Minnesota Timberwolves Regular Season Rosters

2012-2013 Minnesota Timberwolves Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
17 Lou Amundson PF 6-9 220 6 UNLV 2006 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
11 J.J. Barea G 5-10 180 6 Northeastern 2006 NBA Draft, Undrafted Puerto Rico / United States
10 Chase Budinger GF 6-7 215 3 Arizona 2009 Rnd 2 Pick 14 United States
5 Will Conroy G 6-2 195 2 Washington 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
33 Dante Cunningham F 6-8 230 3 Villanova 2009 Rnd 2 Pick 3 United States
15 Mickael Gelabale F 6-7 215 2 Real Madrid (Spain) 2005 Rnd 2 Pick 18 France
32 Lazar Hayward F 6-6 225 2 Marquette 2010 Rnd 1 Pick 30 United States
5 Josh Howard GF 6-7 210 9 Wake Forest 2003 Rnd 1 Pick 29 United States
20 Chris Johnson C 6-11 209 2 LSU 2009 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
47 Andrei Kirilenko PF 6-9 235 10 CSKA Moscow (Russia) 1999 Rnd 1 Pick 24 Russia
3 Malcolm Lee G 6-5 200 1 UCLA 2011 Rnd 2 Pick 13 United States
42 Kevin Love FC 6-8 251 4 UCLA 2008 Rnd 1 Pick 5 United States
14 Nikola Pekovic PF 6-11 307 2 Panathinaikos (Greece) 2008 Rnd 2 Pick 1 Montenegro
13 Luke Ridnour PG 6-2 175 9 Oregon 2003 Rnd 1 Pick 14 United States
3 Brandon Roy G 6-6 211 5 Washington 2006 Rnd 1 Pick 6 United States
9 Ricky Rubio G 6-2 190 1 Joventut Badalona (Spain) 2009 Rnd 1 Pick 5 Spain
1 Alexey Shved G 6-6 187 0 Dynamo Moscow (Russia) 2010 NBA Draft, Undrafted Russia
34 Greg Stiemsma C 6-11 260 2 Wisconsin 2008 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
7 Derrick Williams F 6-8 240 1 Arizona 2011 Rnd 1 Pick 2 United States

2012-2013 Minnesota Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters R. Rubio L. Ridnour A. Kirilenko D. Williams N. Pekovic
Rotation J. Barea B. Roy C. Budinger K. Love G. Stiemsma
Rotation   A. Shved M. Gelabale D. Cunningham C. Johnson
Rotation   M. Lee      

2012-2013 Northwest Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1Oklahoma City Thunder60-22-
2Denver Nuggets57-253
3Utah Jazz43-3917
4Portland Trail Blazers33-4927
5Minnesota Timberwolves31-5129

2012-2013 Minnesota Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Nikola Pekovic Player Of The Week (04/08/13)
Alexey Shved Rising Stars Challenge Participant (2013)
Ricky Rubio Rising Stars Challenge Participant (2013)

2012-2013 Minnesota Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Nikola Pekovic 62 31.6 16.3 8.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.6
Luke Ridnour 82 30.2 11.5 2.5 3.8 1.0 0.2 1.6
Derrick Williams 78 24.6 12.0 5.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.3
J.J. Barea 74 23.1 11.3 2.8 4.0 0.4 0.0 2.0
Andrei Kirilenko 64 31.8 12.4 5.7 2.8 1.5 1.0 1.9
Dante Cunningham 80 25.1 8.7 5.1 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.7
Alexey Shved 77 23.9 8.6 2.3 3.7 0.7 0.4 1.9
Ricky Rubio 57 29.7 10.7 4.0 7.3 2.4 0.1 3.0
Kevin Love 18 34.3 18.3 14.0 2.3 0.7 0.5 2.2
Greg Stiemsma 76 15.9 4.0 3.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 0.8
Chase Budinger 23 22.1 9.4 3.1 1.1 0.6 0.3 1.0
Mickael Gelabale 36 17.9 5.0 2.8 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.4
Chris Johnson 30 9.5 3.9 2.0 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.4
Malcolm Lee 16 18.0 4.9 2.4 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.6
Josh Howard 11 18.8 6.7 3.3 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.9
Lou Amundson 20 8.1 1.6 2.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.6
Brandon Roy 5 24.4 5.8 2.8 4.6 0.6 0.0 1.4
Lazar Hayward 4 7.8 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0
Will Conroy 4 5.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2012-2013 Minnesota Timberwolves Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Nikola Pekovic was selected as the #1 pick in the Second Round of the 2008 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Nikola Pekovic signed a multi-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on August 23, 2010.

Ricky Rubio was selected as the #5 pick in the First Round of the 2009 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Ricky Rubio signed a multi-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on May 30, 2011.

Derrick Williams was selected as the #2 pick in the First Round of the 2011 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Derrick Williams signed a multi-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on December 9, 2011.

Acquired via Draft Rights Trade

Draft Rights to Malcolm Lee, the #13 pick in the Second Round of the 2011 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Chicago Bulls on June 24, 2011. Malcolm Lee signed a multi-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on December 16, 2011.

Draft Rights to Kevin Love, the #5 pick in the First Round of the 2008 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Memphis Grizzlies on June 26, 2008. Kevin Love signed a multi-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on July 10, 2008. Kevin Love signed a multi-year extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves on January 25, 2012.

Acquired via Trade

Chase Budinger was acquired in a trade by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Houston Rockets on June 26, 2012.

Dante Cunningham was acquired in a trade by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Memphis Grizzlies on July 24, 2012.

Acquired via Free Agency

J.J. Barea signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on December 16, 2011.

Mickael Gelabale signed a contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on January 19, 2013. Mickael Gelabale re-signed to a contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on January 29, 2013. Mickael Gelabale re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on February 8, 2013.

Chris Johnson signed a contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on January 19, 2013. Chris Johnson re-signed to a contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on January 29, 2013. Chris Johnson re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on February 8, 2013.

Andrei Kirilenko signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on July 27, 2012.

Luke Ridnour signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on July 21, 2010.

Brandon Roy signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on July 31, 2012.

Alexey Shved signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on July 23, 2012.

Greg Stiemsma signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on August 5, 2012.

2012-2013 Minnesota Timberwolves Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Glen Taylor Owner 1995-1996 N/A
Rob Moor Chief Executive Officer 2004-2005 N/A
Ted Johnson Chief Marketing Officer 2003-2004 N/A
Rick Adelman Head Coach 2011-2012 Head Coach (Houston Rockets, 2007 to 2011)
Bill Bayno Assistant Coach 2011-2012 Assistant Coach (Portland Trail Blazers, 2009 to 2011)
Jack Sikma Assistant Coach 2011-2012 Assistant Coach (Houston Rockets, 2007 to 2011)
T.R. Dunn Assistant Coach 2011-2012 Assistant Coach (Houston Rockets, 2007 to 2011)
Terry Porter Assistant Coach 2011-2012 Head Coach (Phoenix Suns, 2008 to 2009)
David Kahn President of Basketball Operations, General Manager 2009-2010 General Manager (Indiana Pacers, 1995 to 2005)
Pete Philo Director of International Scouting 2006-2007 N/A
Rob Babcock VP of Player Personnel 2006-2007 General Manager (Toronto Raptors, 2004 to 2006)
Sam Newman-Beck Assistant Video Coordinator 2010-2011 Assistant Video Coordinator (Boston Celtics, 2009 to 2010)
Brice Long Assistant Video Coordinator 2012-2013 N/A
Zarko Durisic Scout 1996-1997 N/A
Curtis Crawford Scout 2009-2010 N/A
Derek Pierce Scout 2009-2010 N/A
J.t. Prada Scout 2009-2010 N/A
Milton Barnes Scout 2009-2010 Head Coach (Greenville Groove, 2001 to 2002)
Steve Gordon Scout 2012-2013 N/A
Pat Zipfel Assistant Coach, Advance Scout 2018-2019 Head Coach (Mansfield, 2015 to 2018)
Clayton Wilson Equipment Manager 1992-1993 Game Presentation Assistant (Minnesota Timberwolves, 1989 to 1992)
R.J. Adelman Director of Player Personnel 2011-2012 Assistant Coach (Houston Rockets, 2007 to 2011)
David Adelman Player Development Coach 2011-2012 N/A
Shawn Respert Player Development Coach 2011-2012 Director of Player Programs (Houston Rockets, 2008 to 2011)
Gregg Farnam Head Athletic Trainer 2000-2001 Assistant Athletic Trainer (Minnesota Timberwolves, 1997 to 2000)