The 2006-07 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the team's 18th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 33-49 output from the previous season. However, they came one win shy of tying it, finishing 32-50.2006-07 Minnesota Timberwolves
It was Kevin Garnett's final season of his first stint with the Timberwolves as he was traded to the Boston Celtics following the season. He would eventually win a championship with the Celtics in 2008. Garnett returned to Minnesota midway in the 2014-15 season for his second stint. Also following the season, tragedy struck as Eddie Griffin died in an automobile accident on August 17, 2007.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 6 Brandon Roy SG Washington 2 36 Craig Smith PF Boston College 2 37 Bobby Jones Washington 2 57 Loukas Mavrokefalidis F/C
Regular season
Season standings
Game log
Roster
Roster notes Forward Eddie Griffin died in a car accident on August 17.
Player statistics
Ragular season PlayerC82 81 2,544 505 67 43 58 1,010 31.0 6.2 .8 .5 .7 12.3PG82 65 2,069 163 297 55 7 828 25.2 2.0 3.6 .7 .1 10.1PG82 12 1,879 218 232 53 21 832 22.9 2.7 2.8 .6 .3 10.1PF82 5 1,537 416 49 51 18 608 18.7 5.1 .6 .6 .2 7.4SF 81 81 3,021 315 385 80 23 1,374 37.3 3.9 4.8 1.0 .3 17.0PF 76 76 2,995 975 313 89 126 1,704 39.4 12.8 4.1 1.2 1.7 22.4SG 76 68 2,223 243 203 22 26 512 29.3 3.2 2.7 .3 .3 6.7SG 70 13 1,555 184 145 75 16 371 22.2 2.6 2.1 1.1 .2 5.3C 56 0 473 87 10 10 10 61 8.4 1.6 .2 .2 .2 1.1PF 41 3 318 46 17 5 3 106 7.8 1.1 .4 .1 .1 2.6SG 37 0 554 47 38 26 7 184 15.0 1.3 1.0 .7 .2 5.0PG 34 6 554 48 73 14 2 202 16.3 1.4 2.1 .4 .1 5.9SG 19 0 190 21 15 9 1 67 10.0 1.1 .8 .5 .1 3.5PF 13 0 92 25 4 0 7 18 7.1 1.9 .3 .0 .5 1.4
Awards and records Kevin Garnett, All-NBA Second Team Kevin Garnett, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Randy Foye, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team Craig Smith, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team
References