2010–11 Minnesota Timberwolves season explained

Team:	Minnesota Timberwolves
End Year:	2011
Wins:	17
Losses:	65
Division:	Northwest
Division Place:	5
Conf Place:	15
Coach:	Kurt Rambis
Gm:	David Kahn
President:	David Kahn
Owner:	Glen Taylor
Arena:	Target Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	MIN
Television:	Fox Sports North WFTC
Radio:	KFAN

The 2010–11 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 22nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

June 24, 2010 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.
July 1, 2010 – The free agency period began.
October 26, 2010 – Regular season began.
December 25, 2010 – Christmas Day
February 20, 2011 – 2011 NBA All-Star Game
April 13, 2011 – Regular season ended
April 16, 2011 – 2011 NBA Playoffs
May 31, 2011 – 2011 NBA Finals

Summary

NBA draft 2010

See main article: 2010 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Wesley Johnson	Small forward		Syracuse
1	16	Luke Babbitt (traded to Portland Trail Blazers)	Small forward		Nevada
1	23	Trevor Booker (traded to Washington Wizards)	Forward		Clemson
1	30	Lazar Hayward(acquired from Washington Wizards)	Small forward		Marquette
2	35	Nemanja Bjelica (acquired from Washington Wizards)	Small forward		Red Star Belgrade
2	45	Paulão Prestes	Center		Brazil
2	56	Hamady N'Diaye(traded to Washington Wizards)	Center		Rutgers University

Pre-season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1| October 4| L.A. Lakers| | Martell Webster (24)| Kevin Love (8)| Luke Ridnour (7)| O2 Arena
18,689| 1–0|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| October 6| New York| | Kevin Love,
Martell Webster (17)| Kevin Love (14)| Sebastian Telfair (4)| Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
15,532| 2–0|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 3| October 12| Denver| | Michael Beasley (21)| Kevin Love (15)| Sebastian Telfair (8)| Target Center
8,718| 3–0|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| October 13| @ Indiana| | Luke Ridnour (11)| Kevin Love (9)| Sebastian Telfair (3)| Conseco Fieldhouse
9,177| 3–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 5| October 15| Detroit| | Kevin Love (21)| Kevin Love (10)| Sebastian Telfair (7)| Carrier Dome
11,747| 4–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 6| October 17| Milwaukee| | Kevin Love (32)| Kevin Love (13)| Luke Ridnour (7)| Sioux Falls Arena
5,102| 5–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7| October 19| Indiana| | Kevin Love (28)| Kevin Love (11)| Sebastian Telfair (6)| Target Center
10,918| 5–2|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 8| October 22| @ Milwaukee| | Luke Ridnour (17)| Darko Miličić (10)| Luke Ridnour (7)| Bradley Center
11,624| 6–2|-

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 27| Sacramento| | Luke Ridnour (20)| Kevin Love (10)| Luke Ridnour,
Sebastian Telfair (6)| Target Center
17,067| 0–1|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| October 29 | Milwaukee| | Michael Beasley (21)| Kevin Love (16)| Luke Ridnour (7)| Target Center
17,197| 1–1|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| October 30| @ Memphis| | Wayne Ellington (15)| Kevin Love (13)| Luke Ridnour (3)| FedExForum
12,753| 1–2|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| November 2| @ Miami| | Kevin Love (20)| Nikola Peković (8)| Wesley Johnson (5)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 1–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| November 3| @ Orlando| | Kevin Love (22)| Kevin Love (9)| Sebastian Telfair (5)| Amway Center
18,846| 1–4|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 6| November 5| Atlanta| | Kevin Love,
Corey Brewer,
Wesley Johnson (18)| Kevin Love (12)| Sebastian Telfair (7)| Target Center
17.222| 1–5|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7| November 7| @ Houston| | Kevin Love (16)| Kevin Love (16)| Corey Brewer (3)| Toyota Center
15,058| 1–6|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 8| November 9| @ L.A. Lakers| | Kevin Love (23)| Kevin Love (24)| Sebastian Telfair (9)| Staples Center
18,997| 1–7|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 9| November 10| @ Sacramento| | Michael Beasley (42)| Michael Beasley,
Kevin Love (9)| Darko Miličić (4)| ARCO Arena
12,433| 2–7|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 10| November 12| New York| | Michael Beasley (35)| Kevin Love (31)| Sebastian Telfair (8)| Target Center
15,232| 3–7|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 11| November 14| @ Atlanta| | Michael Beasley (25)| Kevin Love (17)| Sebastian Telfair (8)| Philips Arena
12,027| 3–8|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 12| November 15| @ Charlotte| | Michael Beasley (28)| Darko Miličić (12)| Sebastian Telfair (6)| Time Warner Cable Arena
11,211| 3–9|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 13| November 17| L.A. Clippers| | Michael Beasley (33)| Kevin Love (14)| Luke Ridnour (8)| Target Center
12,909| 4–9|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 14| November 19| L.A. Lakers| | Michael Beasley (25)| Darko Miličić (16)| Darko Miličić (5)| Target Center
19,356| 4–10|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 15| November 22| @ Oklahoma City| | Kevin Love (24)| Kevin Love (17)| Luke Ridnour (7)| Oklahoma City Arena
17,653| 4–11|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 16| November 24| San Antonio| | Kevin Love (32)| Kevin Love (22)| Luke Ridnour,
Sebastian Telfair (5)| Target Center
13,117| 4–12|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 17| November 27| Golden State| | Michael Beasley (28)| Kevin Love (22)| Luke Ridnour (6)| Target Center
14,440| 4–13|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 18| December 1| @ Dallas| | Michael Beasley (16)| Kevin Love (15)| Kevin Love,
Darko Miličić,
Luke Ridnour (3)| American Airlines Center
19,567| 4–14|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 19| December 3| @ San Antonio| | Michael Beasley (28)| Kevin Love (18)| Darko Miličić (4)| AT&T Center
18,581| 4–15|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 20| December 4| Cleveland| | Kevin Love (28)| Kevin Love (19)| Sebastian Telfair (7)| Target Center
14,422| 5–15|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 21| December 6| @ New York| | Kevin Love (33)| Kevin Love (15)| Luke Ridnour (4)| Madison Square Garden
19,763| 5–16|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 22| December 8| Oklahoma City| | Michael Beasley (26)| Kevin Love (21)| Luke Ridnour (9)| Target Center
13,907| 5–17|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 23| December 10| Detroit| | Kevin Love (27)| Kevin Love (18)| Luke Ridnour (10)| Target Center
13,988| 6–17|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 24| December 11| @ Chicago| | Kevin Love (23)| Kevin Love (15)| Luke Ridnour (8)| United Center
21,102| 6–18|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 25| December 14| @ Golden State| | Darko Miličić (25)| Kevin Love (14)| Luke Ridnour (11)| Oracle Arena
17,615| 6–19|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 26| December 15| @ Phoenix| | Kevin Love (23)| Kevin Love (16)| Luke Ridnour (8)| US Airways Center
16,977| 6–20|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 27| December 17| @ Portland| | Michael Beasley (33)| Kevin Love (17)| Kevin Love (4)| Rose Garden
20,310| 6–21|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 28| December 18| @ Denver| | Kevin Love (43)| Kevin Love (17)| Luke Ridnour (5)| Pepsi Center
15,409| 6–22|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 29| December 20| @ L.A. Clippers| | Michael Beasley (20)| Kevin Love (10)| Luke Ridnour (6)| Staples Center
16,053| 6–23|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 30| December 22| Utah| | Kevin Love (25)| Kevin Love (19)| Luke Ridnour (5)| Target Center
15,809| 6–24|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 31| December 26| @ Cleveland| | Michael Beasley (28)| Kevin Love (18)| Luke Ridnour (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 7–24|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 32| December 27| New Orleans| | Michael Beasley (30)| Kevin Love (11)| Luke Ridnour (11)| Target Center
11,679| 8–24|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 33| December 29| Denver| | Michael Beasley (33)| Kevin Love (14)| Luke Ridnour (8)| Target Center
17,093| 8–25|-|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 34| January 1| New Jersey| | Kevin Love (23)| Kevin Love (10)| Luke Ridnour (6)| Target Center
12,665| 9–25|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 35| January 3| @ Boston| | Michael Beasley (19)| Kevin Love (24)| Luke Ridnour (5)| TD Garden
18,624| 9–26|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 36| January 5| Charlotte| | Kevin Love (35)| Kevin Love (15)| Kevin Love (5)| Target Center
14,881| 9–27|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 37| January 7| Portland| | Kevin Love (30)| Kevin Love (19)| Luke Ridnour (11)| Target Center
12,213| 9–28|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 38| January 9| @ San Antonio| | Kevin Love (18)| Kevin Love (17)| Luke Ridnour (7)| AT&T Center
18,581| 9–29|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 39| January 11| San Antonio| | Kevin Love (20)| Kevin Love (20)| Luke Ridnour (9)| Target Center
11,209| 9–30|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 40| January 13| Washington| | Kevin Love (35)| Kevin Love,
Darko Miličić (11)| Luke Ridnour (9)| Target Center
11,437| 10–30|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 41| January 15| Orlando| | Corey Brewer (23)| Kevin Love (15)| Luke Ridnour (6)| Target Center
17,391| 10–31|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 42| January 17| @ Portland| | Kevin Love,
Darko Miličić (22)| Kevin Love (17)| Luke Ridnour (6)| Rose Garden
20,239| 10–32|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 43| January 19| @ L.A. Clippers| | Kevin Love (26)| Kevin Love (11)| Jonny Flynn (6)| Staples Center
17,793| 10–33|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 44| January 24| Houston| | Kevin Love (24)| Kevin Love (17)| Kevin Love (7)| Target Center
11,983| 10–34|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 45| January 26| Oklahoma City| | Kevin Love (31)| Kevin Love (21)| Luke Ridnour (8)| Target Center
14,979| 10–35|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 46| January 28| @ Utah| | Kevin Love (22)| Kevin Love (15)| Jonny Flynn (6)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911| 10–36|- bgcolor="ccffcc"| 47| January 29| Toronto| | Kevin Love (21)| Kevin Love (12)| Jonny Flynn (8)| Target Center
14,991| 11–36|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 48| February 2| Memphis| | Michael Beasley (19)| Kevin Love (10)| Jonny Flynn,
Sebastian Telfair (5)| Target Center
12,662| 11–37|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 49| February 4| @ Toronto| | Kevin Love (20)| Kevin Love (15)| Jonny Flynn (7)| Air Canada Centre
14,389| 11–38|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 50| February 5| Denver| | Michael Beasley (23)| Kevin Love (19)| Michael Beasley,
Corey Brewer (5)| Target Center
15,389| 11–39|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 51| February 7| @ New Orleans| | Kevin Love (27)| Kevin Love (17)| Jonny Flynn (6)| New Orleans Arena
13,401| 12–39|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 52| February 8| @ Houston| | Kevin Love (20)| Kevin Love (14)| Jonny Flynn (7)| Toyota Center
15,679| 13–39|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 53| February 11| @ Indiana| | Kevin Love (22)| Kevin Love (15)| Sebastian Telfair (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse
12,559| 13–40|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 54| February 12| Philadelphia| | Kevin Love (16)| Kevin Love (13)| Luke Ridnour (5)| Target Center
17,011| 13–41|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 55| February 14| Portland| | Martell Webster (17)| Kevin Love (11)| Wayne Ellington (5)| Target Center
11,227| 13–42|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 56| February 16| L.A. Clippers| | Wayne Ellington,
Kevin Love (18)| Kevin Love (18)| Sebastian Telfair (5)| Target Center
15,227| 13–43|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 57| February 22| @ Milwaukee| | Michael Beasley (21)| Kevin Love (17)| Kevin Love (6)| Bradley Center
13,106| 13–44|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 58| February 23| Memphis| | Wayne Ellington (16)| Kevin Love (11)| Luke Ridnour (5)| Target Center
11,497| 13–45|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 59| February 25| New Orleans| | Wesley Johnson,
Luke Ridnour (22)| Kevin Love (14)| Kevin Love (5)| Target Center
16,965| 13–46|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 60| February 27| Golden State| | Kevin Love (37)| Kevin Love (23)| Jonny Flynn (9)| Target Center
16,021| 14–46|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 61| March 1| L.A. Lakers| | Wesley Johnson (20)| Kevin Love (11)| Jonny Flynn,
Luke Ridnour (5)| Target Center
17,111| 14–47|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 62| March 2| @ Detroit| | Kevin Love (20)| Kevin Love (20)| Jonny Flynn (14)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
13,122| 15–47|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 63| March 4| @ Philadelphia| | Kevin Love (21)| Kevin Love (23)| Luke Ridnour (10)| Wells Fargo Center
12,008| 15–48|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 64| March 5| @ Washington| | Kevin Love (20)| Kevin Love (21)| Luke Ridnour (6)| Verizon Center
18,216| 15–49|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 65| March 7| Dallas| | Kevin Love (23)| Kevin Love (17)| Kevin Love (5)| Target Center
13,288| 15–50|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 66| March 9| Indiana| | Michael Beasley,
Kevin Love (16)| Kevin Love (21)| Jonny Flynn (6)| Target Center
15,153| 16–50|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 67| March 11| Utah| | Kevin Love (24)| Kevin Love (12)| Luke Ridnour (7)| Target Center
18,534| 17–50|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 68| March 13| @ Golden State| | Michael Beasley,
Martell Webster (16)| Kevin Love (12)| Luke Ridnour (6)| Oracle Arena
17,788| 17–51|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 69| March 16| @ Utah| | Kevin Love (22)| Kevin Love (11)| Kevin Love,
Luke Ridnour (3)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,465| 17–52|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 70| March 18| @ L.A. Lakers| | Wesley Johnson (29)| Kevin Love (13)| Luke Ridnour (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 17–53|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 71| March 20| Sacramento| | Luke Ridnour (22)| Darko Miličić (6)| Kevin Love,
Luke Ridnour (4)| Target Center
18,993| 17–54|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 72| March 24| @ Dallas| | Anthony Randolph (31)| Anthony Randolph (11)| Jonny Flynn (5)| American Airlines Center
20,296| 17–55|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 73| March 25| @ Oklahoma City| | Anthony Randolph (24)| Anthony Randolph (15)| Luke Ridnour (5)| Oklahoma City Arena
18,203| 17–56|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 74| March 27| Boston| | Michael Beasley (28)| Anthony Tolliver (15)| Luke Ridnour (8)| Target Center
19,178| 17–57|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 75| March 30| Chicago| | Kevin Love (16)| Kevin Love (9)| Jonny Flynn (5)| Target Center
19,207| 17–58|-|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 76| April 1| Miami| | Martell Webster (22)| Kevin Love (7)| Luke Ridnour (9)| Target Center
19,096| 17–59|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 77| April 2| @ Memphis| | Michael Beasley (20)| Nikola Peković (6)| Michael Beasley,
Wesley Johnson,
Anthony Tolliver (4)| FedExForum
15,327| 17–60|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 78| April 5| @ New Jersey| | Anthony Randolph (20)| Michael Beasley (11)| Luke Ridnour (9)| Prudential Center
13,461| 17–61|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 79| April 6| Phoenix| | Michael Beasley (24)| Michael Beasley (11)| Luke Ridnour (5)| Target Center
16,113| 17–62|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 80| April 9| @ Denver| | Lazar Hayward,
Martell Webster (15)| Anthony Tolliver (7)| Jonny Flynn (9)| Pepsi Center
19,155| 17–63|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 81| April 11| @ Phoenix| | Michael Beasley (26)| Anthony Randolph,
Anthony Tolliver (10)| Luke Ridnour (9)| US Airways Center
17,485| 17–64|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 82| April 13| Houston| | Michael Beasley (34)| Anthony Tolliver (13)| Luke Ridnour (11)| Target Center
17,101| 17–65|-

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	SG	79	63	2,069	240	148	58	54	709	26.2	3.0	1.9	.7	.7	9.0
	PF	73	73	2,611	1,112	184	45	28	1,476	35.8	15.2	2.5	.6	.4	20.2
	SF	73	73	2,361	409	158	54	52	1,401	32.3	5.6	2.2	.7	.7	19.2
	PG	71	66	2,159	199	384	89	10	840	30.4	2.8	5.4	1.3	.1	11.8
	C	69	69	1,686	360	104	54	140	606	24.4	5.2	1.5	.8	2.0	8.8
	C	65	11	887	193	27	18	35	359	13.6	3.0	.4	.3	.5	5.5
	SF	65	4	1,362	295	82	28	28	434	21.0	4.5	1.3	.4	.4	6.7
	SG	62	8	1,181	108	72	28	3	410	19.0	1.7	1.2	.5	.0	6.6
^†	SF	56	22	1,362	152	77	89	14	483	24.3	2.7	1.4	1.6	.3	8.6
	PG	53	8	983	77	182	34	3	279	18.5	1.5	3.4	.6	.1	5.3
	SF	46	1	1,094	147	53	28	9	453	23.8	3.2	1.2	.6	.2	9.8
	SF	42	0	419	70	28	12	7	160	10.0	1.7	.7	.3	.2	3.8
^†	C	39	1	336	97	7	8	20	106	8.6	2.5	.2	.2	.5	2.7
	PG	37	8	711	54	111	25	3	266	19.2	1.5	3.0	.7	.1	7.2
^†	C	23	3	463	120	26	18	16	270	20.1	5.2	1.1	.8	.7	11.7
^†	PG	8	0	65	6	6	3	0	21	8.1	.8	.8	.4	.0	2.6
	SG	4	0	29	2	1	1	0	15	7.3	.5	.3	.3	.0	3.8

Transactions

Trades

June 24, 2010	To Portland Trail Blazers---- No. 16 pick (Luke Babbitt), Ryan Gomes	To Minnesota Timberwolves---- Martell Webster
June 24, 2010	To Minnesota Timberwolves---- No. 30 pick (Lazar Hayward), No. 35 pick (Nemanja Bjelica)	To Washington Wizards---- No. 23 pick (Trevor Booker), No. 56 pick (Hamady Ndiaye)
July 12, 2010	To Miami Heat---- 2011 second-round pick (Bojan Bogdanovic) 2014 second-round pick Cash considerations	To Minnesota Timberwolves---- Michael Beasley
July 13, 2010	To Minnesota Timberwolves---- Kosta Koufos 2011 protected first-round pick (Donatas Motiejūnas) Future protected first-round pick	To Utah Jazz---- Al Jefferson
July 26, 2010	To Cleveland Cavaliers---- Ramon Sessions Ryan Hollins Future second-round pick	To Minnesota Timberwolves---- Delonte West Sebastian Telfair
January 21, 2011	To New York Knicks---- Carmelo Anthony Renaldo Balkman Chauncey Billups Anthony Carter Shelden Williams Corey Brewer	To Denver Nuggets---- Wilson Chandler Raymond Felton Danilo Gallinari Timofey Mozgov Kosta Koufos 2014 first round pick (of the New York Knicks) 2012 second-round pick (of the Golden State Warriors) 2013 second-round pick (of the Golden State Warriors) $3 million	To Minnesota Timberwolves---- Eddy Curry Anthony Randolph

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Darko Miličić	Signed four-year contract	New York Knicks
Luke Ridnour	Signed four-year contract for $16 million	Milwaukee Bucks
Anthony Tolliver	Signed two-year contract for $4.5 million	Golden State Warriors

Subtractions

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Player	Signed
Sundiata Gaines	Waived
Delonte West	Waived
Jason Hart	Waived
Maurice Ager	Waived
Eddy Curry	Waived