2003–04 Minnesota Timberwolves season

The 2003–04 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 15th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] The season is one of the most memorable in Timberwolves history. During the offseason, the Timberwolves acquired 4-time All-Star guard Latrell Sprewell. The arrival was seen as controversial as Sprewell was known for his choking incident with then-Golden State Warriors head coach P. J. Carlesimo, though also known for helping the 8th-seeded New York Knicks to the NBA Finals in 1999.^[2] Sam Cassell, who was known for winning two championships with the Houston Rockets, and his tenure with the Milwaukee Bucks, where he helped guide the Bucks to the Eastern Conference finals in 2001,^[3] also was acquired to join Garnett, forming a "Big 3". The Timberwolves also signed free agents - former Number 1 Overall pick (in the 1998 draft) Michael Olowakandi and Trenton Hassell. With a Western Conference-best 58-24 finish, the Wolves set the franchise record for wins, and won its first and only division championship. Power forward Kevin Garnett averaged 24.2 points, a league-high 13.9 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.5 steals, and 2.2 blocks per game, winning the regular season Most Valuable Player Award.

2003–04 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Division champions
Head coach	Flip Saunders
General manager	Kevin McHale
Owner(s)	Glen Taylor
Arena	Target Center
Results
Record	58–24 (.707)
Place	Division: 1st (Midwest) Conference: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	Western Conference Finals (lost to Lakers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Fox Sports North
Radio	KFAN
< 2002–03 2004–05 >

In the first round of the playoffs, the Timberwolves defeated the Denver Nuggets in five games, which was their first ever win in a playoff series. The Wolves were then pushed to the limit in the semi-finals by the Sacramento Kings, who they narrowly defeated in a deciding seventh game. In the Western Conference Finals, they faced the Los Angeles Lakers, who had defeated them in the prior season's first round in six games. The Lakers team, known for its star-studded starting lineup consisting of Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Gary Payton, and Karl Malone, bested the Wolves in six games, where they would then would go on to lose in the NBA Finals against the Detroit Pistons in five games. Garnett, Cassell, and head coach Flip Saunders represented the Western Conference in the 2004 NBA All-Star Game. The 2004 All-Star Game was Cassell's only NBA All-Star appearance in his entire career.

After this season, the Timberwolves would not reign victorious in another playoff series until 2024, experiencing a lengthy drought of 21 seasons in which the Timberwolves would go on to defeat the Denver Nuggets in 7 games to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in two decades.

Offseason

NBA draft

Main article: 2003 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	26	Ndudi Ebi	Forward	Nigeria
2	55	Rick Rickert	Forward	United States	Minnesota

Roster

2003–04 Minnesota Timberwolves roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From PG 19 Sam Cassell 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1969-11-18 Florida State SF 44 Ndudi Ebi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1984-06-18 Westbury Christian HS (TX) PF 21 Kevin Garnett 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1976-05-19 Farragut Academy (IL) SG 23 Trenton Hassell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1979-03-04 Austin Peay SG 32 Fred Hoiberg 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1972-10-15 Iowa State PG 16 Troy Hudson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1976-03-13 Southern Illinois C 40 Ervin Johnson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1967-12-21 New Orleans C 35 Mark Madsen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1976-01-28 Stanford PG 15 Darrick Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1971-03-06 UCLA C 3 Oliver Miller 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1970-04-06 Arkansas C 34 Michael Olowokandi 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 269 lb (122 kg) 1975-04-03 Pacific SF 8 Latrell Sprewell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1970-09-08 Alabama SF 10 Wally Szczerbiak 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 244 lb (111 kg) 1977-03-05 Miami (OH) C 20 Gary Trent 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1974-09-22 Ohio

Head coach Flip Saunders Assistant(s) Greg Ballard Jerry Sichting Randy Wittman Don Zierden Gregg Farnam (trainer) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: January 30, 2004

Regular season

Standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Minnesota Timberwolves	58	24	.707	–	31–10	27–14	14–10
x-San Antonio Spurs	57	25	.695	1	33–8	24–17	15–9
x-Dallas Mavericks	52	30	.634	6	36–5	16–25	14–10
x-Memphis Grizzlies	50	32	.610	8	31–10	19–22	12–12
x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	13	27–14	18–23	8–16
x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	15	29–12	14–27	11–13
e-Utah Jazz	42	40	.512	16	28–13	14–27	10–14

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Minnesota Timberwolves	58	24	.707	–
2	y-Los Angeles Lakers	56	26	.683	2
3	x-San Antonio Spurs	57	25	.695	1
4	x-Sacramento Kings	55	27	.671	3
5	x-Dallas Mavericks	52	30	.634	6
6	x-Memphis Grizzlies	50	32	.610	8
7	x-Houston Rockets	45	37	.549	13
8	x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	15
9	e-Utah Jazz	42	40	.512	16
10	e-Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	17
11	e-Seattle SuperSonics	37	45	.451	21
12	e-Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	21
13	e-Phoenix Suns	29	53	.354	29
14	e-Los Angeles Clippers	28	54	.341	30

Record vs. opponents

2003-04 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	3–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–3	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2
Boston	1–3	–	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1
Chicago	1–3	2–1	–	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	1–3
Cleveland	3–1	1–3	2–2	–	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	4–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–2
Dallas	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	–	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Denver	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	–	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–0
Detroit	3–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0
Golden State	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	–	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Houston	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	–	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–0
Indiana	4–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1
L.A. Clippers	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	–	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–0	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–1	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	–	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
Memphis	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	–	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–3	2–0
Miami	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	1–1	–	1–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–0
Milwaukee	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	–	0–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	3–1
Minnesota	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0
New Jersey	3–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–1	–	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–0
New Orleans	2–2	4–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–2	–	1–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	3–1
New York	3–0	3–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	–	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	4–0
Orlando	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	–	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	4–0
Philadelphia	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	–	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
Portland	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	–	3–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1
Sacramento	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	–	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	4–0	4–0	2–2	–	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–0
Seattle	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–4	–	1–1	1–3	1–1
Toronto	3–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	1–3
Utah	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	3–1	1–1	–	1–1
Washington	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	—

Playoffs

2004 playoff game log
First round: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 18 Denver W 106–92 Sam Cassell (40) Kevin Garnett (20) Garnett, Sprewell (4) Target Center 18,503 1–0 2 April 21 Denver W 95–81 Latrell Sprewell (31) Kevin Garnett (22) Kevin Garnett (10) Target Center 18,101 2–0 3 April 24 @ Denver L 86–107 Latrell Sprewell (25) Kevin Garnett (11) Kevin Garnett (8) Pepsi Center 19,713 2–1 4 April 27 @ Denver W 84–82 Kevin Garnett (27) Kevin Garnett (14) Kevin Garnett (5) Pepsi Center 19,694 3–1 5 April 30 Denver W 102–91 Kevin Garnett (28) Garnett, Madsen (7) Kevin Garnett (8) Target Center 19,890 4–1
Conference Semi-finals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 4 Sacramento L 98–104 Sam Cassell (40) Kevin Garnett (18) Kevin Garnett (7) Target Center 18,792 0–1 2 May 8 Sacramento W 94–89 Kevin Garnett (28) Garnett, Johnson (11) Sam Cassell (7) Target Center 19,599 1–1 3 May 10 @ Sacramento W 114–113 (OT) Kevin Garnett (30) Kevin Garnett (15) Latrell Sprewell (6) ARCO Arena 17,317 2–1 4 May 12 @ Sacramento L 81–87 Kevin Garnett (19) Kevin Garnett (21) Cassell, Garnett (6) ARCO Arena 17,317 2–2 5 May 14 Sacramento W 86–74 Latrell Sprewell (34) Mark Madsen (13) Sam Cassell (7) Target Center 19,318 3–2 6 May 16 @ Sacramento L 87–104 Latrell Sprewell (27) Kevin Garnett (10) Kevin Garnett (5) ARCO Arena 17,317 3–3 7 May 19 Sacramento W 83–80 Kevin Garnett (32) Kevin Garnett (21) Sam Cassell (7) Target Center 19,944 4–3
Conference finals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 21 L.A. Lakers L 88–97 Latrell Sprewell (23) Kevin Garnett (10) Sam Cassell (8) Target Center 19,552 0–1 2 May 23 L.A. Lakers W 89–71 Kevin Garnett (24) Kevin Garnett (11) Latrell Sprewell (8) Target Center 19,707 1–1 3 May 25 @ L.A. Lakers L 89–100 Kevin Garnett (22) Kevin Garnett (11) Kevin Garnett (7) Staples Center 18,997 1–2 4 May 27 @ L.A. Lakers L 85–92 Kevin Garnett (28) Kevin Garnett (13) Kevin Garnett (9) Staples Center 18,997 1–3 5 May 29 L.A. Lakers W 98–96 Kevin Garnett (30) Kevin Garnett (19) Latrell Sprewell (5) Target Center 20,109 2–3 6 May 31 @ L.A. Lakers L 90–96 Latrell Sprewell (27) Kevin Garnett (17) Sprewell, Martin (5) Staples Center 18,997 2–4
2004 schedule

Awards and honors

Week/Month

• Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played November 16 through November 22.
• Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played December 14 through December 20.
• Sam Cassell was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played December 21 through December 27.
• Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played January 18 through January 24.
• Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played January 25 through January 31.
• Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Month for December.
• Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Month for January.
• Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Month for February.
• Kevin Garnett was named Western Conference Player of the Month for April.
• Flip Saunders was named Western Conference Coach of the Month for April.

All-Star

• Kevin Garnett was voted as a starter for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his seventh consecutive All-Star selection. Garnett finished first among Western Conference players in voting with 1,780,918 votes.
• Sam Cassell was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first and only All-Star selection.
• Flip Saunders coached the Western Conference to a 136–132 victory over the Eastern Conference.

Season

• Kevin Garnett received the Most Valuable Player Award.
• Kevin Garnett was named to the All-NBA First Team. Garnett also finished sixth in Defensive Player of the Year voting.
• Sam Cassell was named to the All-NBA Second Team. Cassell also finished tenth in MVP voting.

Injuries/Missed games

• 10/27/03: Troy Hudson: Sprained ankle; placed on injured list until December 20
• 10/29/03: Wally Szczerbiak: Inflamed arch in foot; placed on injured reserve until February 19
• 11/22/03: Michael Olowokandi: Knee tendinitis; out until November 28
• 11/26/03: Mark Madsen: Back spasms; out until December 9
• 12/05/03: Michael Olowokandi: Knee tendinitis; placed on injured list until February 20
• 12/12/03: Mark Madsen: Back spasms; out until December 20
• 12/20/03: Ervin Johnson: Personal reasons; did not play
• 12/26/03: Troy Hudson: Sprained ankle; out until January 19
• 01/10/04: Gary Trent: Sprained ankle; out until January 19
• 01/23/04: Ervin Johnson: Personal reasons; did not play
• 01/25/04: Ervin Johnson: Personal reasons; did not play
• 02/01/04: Troy Hudson: Sprained ankle; out until February 17
• 02/19/04: Ndudi Ebi: Knee tendinitis; placed on injured list for rest of season
• 02/25/04: Sam Cassell: Ankle tendinitis; did not play
• 02/27/04: Wally Szczerbiak: Flu; did not play
• 03/21/04: Troy Hudson: Sore ankle; did not play
• 03/23/04: Troy Hudson: Sore ankle; did not play
• 03/31/04: Troy Hudson: Sprained ankle; placed on injured list for rest of season
• 04/27/04: Wally Szczerbiak: Cracked vertebrae; out until May 14
• 05/29/04: Sam Cassell: Back spasms; did not play
• 05/31/04: Sam Cassell: Back spasms; did not play

^[4]

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Kevin Garnett	PF	82	82	3,231	1,139	409	120	178	1,987	39.4	13.9	5.0	1.5	2.2	24.2
Latrell Sprewell	SF	82	82	3,100	310	286	88	21	1,375	37.8	3.8	3.5	1.1	.3	16.8
Sam Cassell	PG	81	81	2,838	271	592	102	18	1,603	35.0	3.3	7.3	1.3	.2	19.8
Trenton Hassell	SG	81	74	2,264	257	133	36	54	406	28.0	3.2	1.6	.4	.7	5.0
Fred Hoiberg	SG	79	3	1,804	268	109	66	10	530	22.8	3.4	1.4	.8	.1	6.7
Mark Madsen	C	72	12	1,246	272	28	33	18	259	17.3	3.8	.4	.5	.3	3.6
Gary Trent	C	68	2	1,025	216	49	12	17	379	15.1	3.2	.7	.2	.3	5.6
Ervin Johnson	C	66	47	965	232	24	27	43	127	14.6	3.5	.4	.4	.7	1.9
Oliver Miller	C	48	1	506	130	36	19	26	121	10.5	2.7	.8	.4	.5	2.5
Michael Olowokandi	C	43	25	925	245	24	16	68	278	21.5	5.7	.6	.4	1.6	6.5
Keith McLeod	PG	33	0	391	34	59	16	1	88	11.8	1.0	1.8	.5	.0	2.7
Troy Hudson	PG	29	1	503	35	70	7	0	218	17.3	1.2	2.4	.2	.0	7.5
Wally Szczerbiak	SF	28	0	622	88	33	12	1	285	22.2	3.1	1.2	.4	.0	10.2
Ndudi Ebi	SF	17	0	32	3	3	0	4	13	1.9	.2	.2	.0	.2	.8
Darrick Martin	PG	16	0	172	7	23	2	1	55	10.8	.4	1.4	.1	.1	3.4
Quincy Lewis	SF	14	0	65	7	2	2	2	16	4.6	.5	.1	.1	.1	1.1
Anthony Goldwire†	PG	5	0	66	6	10	3	0	13	13.2	1.2	2.0	.6	.0	2.6

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

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Kevin Garnett	PF	18	18	783	263	92	24	41	438	43.5	14.6	5.1	1.3	2.3	24.3
Latrell Sprewell	SF	18	18	771	79	72	29	12	357	42.8	4.4	4.0	1.6	.7	19.8
Trenton Hassell	SG	18	18	472	44	27	10	7	138	26.2	2.4	1.5	.6	.4	7.7
Ervin Johnson	C	18	16	356	84	13	11	10	48	19.8	4.7	.7	.6	.6	2.7
Fred Hoiberg	SG	18	0	438	66	23	16	0	115	24.3	3.7	1.3	.9	.0	6.4
Mark Madsen	C	17	0	222	58	2	5	4	47	13.1	3.4	.1	.3	.2	2.8
Sam Cassell	PG	16	15	497	40	70	12	3	265	31.1	2.5	4.4	.8	.2	16.6
Darrick Martin	PG	16	3	182	14	23	4	0	50	11.4	.9	1.4	.3	.0	3.1
Michael Olowokandi	C	15	2	224	52	2	2	11	31	14.9	3.5	.1	.1	.7	2.1
Gary Trent	C	13	0	71	12	2	0	0	21	5.5	.9	.2	.0	.0	1.6
Wally Szczerbiak	SF	12	0	298	39	20	6	2	142	24.8	3.3	1.7	.5	.2	11.8
Oliver Miller	C	8	0	31	5	1	0	3	3	3.9	.6	.1	.0	.4	.4

Transactions

Trades

June 27, 2003	To Milwaukee Bucks---- Anthony Peeler Joe Smith	To Minnesota Timberwolves---- Sam Cassell Ervin Johnson
July 23, 2003	To Philadelphia 76ers---- Marc Jackson Glenn Robinson 2006 second-round draft pick ( Daniel Gibson)	To Atlanta Hawks---- Terrell Brandon Randy Holcomb 2007 protected first-round draft pick
To New York Knicks---- Keith Van Horn	To Minnesota Timberwolves---- Latrell Sprewell

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Former Team
July 16, 2003	Michael Olowokandi	Signed 3-year contract for $16.2 million	Los Angeles Clippers
July 28, 2003	Fred Hoiberg	Signed 1-year contract for $938,679	Chicago Bulls
July 28, 2003	Mark Madsen	Signed 2-year contract for $1.4 million	Los Angeles Lakers
September 30, 2003	Quincy Lewis	Undisclosed	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
September 30, 2003	Keith McLeod	Undisclosed	Basket Livorno (Italy)
October 25, 2003	Keith McLeod	Undisclosed	Minnesota Timberwolves
October 29, 2003	Trenton Hassell	Signed 1-year contract for $638,679	Chicago Bulls
December 13, 2003	Oliver Miller	Signed 1-year contract for $686,838	Fujian Xunxing (China)
January 7, 2004	Anthony Goldwire	Signed two 10-day contracts	Yakima Sun Kings (CBA)
January 30, 2004	Darrick Martin	Signed two 10-day contracts	Harlem Globetrotters
March 31, 2004	Darrick Martin	Signed for rest of season	Minnesota Timberwolves

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason Left	New Team
May 7, 2003	Igor Rakočević	Waived	Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
October 21, 2003	Keith McLeod	Waived	Minnesota Timberwolves
December 20, 2003	Quincy Lewis	Waived	Lucentum Alicante (Spain)
January 7, 2004	Keith McLeod	Waived	Yakima Sun Kings (CBA)
January 26, 2004	Anthony Goldwire	Waived	Aris (Greece)
February 20, 2004	Darrick Martin	10-day contract expired	Minnesota Timberwolves

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