2007–08 Minnesota Timberwolves season

2007–08 Minnesota Timberwolves season
2007–08 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Head coach	Randy Wittman
General manager	Kevin McHale
Owner(s)	Glen Taylor
Arena	Target Center
Results
Record	22–60 (.268)
Place	Division: 4th (Northwest); Conference: 14th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN North; KSTC;
Radio	KLCI
< 2006–07	2008–09 >

The 2007–08 Minnesota Timberwolves season was their 19th season in the NBA and their first since the 1994-95 season that Kevin Garnett was not on the roster as he was traded to the Boston Celtics during the summer.

Players warming up prior to a January 2008 Wolves home game versus the Phoenix Suns.

Draft picks

Minnesota's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	7	Corey Brewer	Forward	United States	Florida
2	41	Chris Richard	Power Forward	United States	Florida

Roster

2007–08 Minnesota Timberwolves roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SF	22	Brewer, Corey	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1986-03-05	Florida
SG	7	Buckner, Greg	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1976-09-16	Clemson
C	51	Doleac, Michael	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	262 lb (119 kg)	1977-06-15	Utah
PG	4	Foye, Randy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	1983-09-24	Villanova
PF	8	Gomes, Ryan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1982-09-01	Providence
SG	55	Jarić, Marko	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	1978-10-12	Serbia
C	25	Jefferson, Al	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	256 lb (116 kg)	1985-01-04	Prentiss HS (MS)
PF	35	Madsen, Mark	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1976-01-28	Stanford
SG	1	McCants, Rashad	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	1984-09-25	North Carolina
C	32	Richard, Chris	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	1984-12-25	Florida
PF	5	Smith, Craig	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	272 lb (123 kg)	1983-11-10	Boston College
SF	30	Snyder, Kirk	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1983-06-05	Nevada
PG	3	Telfair, Sebastian	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	1985-06-09	Lincoln HS (NY)
PF	24	Walker, Antoine	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1976-08-12	Kentucky

Head coach

Randy Wittman

Assistant coach(es)

J. B. Bickerstaff
Brent Haskins
Bob Ociepka
Ed Pinckney
Jerry Sichting
Gregg Farnam (trainer)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 29, 2008

Regular season

Season standings

Northwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Utah Jazz	54	28	.659	–	37–4	17–24	13–3
x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	4	33–8	17–24	10–6
Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	13	28–13	13–28	10–6
Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	32	15–26	7–34	3–13
Seattle SuperSonics	20	62	.244	34	13–28	7–34	6–10

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-New Orleans Hornets	56	26	.683	1
3	x-San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	1
4	y-Utah Jazz	54	28	.659	3
5	x-Houston Rockets	55	27	.671	2
6	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	2
7	x-Dallas Mavericks	51	31	.622	6
8	x-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	7

9	Golden State Warriors	48	34	.585	9
10	Portland Trail Blazers	41	41	.500	16
11	Sacramento Kings	38	44	.463	19
12	Los Angeles Clippers	23	59	.280	34
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	35
14	Memphis Grizzlies	22	60	.268	35
15	Seattle SuperSonics	20	62	.244	37

Record vs. opponents

2007-08 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	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	—	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–0	—	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–3
Charlotte	2–2	1–3	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3
Chicago	2–2	0–4	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2
Cleveland	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	—	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–0
Detroit	4–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	–	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0
Houston	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Indiana	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	–	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–1
Miami	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–4
Milwaukee	2–2	0–4	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1
New Orleans	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2
New York	0–4	0–4	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	—	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	—	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2
Toronto	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–3
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	—

Game log

2007–08 game log

November

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	November 2	Nuggets	91–99	McCants (23)	Jefferson (13)	Telfair (5)	Target Center 19,443	0–1
2	November 4	@ Knicks	93–97	Gomes (19)	Jefferson (12)	Telfair (7)	Madison Square Garden 19,763	0–2
3	November 6	Magic	103–111	Jefferson (25)	Jefferson (10)	Jaric (10)	Target Center 12,003	0–3
4	November 9	@ Lakers	93–107	Jefferson (24)	Jefferson (15)	Jaric (6)	Staples Center 18,997	0–4
5	November 10	@ Kings	93–100	Jefferson (17)	Jefferson (12)	Buckner (5)	ARCO Arena 13,170	0–5
6	November 14	Kings	108–103	McCants (33)	Jaric (8)	Telfair (8)	Target Center 11,656	1–5
7	November 16	Wizards	89–105	McCants (19)	Jefferson (10)	Jaric (4)	Target Center 11,783	1–6
8	November 17	Hornets	82–100	Jefferson (20)	Jefferson (10)	Three-way tie (3)	Target Center 15,324	1–7
9	November 21	Cavaliers	86–97	Jefferson (30)	Jefferson (8)	Two-way tie (4)	Target Center 15,224	1–8
10	November 23	@ Nuggets	93–99	Walker (24)	Jefferson (14)	Jaric (6)	Pepsi Center 17,097	1–9
11	November 24	Hawks	87–94	Jefferson (23)	Jefferson (16)	Jaric (6)	Target Center 14,101	1–10
12	November 26	@ Hornets	103–94	Jaric (21)	Buckner (9)	Telfair (8)	New Orleans Arena 8,393	2–10
13	November 28	@ Mavericks	103–109	Jefferson (31)	Jefferson (14)	Jaric (7)	American Airlines Center 20,054	2–11
14	November 30	Spurs	91–106	Jefferson (23)	Jefferson (11)	Two-way tie (4)	Target Center 16,297	2–12

December

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
15	December 1	@ Grizzlies	80–109	McCants (18)	Walker (9)	Telfair (6)	FedExForum 12,896	2–13
16	December 4	Lakers	95–116	Telfair (16)	Jefferson (12)	Three-way tie (3)	Target Center 17,513	2–14
17	December 6	@ Hawks	89–90	Smith (25)	Brewer (10)	Jaric (10)	Philips Arena 12,232	2–15
18	December 8	Suns	100–93	Jefferson (32)	Jefferson (20)	Telfair (6)	Target Center 19,356	3–15
19	December 11	@ Wizards	88–102	Smith (36)	Brewer (9)	Telfair (10)	Verizon Center 12,177	3–16
20	December 12	@ 76ers	94–98	Jefferson (22)	Jefferson (11)	Telfair (11)	Wachovia Center 10,971	3–17
21	December 14	Sonics	88–99	Jefferson (22)	Jefferson (16)	Two-way tie (6)	Target Center 16,523	3–18
22	December 15	@ Bucks	92–95	Smith (30)	Jefferson (15)	Telfair (8)	Bradley Center 15,512	3–19
23	December 17	@ Heat	87–91	Jefferson (22)	Jefferson (20)	Telfair (6)	AmericanAirlines Arena 19,600	3–20
24	December 19	Warriors	98–111	Jefferson (24)	Jefferson (14)	Telfair (8)	Target Center 13,001	3–21
25	December 21	Pacers	131–118	Jefferson (29)	Jefferson (13)	Telfair (11)	Target Center 15,379	4–21
26	December 22	@ Hornets	76–110	Gomes (20)	Jefferson (13)	Green (4)	New Orleans Arena 11,257	4–22
27	December 26	@ Warriors	101–105	Jefferson (20)	Jefferson (19)	Jaric (5)	Oracle Arena 19,596	4–23
28	December 28	@ Blazers	98–109	Jefferson (22)	Two-way tie (7)	Telfair (11)	Rose Garden 20,491	4–24
29	December 29	@ Sonics	90–109	Jefferson (17)	Two-way tie (8)	Telfair (6)	KeyArena 14,038	4–25
30	December 31	@ Clippers	82–91	Jefferson (22)	Two-way tie (15)	Telfair (7)	Staples Center 14,404	4–26

2007–08 season schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Al Jefferson	C	82	82	2,919	911	117	74	119	1,726	35.6	11.1	1.4	.9	1.5	21.0
Ryan Gomes	PF	82	74	2,434	475	145	65	10	1,033	29.7	5.8	1.8	.8	.1	12.6
Corey Brewer	SF	79	35	1,803	292	111	76	25	459	22.8	3.7	1.4	1.0	.3	5.8
Craig Smith	PF	77	11	1,547	353	60	36	17	727	20.1	4.6	.8	.5	.2	9.4
Marko Jarić	SG	75	56	2,189	222	311	97	32	621	29.2	3.0	4.1	1.3	.4	8.3
Rashad McCants	SG	75	24	2,020	206	162	66	18	1,114	26.9	2.7	2.2	.9	.2	14.9
Sebastian Telfair	PG	60	51	1,933	135	355	59	11	556	32.2	2.3	5.9	1.0	.2	9.3
Chris Richard	C	52	3	556	135	18	10	12	98	10.7	2.6	.3	.2	.2	1.9
Antoine Walker	PF	46	1	892	168	45	33	8	368	19.4	3.7	1.0	.7	.2	8.0
Randy Foye	PG	39	31	1,259	128	164	36	3	510	32.3	3.3	4.2	.9	.1	13.1
Greg Buckner	SG	31	4	520	65	39	21	2	124	16.8	2.1	1.3	.7	.1	4.0
Gerald Green^†	SF	29	0	358	62	29	8	4	147	12.3	2.1	1.0	.3	.1	5.1
Kirk Snyder^†	SF	27	18	680	114	56	19	14	227	25.2	4.2	2.1	.7	.5	8.4
Michael Doleac	C	24	8	257	49	7	10	10	57	10.7	2.0	.3	.4	.4	2.4
Mark Madsen	PF	20	6	151	38	4	3	2	9	7.6	1.9	.2	.2	.1	.5
Theo Ratliff^†	PF	10	6	214	39	7	3	19	63	21.4	3.9	.7	.3	1.9	6.3

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

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

February 22, 2008 The Houston Rockets acquired Gerald Green from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Kirk Snyder, a future 2010 draft choice, and cash considerations.