Minnesota Timberwolves Opening Day Rosters

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1996-1997 Minnesota Timberwolves Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Chris Carr SG 6-5 207 Mar 12, 1974 22 Southern Illinois 1 1995 2nd Rnd, #56, Phoenix Suns
Bill Curley PF 6-9 220 May 29, 1972 24 Boston College 2 1994 1st Rnd, #22, San Antonio Spurs
Kevin Garnett C/PF 6-11 240 May 19, 1976 20 Farragut Career Academy (Illinois) 1 1995 1st Rnd, #5, Minnesota Timberwolves
Dean Garrett F-C 6-10 225 Nov 27, 1966 29 Indiana 3 1988 2nd Rnd, #38, Phoenix Suns
Tom Gugliotta PF 6-10 240 Dec 19, 1969 26 NC State 4 1992 1st Rnd, #6, Washington Wizards
Shane Heal PG 6-0 183 Sep 6, 1970 26 Geelong Supercats (Australia) 0 1992 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Stephon Marbury PG 6-2 180 Feb 20, 1977 19 Georgia Tech 0 1996 1st Rnd, #4, Milwaukee Bucks
Sam Mitchell SF 6-6 210 Sep 2, 1963 33 Mercer 9 1985 3rd Rnd, #54, Houston Rockets
Cherokee Parks F-C 6-11 235 Oct 11, 1972 24 Duke 1 1995 1st Rnd, #12, Dallas Mavericks
Terry Porter PG 6-3 195 Apr 8, 1963 33 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 11 1985 1st Rnd, #24, Portland Trail Blazers
Virginijus Praskevicius PF 6-9 238 Mar 4, 1974 22   0 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted
James Robinson PG 6-2 180 Aug 31, 1970 26 Alabama 3 1993 1st Rnd, #21, Portland Trail Blazers
Stojko Vrankovic C 7-1 254 Jan 22, 1964 32 KK Zadar (Croatia) 2 1986 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Doug West G-F 6-6 200 May 27, 1967 29 Villanova 7 1989 2nd Rnd, #38, Minnesota Timberwolves
Micheal Williams PG 6-2 175 Jul 23, 1966 30 Baylor 8 1988 2nd Rnd, #48, Detroit Pistons

San Antonio 78, Minnesota 82

November 1, 1996

Regular Season

Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Attendance: 18,109

Officials: Ron Garretson, Ted Bernhardt, Jim Kinsey

Team Rebounds: San Antonio (8) Minnesota (12)

Technicals: San Antonio (0) Minnesota (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
SAN (0-1) 15 25 11 27 78
MIN (1-0) 24 15 15 28 82

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
SAN 88 89.1 93.7
MIN 88 93.7 89.1

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
SAN .458 0.194 0.225 0.167
MIN .439 0.194 0.250 0.230

San Antonio Spurs

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
33 Cadillac Anderson Starter C 20:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 3.5 2.0 5 7 0 2 0 0 1 2
15 Vinny Del Negro Starter SG 18:00 1-5 0-1 0-0 1.2 0.0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2
32 Sean Elliott Starter SF 41:00 5-11 1-2 3-6 10.2 1.0 7 8 3 3 1 0 2 14
7 Carl Herrera Starter PF 12:00 0-2 0-0 0-0 1.8 2.0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
6 Avery Johnson Starter PG 25:00 6-11 1-1 1-2 5.2 0.0 1 1 5 5 0 0 3 14
1 Cory Alexander Bench PG 22:00 1-3 0-2 1-2 8.5 0.0 6 6 5 2 3 0 3 3
11 Vernon Maxwell Bench SG 31:00 3-7 0-2 3-4 1.5 0.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 4 9
54 Charles Daniel Smith Bench PF 28:00 5-6 0-0 2-2 13.0 0.0 5 5 3 5 1 3 2 12
21 Dominique Wilkins Bench SF 36:00 7-21 2-5 2-2 9.2 3.0 5 8 2 2 1 1 2 18
3 Monty Williams Bench SF 07:00 2-3 0-0 0-0 1.8 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
  Team                   8         1  
        240 31-72 4-13 12-18 82.0 9 31 48 21 23 10 4 18 78
          43.1% 30.8% 66.7%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
21 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 42:00 8-18 0-0 1-2 20.8 3.0 6 9 6 1 3 4 2 17
24 Tom Gugliotta Starter SF 43:00 9-20 0-1 6-7 13.6 3.0 7 10 1 2 1 2 4 24
3 Stephon Marbury Starter PG 08:00 0-3 0-1 0-0 1.0 0.0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
11 Stojko Vrankovic Starter C 27:00 3-4 0-0 0-0 10.0 0.0 4 4 1 2 0 5 1 6
5 Doug West Starter SG 31:00 2-5 0-0 0-0 -2.5 0.0 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 4
43 Chris Carr Bench SG 10:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 0.8 0.0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
10 Shane Heal Bench PG 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Sam Mitchell Bench SF 27:00 2-6 0-0 5-6 6.8 3.0 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 9
44 Cherokee Parks Bench PF 05:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 Terry Porter Bench PG 16:00 3-6 1-1 0-0 2.8 0.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 7
26 James Robinson Bench PG 30:00 4-10 2-4 5-8 6.2 0.0 1 1 5 2 0 0 3 15
  Team                   12         1  
        240 31-74 3-8 17-23 69.6 9 27 48 18 13 6 12 18 82
          41.9% 37.5% 73.9%                    

San Antonio Spurs Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Avery Johnson
14p, 1r, 5a		 Vinny Del Negro
2p, 0r, 2a		 Sean Elliott
14p, 8r, 3a		 Carl Herrera
0p, 3r, 0a		 Cadillac Anderson
2p, 7r, 0a
Rotation Cory Alexander
3p, 6r, 5a		 Vernon Maxwell
9p, 1r, 1a		 Dominique Wilkins
18p, 8r, 2a		 Charles Daniel Smith
12p, 5r, 3a		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Monty Williams
4p, 1r, 0a		  
 		  
 

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Stephon Marbury
0p, 3r, 2a		 Doug West
4p, 1r, 1a		 Tom Gugliotta
24p, 10r, 1a		 Kevin Garnett
17p, 9r, 6a		 Stojko Vrankovic
6p, 4r, 1a
Rotation James Robinson
15p, 1r, 5a		 Chris Carr
0p, 2r, 0a		 Sam Mitchell
9p, 5r, 1a		  
 		  
 
Rotation Terry Porter
7p, 1r, 1a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT Shane Heal
0p, 0r, 0a		  
 		  
 		 Cherokee Parks
0p, 0r, 0a