2009–10 Minnesota Timberwolves season

The 2009–10 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 21st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association.^[1]

2009–10 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Head coach	Kurt Rambis
President	David Kahn
General manager	David Kahn
Owner(s)	Glen Taylor
Arena	Target Center
Results
Record	15–67 (.183)
Place	Division: 5th (Northwest) Conference: 15th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Fox Sports North KSTC
Radio	KFAN
< 2008–09 2010–11 >

Key dates

• June 25 – The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 8 – The free agency period started.

Summary

NBA Draft 2009

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

The Timberwolves, thanks to various trades, had six picks in the 2009 draft. They had four first-round picks at the #5, #6, #18, and #28 slots, as well as the #45 and #47 picks in the second.

Their first pick was Spanish teenage point guard sensation Ricky Rubio, followed immediately by another point guard, Syracuse sophomore Jonny Flynn. At #18, they picked yet another point guard, North Carolina's Ty Lawson. Their final first-rounder was Lawson's backcourt mate, shooting guard Wayne Ellington.

In the second round, the Timberwolves selected a fourth point guard, Nick Calathes of Florida. The team's final selection was Henk Norel, a Dutch power forward who was Rubio's teammate at Spanish club power Joventut Badalona.

The glut of point guards was partially resolved when the Timberwolves traded the rights to Lawson to the Denver Nuggets and Calathes to the Dallas Mavericks. In any event, Calathes was not expected to join the NBA in the near future, as he has signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Panathinaikos, one of the strongest clubs in his ancestral home of Greece.

Draft picks

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	5	Ricky Rubio(from Washington)	PG	Spain	DKV Joventut (Spain)
1	6	Jonny Flynn	PG	United States	Syracuse (So.)
1	18	Ty Lawson(from Miami, traded to Denver)	PG	United States	North Carolina (Jr.)
1	28	Wayne Ellington(from Boston)	SG	United States	North Carolina (Jr.)
2	45	Nick Calathes(from Philadelphia via Miami, traded to Dallas)	PG	United States  Greece	Florida (So.)
2	47	Henk Norel(from Miami)	PF	Netherlands	DKV Joventut (Spain)

Roster

2009–10 Minnesota Timberwolves roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From SG 22 Corey Brewer 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1986-03-05 Florida PF 14 Brian Cardinal 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1977-05-02 Purdue SG 19 Wayne Ellington 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1987-11-29 North Carolina PG 10 Jonny Flynn 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1989-02-06 Syracuse SF 8 Ryan Gomes 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1982-09-01 Providence C 1 Ryan Hollins 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1984-10-10 UCLA C 15 Nathan Jawai (DL) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1986-10-10 Midland College C 25 Al Jefferson 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1985-01-04 Prentiss HS (MS) PF 42 Kevin Love 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1988-09-07 UCLA C 31 Darko Miličić 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1985-06-20 Serbia SF 11 Aleksandar Pavlović 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1983-11-15 Serbia C 4 Oleksiy Pecherov  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 234 lb (106 kg) 1985-12-08 Ukraine PG 7 Ramon Sessions 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986-04-11 Nevada SF 3 Damien Wilkins 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980-01-11 Georgia

Head coach Kurt Rambis Assistant(s) J. B. Bickerstaff Bill Laimbeer Reggie Theus Dave Wohl Gregg Farnam (trainer) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Updated: April 14, 2010

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 23 (in Sioux Falls, South Dakota)	Toronto Raptors		Minnesota Timberwolves

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	53	29	.646	–	34–7	19–22	12–4
x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	–	32–9	21–20	8–8
x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	3	26–15	24–17	8–8
x-Oklahoma City Thunder	50	32	.610	3	27–14	23–18	9–7
Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	38	10–31	5–36	3–13

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	3
4	y-Denver Nuggets	53	29	.646	4
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	4
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	7
7	x-San Antonio Spurs	50	32	.610	7
8	x-Oklahoma City Thunder	50	32	.610	7
9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Memphis Grizzlies	40	42	.488	17
11	New Orleans Hornets	37	45	.451	20
12	Los Angeles Clippers	29	53	.354	28
13	Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	31
14	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	32
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

Record vs. opponents

2009-10 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	OKC	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	4–0
Boston	0–4	–	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–1
Charlotte	2–2	0–3	–	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	4–0
Chicago	1–3	2–2	3–1	–	2–2	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–1
Cleveland	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	–	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Dallas	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	–	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	–	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1
Detroit	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	4–0
Golden State	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	–	0–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–3	2–0	0–3	0–2
Houston	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–0	–	0–2	2–1	1–3	4–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Indiana	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	1–1	4–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	–	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	0–2	1–3	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	–	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–0	2–2	1–2	–	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0
Miami	3–1	0–3	1–3	3–1	0–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	1–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	–	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–2
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	–	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–2	1–1
New Jersey	0–3	1–3	2–2	2–1	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	–	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–4
New Orleans	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	–	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–1
New York	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	2–2	2–0	–	0–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	3–1
Oklahoma City	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–0
Orlando	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	–	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–4	–	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–3
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	–	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–0
Portland	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	–	4–0	3–0	2–0	0–4	1–1
Sacramento	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–4	–	0–4	1–1	2–1	1–1
San Antonio	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	4–0	–	1–1	0–4	2–0
Toronto	1–3	0–4	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	2–1
Utah	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	4–0	2–0	–	2–0
Washington	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	—

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Corey Brewer	SG	82	82	2,482	279	193	117	29	1,066	30.3	3.4	2.4	1.4	.4	13.0
Ramon Sessions	PG	82	1	1,732	214	258	55	5	674	21.1	2.6	3.1	.7	.1	8.2
Jonny Flynn	PG	81	81	2,339	191	356	82	2	1,094	28.9	2.4	4.4	1.0	.0	13.5
Damien Wilkins	SF	80	31	1,585	249	135	66	25	451	19.8	3.1	1.7	.8	.3	5.6
Al Jefferson	C	76	76	2,463	703	137	63	98	1,301	32.4	9.3	1.8	.8	1.3	17.1
Ryan Gomes	SF	76	64	2,210	348	124	62	16	832	29.1	4.6	1.6	.8	.2	10.9
Wayne Ellington	SG	76	1	1,384	159	74	20	5	505	18.2	2.1	1.0	.3	.1	6.6
Ryan Hollins	C	73	27	1,223	207	51	19	38	447	16.8	2.8	.7	.3	.5	6.1
Aleksandar Pavlović	SF	71	0	877	117	58	23	6	263	12.4	1.6	.8	.3	.1	3.7
Kevin Love	PF	60	22	1,714	658	136	43	23	842	28.6	11.0	2.3	.7	.4	14.0
Oleksiy Pecherov	C	44	5	447	124	11	9	14	197	10.2	2.8	.3	.2	.3	4.5
Nathan Jawai	C	39	2	412	104	24	10	9	124	10.6	2.7	.6	.3	.2	3.2
Brian Cardinal	PF	29	0	267	29	24	9	3	48	9.2	1.0	.8	.3	.1	1.7
Darko Miličić†	C	24	18	614	133	43	18	33	199	25.6	5.5	1.8	.8	1.4	8.3
Alando Tucker†	SF	4	0	25	3	1	0	0	8	6.3	.8	.3	.0	.0	2.0
Jason Hart†	PG	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	5.0	.0	1.0	1.0	.0	.0

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