	30
10	Sacramento Kings	28	54	.341	35
11	Los Angeles Clippers	27	55	.329	36
12	Minnesota Timberwolves	20	62	.244	43
13	Dallas Mavericks	13	69	.159	50

Record vs. opponents

1993-94 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	—	4–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Boston	0–4	—	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Charlotte	1–4	4–0	—	1–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Chicago	3–2	2–2	4–1	—	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	1–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	—	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
Detroit	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–5	2–3	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	—	0–4	1–1	4–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Indiana	2–3	4–0	2–2	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	—	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	2–2	1–1
Miami	1–3	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	—	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–4	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	—	4–1	0–5	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–4	—	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–0
Orlando	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–3	—	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1
Philadelphia	0–4	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–4	—	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	—	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	—	1–3	0–5	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	—	0–4	0–5	2–0
Seattle	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	5–0	4–0	—	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	—	2–0
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–5	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	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
Mike Brown	C	82	40	1,921	447	72	51	29	299	23.4	5.5	.9	.6	.4	3.6
Chris Smith	PG	80	16	1,617	122	285	38	18	473	20.2	1.5	3.6	.5	.2	5.9
Isaiah Rider	SG	79	60	2,415	315	202	54	28	1,313	30.6	4.0	2.6	.7	.4	16.6
Thurl Bailey	PF	79	3	1,297	215	54	20	58	583	16.4	2.7	.7	.3	.7	7.4
Chuck Person	SF	77	37	2,029	253	185	45	12	894	26.4	3.3	2.4	.6	.2	11.6
Doug West	SG	72	61	2,182	231	172	65	24	1,056	30.3	3.2	2.4	.9	.3	14.7
Micheal Williams	PG	71	66	2,206	221	512	118	24	971	31.1	3.1	7.2	1.7	.3	13.7
Christian Laettner	PF	70	67	2,428	602	307	87	86	1,173	34.7	8.6	4.4	1.2	1.2	16.8
Brian Davis	SF	68	3	374	55	22	16	4	131	5.5	.8	.3	.2	.1	1.9
Tellis Frank	PF	67	11	959	220	57	35	35	188	14.3	3.3	.9	.5	.5	2.8
Marlon Maxey	PF	55	2	626	199	10	16	33	248	11.4	3.6	.2	.3	.6	4.5
Luc Longley†	C	49	29	989	295	46	35	58	324	20.2	6.0	.9	.7	1.2	6.6
Stacey King†	C	18	15	516	109	19	13	30	213	28.7	6.1	1.1	.7	1.7	11.8
Stanley Jackson	SG	17	0	92	27	16	5	0	38	5.4	1.6	.9	.3	.0	2.2
Andrés Guibert	C	5	0	33	16	2	0	1	15	6.6	3.2	.4	.0	.2	3.0
Corey Williams	PG	4	0	46	6	6	2	0	11	11.5	1.5	1.5	.5	.0	2.8

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

Awards and records

• Isaiah Rider, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

Transactions

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Brian Davis		Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez