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1996-1997 Minnesota Timberwolves Regular Season Roster
Schedule | Depth Chart

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Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
43 Chris Carr G 6-5 207 1 Southern Illinois 1995 Rnd 2 Pick 27 United States
15 Bill Curley F 6-9 220 2 Boston College 1994 Rnd 1 Pick 22 United States
21 Kevin Garnett F 6-11 253 1 Farragut Career Academy (Illinois) 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 5 United States
22 Dean Garrett F-C 6-10 225 3 Indiana 1988 Rnd 2 Pick 13 United States
24 Tom Gugliotta F 6-10 240 4 North Carolina State 1992 Rnd 1 Pick 6 United States
10 Shane Heal G 6-0 183 0 Geelong Supercats (Australia) 1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted Australia
31 Reggie Jordan G 6-4 195 2 New Mexico State 1993 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
3 Stephon Marbury G 6-2 180 0 Georgia Tech 1996 Rnd 1 Pick 4 United States
  Sherron Mills F 6-8 220 0 Virginia Commonwealth 1993 Rnd 2 Pick 2 United States
42 Sam Mitchell F 6-6 210 9 Mercer 1985 Rnd 3 Pick 7 United States
44 Cherokee Parks F-C 6-11 235 1 Duke 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 12 United States
30 Terry Porter G 6-3 195 11 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 1985 Rnd 1 Pick 24 United States
  Virginijus Praskevicius F 6-9 238 0   1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted Lithuania
53 Stanley Roberts C 7-0 285 5 LSU 1991 Rnd 1 Pick 23 United States
26 James Robinson G 6-2 180 3 Alabama 1993 Rnd 1 Pick 21 United States
11 Stojko Vrankovic C 7-1 254 2 KK Zadar (Croatia) 1986 NBA Draft, Undrafted Croatia
5 Doug West G-F 6-6 200 7 Villanova 1989 Rnd 2 Pick 11 United States
4 Micheal Williams G 6-2 175 8 Baylor 1988 Rnd 2 Pick 23 United States

Minnesota Depth Chart Historical Minnesota Depth Charts

  PG SG SF PF C
S S. Marbury
19.0p 3.2r 9.0a
 Doug West
8.2p 1.0r 1.8a
 Tom Gugliotta
17.6p 5.6r 4.2a
 Kevin Garnett
15.4p 8.0r 3.8a
 Dean Garrett
11.6p 10.2r 0.8a
R James Robinson
14.0p 2.2r 2.0a
  
 		 Sam Mitchell
8.4p 2.4r 0.6a
  
 		 Cherokee Parks
6.3p 4.7r 1.3a
R Terry Porter
4.2p 0.8r 2.4a
  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
L Shane Heal
1.5p 0.0r 0.5a
 Chris Carr
0.0p 2.0r 1.0a
 Bill Curley
0.0p 0.0r 0.0a
  
 		 S. Vrankovic
0.7p 0.7r 0.3a
L  
 		 Reggie Jordan
2.5p 0.0r 0.5a
  
 		  
 		  
 
L  
 		 M. Williams
0.0p 0.0r 0.0a
  
 		  
 		  
 

* Depth Chart stats are based upon the last 5 games played.


Midwest Conference Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1Utah Jazz64-18-
2Houston Rockets57-257
3Minnesota Timberwolves40-4224
4Dallas Mavericks24-5840
5Denver Nuggets21-6143
6San Antonio Spurs20-6244
7Vancouver Grizzlies14-6850

Minnesota Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Stephon Marbury All-Rookie First Team (1997)
Stephon Marbury Rookie Of The Month (Jan 97)
Tom Gugliotta Western All-Star Coaches Selection (1997)
Kevin Garnett Western All-Star Replacement Selection (1997)
Stephon Marbury Rookie Challenge Participant (1997)
Chris Carr Slam Dunk Contest Participant (1997)

Minnesota Season Stat Leaders Full Team Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Tom Gugliotta 81 38.7 20.6 8.7 4.1 1.6 1.1 3.6
Kevin Garnett 77 38.9 17.0 8.0 3.1 1.4 2.1 2.3
Stephon Marbury 67 34.7 15.8 2.7 7.8 1.0 0.3 3.1
Sam Mitchell 82 24.9 9.3 4.0 1.0 0.6 0.2 1.1
James Robinson 69 19.0 8.3 1.6 1.8 0.4 0.1 1.0
Dean Garrett 68 24.5 8.0 7.3 0.6 0.6 1.4 0.5
Doug West 68 28.2 7.8 2.2 1.7 0.9 0.4 1.0
Terry Porter 82 19.1 6.9 2.1 3.6 0.7 0.1 1.6
Chris Carr 55 15.1 6.1 2.1 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.7
Stojko Vrankovic 53 14.5 3.4 3.2 0.3 0.2 1.3 1.0
Cherokee Parks 76 12.6 3.3 2.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4
Reggie Jordan 10 3.1 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2
Shane Heal 43 5.5 1.7 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.4
Bill Curley 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Minnesota Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Kevin Garnett was selected as the #5 pick in the First Round of the 1995 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Kevin Garnett signed a multi-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 2, 1995.

Doug West was selected as the #11 pick in the Second Round of the 1989 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Doug West signed a multi-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on August 31, 1989. Doug West signed a multi-year extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves on April 6, 1992. Doug West signed a multi-year extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 23, 1995.

Acquired via Draft Rights Trade

Draft Rights to Stephon Marbury, the #4 pick in the First Round of the 1996 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Milwaukee Bucks on June 26, 1996. Stephon Marbury signed a multi-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on July 17, 1996.

Acquired via Trade

Bill Curley was acquired in a trade by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Portland Trail Blazers on July 23, 1996.

Tom Gugliotta was acquired in a trade by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Golden State Warriors on February 18, 1995. Tom Gugliotta re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 16, 1995.

Cherokee Parks was acquired in a trade by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Dallas Mavericks on June 29, 1996.

James Robinson was acquired in a trade by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Portland Trail Blazers on July 23, 1996.

Micheal Williams was acquired in a trade by the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Indiana Pacers on September 8, 1992.

Acquired via Free Agency

Chris Carr signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on July 19, 1996.

Dean Garrett signed a contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on September 18, 1996.

Shane Heal signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on September 18, 1996.

Reggie Jordan signed a contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 19, 1997. Reggie Jordan re-signed to a contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 29, 1997. Reggie Jordan re-signed to a contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on April 8, 1997.

Sam Mitchell signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on September 29, 1995.

Terry Porter signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 17, 1995.

Stojko Vrankovic signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Minnesota Timberwolves on September 6, 1996.