2019–20 Minnesota Timberwolves season explained

Team:	Minnesota Timberwolves
End Year:	2020
Wins:	19
Losses:	45
Division:	Northwest
Division Place:	5
Conf Place:	14
Coach:	Ryan Saunders
Gm:	Scott Layden
Owners:	Glen Taylor
Arena:	Target Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	MIN
Television:	Fox Sports North
Radio:	WCCO

The 2019–20 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 31st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The season was suspended by the league officials following the games of March 11^[1] after it was reported that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.^[2] On June 4, 2020, the season came to an end for the Timberwolves when the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan that would restart the season with 22 teams returning to play on July 31, 2020, in the NBA Bubble, which was approved by the National Basketball Players Association the next day.^{[3] [4]} Due to their poor record, the Timberwolves season came to an end. However the Timberwolves won the draft lottery giving them the 1st pick in the 2020 NBA draft.

Draft

See main article: article and 2019 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Cameron Johnson	Small Forward		North Carolina
2	43	Jaylen Nowell	Point guard		Washington

The Timberwolves held both a first and a second round draft pick.The 11th pick along with Dario Šarić was traded to the Suns in exchange for the 6th pick Jarrett Culver.

Standings

Conference

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| October 8| @ Phoenix| | Karl-Anthony Towns (19)| Karl-Anthony Towns (10)| Shabazz Napier (7)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
7,593| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| October 10| @ Golden State| | Layman, Culver (17)| Naz Reid (11)| Josh Okogie (5)| Chase Center
18,064| 0–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 13| Maccabi Haifa| | Treveon Graham (14)| Noah Vonleh (8)| Jarrett Culver (4)| Target Center
8,703| 1–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 4| October 15| @ Indiana| | Karl-Anthony Towns (33)| Robert Covington (19)| Jeff Teague (7)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,962| 2–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| October 17| @ Milwaukee| | Karl-Anthony Towns (16)| Robert Covington (11)| Jeff Teague (5)| Fiserv Forum
16,148| 2–3

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 23| @ Brooklyn| | Karl-Anthony Towns (36)| Karl-Anthony Towns (14)| Shabazz Napier (7)| Barclays Center
17,732| 1–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| October 25| @ Charlotte| | Karl-Anthony Towns (37)| Karl-Anthony Towns (15)| Karl-Anthony Towns (8)| Spectrum Center
14,879| 2–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 27| Miami| | Andrew Wiggins (25)| Karl-Anthony Towns (11)| Jeff Teague (8)| Target Center
17,049| 3–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| October 30| @ Philadelphia| | Andrew Wiggins (19)| Towns, Okogie (6)| Jeff Teague (5)| Wells Fargo Center
20,204| 3–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| November 2| @ Washington| | Andrew Wiggins (21)| Gorgui Dieng (8)| Jeff Teague (13)| Capital One Arena
15,150| 4–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| November 4| Milwaukee| | Andrew Wiggins (25)| Josh Okogie (7)| Napier, Dieng (4)| Target Center
16,271| 4–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| November 6| @ Memphis| | Andrew Wiggins (30)| Karl-Anthony Towns (13)| Jarrett Culver (7)| FedExForum
13,503| 4–3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8| November 8| Golden State| | Andrew Wiggins (40)| Karl-Anthony Towns (14)| Andrew Wiggins (7)| Target Center
15,647| 5–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| November 10| Denver| | Wiggins, Towns (25)| Karl-Anthony Towns (16)| Karl-Anthony Towns (6)| Target Center
13,553| 5–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 10| November 11| @ Detroit| | Andrew Wiggins (33)| Karl-Anthony Towns (8)| Karl-Anthony Towns (6)| Little Caesars Arena
12,526| 6–4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 11| November 13| San Antonio| | Andrew Wiggins (30)| Karl-Anthony Towns (11)| Andrew Wiggins (7)| Target Center
11,581| 7–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| November 15| Washington| | Karl-Anthony Towns (36)| Karl-Anthony Towns (10)| Jeff Teague (11)| Target Center
12,716| 7–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| November 16| Houston| | Karl-Anthony Towns (27)| Karl-Anthony Towns (15)| Jeff Teague (12)| Target Center
18,978| 7–6|- style="background:#cfc;"| 14| November 18| @ Utah| | Karl-Anthony Towns (29)| Karl-Anthony Towns (13)| Jeff Teague (11)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,306| 8–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| November 20| Utah| | Andrew Wiggins (22)| Karl-Anthony Towns (12)| Jeff Teague (6)| Target Center
13,177| 8–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| November 23| Phoenix| | Karl-Anthony Towns (31)| Karl-Anthony Towns (17)| Jeff Teague (8)| Target Center
17,362| 8–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17| November 25| @ Atlanta| | Karl-Anthony Towns (28)| Karl-Anthony Towns (13)| Teague, Towns (8)| State Farm Arena
16,218| 9–8|- style="background:#cfc;"| 18| November 27| @ San Antonio| | Andrew Wiggins (26)| Karl-Anthony Towns (14)| Teague, Towns (6)| AT&T Center
18,354| 10–8

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| December 1| Memphis| | Karl-Anthony Towns (21)| Karl-Anthony Towns (12)| Andrew Wiggins (7)| Target Center
12,276| 10–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| December 4| @ Dallas| | Wiggins, Towns (26)| Karl-Anthony Towns (9)| Karl-Anthony Towns (7)| American Airlines Center
19,671| 10–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| December 6| @ Oklahoma City| | Jeff Teague (32)| Robert Covington (7)| Jeff Teague (9)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 10–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| December 8| @ L. A. Lakers| | Wiggins, Towns (19)| Jordan Bell (6)| Karl-Anthony Towns (8)| Staples Center
18,997| 10–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| December 9| @ Phoenix| | Karl-Anthony Towns (33)| Karl-Anthony Towns (15)| Teague, Wiggins (4)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
13,230| 10–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| December 11| Utah| | Jeff Teague (32)| Karl-Anthony Towns (11)| Jeff Teague (6)| Target Center
12,369| 10–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| December 13| L. A. Clippers| | Karl-Anthony Towns (39)| Karl-Anthony Towns (12)| Jeff Teague (5)| Target Center
17,585| 10–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| December 18| New Orleans| | Andrew Wiggins (27)| Gorgui Dieng (8)| Jeff Teague (9)| Target Center
12,490| 10–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| December 20| @ Denver| | Andrew Wiggins (19)| Jordan Bell (8)| Andrew Wiggins (6)| Pepsi Center
19,520| 10–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| December 21| @ Portland| | Andrew Wiggins (33)| Gorgui Dieng (12)| Jeff Teague (8)| Moda Center
19,393| 10–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| December 23| @ Golden State| | Andrew Wiggins (22)| Dieng, Vonleh (8)| Teague, McLaughlin (4)| Chase Center
18,064| 10–19|- style="background:#cfc;"| 30| December 26| @ Sacramento| | Gorgui Dieng (21)| Gorgui Dieng (15)| Shabazz Napier (9)| Golden 1 Center
17,583| 11–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| December 28| Cleveland| | Jeff Teague (18)| Noah Vonleh (9)| Jeff Teague (4)| Target Center
15,411| 11–20|- style="background:#cfc;"| 32| December 30| Brooklyn| | Shabazz Napier (24)| Gorgui Dieng (20)| Shabazz Napier (8)| Target Center
15,824| 12–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33| January 1| @ Milwaukee| | Shabazz Napier (22)| Robert Covington (11)| Jarrett Culver (5)| Fiserv Forum
17,819| 12–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 34| January 2| Golden State| | Napier, Covington (20)| Robert Covington (10)| Shabazz Napier (7)| Target Center
15,477| 13–21|- style="background:#cfc;"| 35| January 5| @ Cleveland| | Gorgui Dieng (22)| Gorgui Dieng (13)| Shabazz Napier (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
16,159| 14–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 36| January 7| @ Memphis| | Jarrett Culver (24)| Covington, Vonleh (6)| Jeff Teague (6)| FedExForum
14,117| 14–22|- style="background:#cfc;"| 37| January 9| Portland| | Andrew Wiggins (23)| Gorgui Dieng (10)| Andrew Wiggins (8)| Target Center
13,720| 15–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 38| January 11| @ Houston| | Josh Okogie (16)| Jarrett Culver (8)| Okogie, Culver (5)| Toyota Center
18,055| 15–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 39| January 13| Oklahoma City| | Naz Reid (20)| Okogie, Culver, Napier (5)| Jeff Teague (5)| Target Center
11,044| 15–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 40| January 15| Indiana| | Jarrett Culver (17)| Gorgui Dieng (11)| Shabazz Napier (9)| Target Center
12,648| 15–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 41| January 17| @ Indiana| | Karl-Anthony Towns (27)| Robert Covington (10)| Shabazz Napier (9)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
16,248| 15–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 42| January 18| Toronto| | Jarrett Culver (26)| Andrew Wiggins (10)| Andrew Wiggins (11)| Target Center
16,520| 15–27|- style="background:#fcc;"| 43| January 20| Denver| | Karl-Anthony Towns (28)| Towns, Okogie (8)| Shabazz Napier (8)| Target Center
12,172| 15–28|- style="background:#fcc;"| 44| January 22| @ Chicago| | Karl-Anthony Towns (40)| Covington, Dieng, Napier (7)| Andrew Wiggins (9)| United Center
18,875| 15–29|- style="background:#fcc;"| 45| January 24| Houston| | Karl-Anthony Towns (30)| Karl-Anthony Towns (12)| Keita Bates-Diop (6)| Target Center
16,101| 15–30|- style="background:#fcc;"| 46| January 25| Oklahoma City| | Karl-Anthony Towns (37)| Shabazz Napier (10)| Shabazz Napier (13)| Target Center
16,236| 15–31|- style="background:#fcc;"| 47| January 27| Sacramento| | Andrew Wiggins (36)| Andrew Wiggins (9)| Napier, Wiggins (8)| Target Center
13,449| 15–32

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 48| February 1| @ L. A. Clippers| | Karl-Anthony Towns (32)| Karl-Anthony Towns (12)| Shabazz Napier (10)| Staples Center
19,068| 15–33|- style="background:#fcc;"| 49| February 3| @ Sacramento| | Karl-Anthony Towns (22)| Karl-Anthony Towns (10)| Shabazz Napier (7)| Golden 1 Center
15,819| 15–34|- style="background:#fcc;"| 50| February 5| Atlanta| | Andrew Wiggins (25)| Karl-Anthony Towns (11)| Jordan McLaughlin (7)| Target Center
10,779| 15–35|- style="background:#cfc;"| 51| February 8| L. A. Clippers| | Jordan McLaughlin (24)| Karl-Anthony Towns (13)| Jordan McLaughlin (11)| Target Center
18,978| 16–35|- style="background:#fcc;"| 52| February 10| @ Toronto| | Karl-Anthony Towns (23)| Karl-Anthony Towns (10)| Karl-Anthony Towns (7)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 16–36|- style="background:#fcc;"| 53| February 12| Charlotte| | Malik Beasley (28)| Juan Hernangómez (12)| D'Angelo Russell (11)| Target Center
18,978| 16–37|- style="background:#fcc;"| 54| February 21| Boston| | Malik Beasley (27)| Naz Reid (9)| D'Angelo Russell (13)| Target Center
18,978| 16–38|- style="background:#fcc;"| 55| February 23| @ Denver| | Kelan Martin (21)| Malik Beasley (8)| Jordan McLaughlin (10)| Pepsi Center
19,626| 16–39|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 24| @ Dallas| | D'Angelo Russell (29)| Culver, Martin (6)| D'Angelo Russell (5)| American Airlines Center
19,936| 16–40|- style="background:#cfc;"| 57| February 26| @ Miami| | D'Angelo Russell (27)| Malik Beasley (6)| D'Angelo Russell (6)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 17–40|- style="background:#fcc;"| 58| February 28| @ Orlando| | D'Angelo Russell (28)| Juan Hernangómez (13)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Amway Center
18,846| 17–41

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 59| March 1| Dallas| | D'Angelo Russell (16)| Hernangómez, Reid (12)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Target Center
18,058| 17–42|- style="background:#cfc;"| 60| March 3| @ New Orleans| | Malik Beasley (28)| Naz Reid (14)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Smoothie King Center
15,264| 18–42|- style="background:#cfc;"| 61| March 4| Chicago| | Malik Beasley (24)| Naz Reid (11)| Jordan McLaughlin (7)| Target Center
13,392| 19–42|- style="background:#fcc;"| 62| March 6| Orlando| | Malik Beasley (29)| Juan Hernangómez (8)| Jordan McLaughlin (9)| Target Center
14,315| 19–43|- style="background:#fcc;"| 63| March 8| New Orleans| | Malik Beasley (21)| Malik Beasley (9)| D'Angelo Russell (5)| Target Center
18,978| 19–44|- style="background:#fcc;"| 64| March 10| @ Houston| | D'Angelo Russell (28)| Juan Hernangómez (10)| D'Angelo Russell (5)| Toyota Center
18,055| 19–45|- style="background:#;"| 65| March 13| @ Oklahoma City| |||| Chesapeake Energy Arena||- style="background:#;"| 66| March 14| @ San Antonio| |||| AT&T Center||- style="background:#;"| 67| March 17| @ Portland| |||| Moda Center||- style="background:#;"| 68| March 18| @ Phoenix| |||| Talking Stick Resort Arena||- style="background:#;"| 69| March 20| @ Utah| |||| Vivint Smart Home Arena||- style="background:#;"| 70| March 22| Portland| |||| Target Center||- style="background:#;"| 71| March 24| Philadelphia| |||| Target Center||- style="background:#;"| 72| March 26| San Antonio| |||| Target Center||- style="background:#;"| 73| March 29| @ Boston| |||| TD Garden||- style="background:#;"| 74| March 30| LA Lakers| |||| Target Center||- style="background:#;"| 75| April 1| Dallas| |||| Target Center||- style="background:#;"| 76| April 3| @ New York| |||| Madison Square Garden||- style="background:#;"| 77| April 5| Detroit| |||| Target Center||- style="background:#;"| 78| April 7| Phoenix| |||| Target Center||- style="background:#;"| 79| April 9| Sacramento| |||| Target Center||- style="background:#;"| 80| April 12| @ LA Lakers| |||| Staples Center||- style="background:#;"| 81| April 13| @ LA Clippers| |||| Staples Center||- style="background:#;"| 82| April 15| New York| |||| Target Center|

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	SG	63	35	1,506	212	110	57	38	580	23.9	3.4	1.7	.9	.6	9.2
	SG	62	28	1,547	268	99	68	26	533	25.0	4.3	1.6	1.1	.4	8.6
^†	PF	48	47	1,411	287	56	80	45	615	29.4	6.0	1.2	1.7	.9	12.8
^†	C	46	17	778	256	58	37	42	341	16.9	5.6	1.3	.8	.9	7.4
^†	SF	42	42	1,455	219	155	29	36	942	34.6	5.2	3.7	.7	.9	22.4
^†	PF	37	0	646	110	30	17	20	251	17.5	3.0	.8	.5	.5	6.8
^†	PG	36	22	856	110	187	40	7	347	23.8	3.1	5.2	1.1	.2	9.6
	C	35	35	1,187	378	153	33	42	926	33.9	10.8	4.4	.9	1.2	26.5
^†	PG	34	13	945	88	208	25	13	448	27.8	2.6	6.1	.7	.4	13.2
^†	SF	33	20	663	100	30	17	2	171	20.1	3.0	.9	.5	.1	5.2
	SF	31	4	495	96	23	7	9	197	16.0	3.1	.7	.2	.3	6.4
	C	30	11	495	124	35	19	22	269	16.5	4.1	1.2	.6	.7	9.0
	PG	30	2	590	49	125	34	4	229	19.7	1.6	4.2	1.1	.1	7.6
^†	C	29	1	347	116	26	11	6	119	12.0	4.0	.9	.4	.2	4.1
^†	C	27	0	235	78	14	2	10	83	8.7	2.9	.5	.1	.4	3.1
	SF	23	2	505	57	15	17	10	210	22.0	2.5	.7	.7	.4	9.1
	SG	15	0	151	13	19	3	1	57	10.1	.9	1.3	.2	.1	3.8
^†	SG	14	14	463	71	27	9	2	290	33.1	5.1	1.9	.6	.1	20.7
^†	PF	14	14	411	102	18	14	4	181	29.4	7.3	1.3	1.0	.3	12.9
^†	C	14	1	338	66	53	19	19	168	24.1	4.7	3.8	1.4	1.4	12.0
^†	PG	12	12	392	55	79	17	4	260	32.7	4.6	6.6	1.4	.3	21.7
^†	SF	9	0	131	12	5	0	0	29	14.6	1.3	.6	.0	.0	3.2
^†	PF	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	2	2.5	.5	.0	.0	.0	1.0
^†	SG	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2019-20 NBA season transactions.

Trades

July

July 6	To Minnesota Timberwolves Draft rights to Jarrett Culver (#6)	To Phoenix Suns Dario Šarić Draft rights to Cameron Johnson (#11)	^[5]
July 8	To Minnesota Timberwolves Jake Layman (sign and trade)	To Portland Trail Blazers Draft rights to Bojan Dubljević (2013 #59)	^[6]
	To Minnesota Timberwolves Treveon Graham Shabazz Napier Cash considerations	To Golden State Warriors Draft rights to Lior Eliyahu (2006 #44)	^[7]
January
January 16	To Minnesota Timberwolves Allen Crabbe	To Atlanta Hawks Jeff Teague Treveon Graham	^[8]
February
February 5	Four-team trade		^[9]
	To Minnesota Timberwolves Malik Beasley (from Denver) Juan Hernangómez (from Denver) Jarred Vanderbilt (from Denver) Evan Turner (from Atlanta) 2020 BKN protected first-round pick	To Atlanta Hawks Clint Capela (from Houston) Nenê (from Houston)
	To Denver Nuggets Keita Bates-Diop (from Minnesota) Shabazz Napier (from Minnesota) Noah Vonleh (from Minnesota) Gerald Green (from Houston) 2020 HOU first-round pick	To Houston Rockets Robert Covington (from Minnesota) Jordan Bell (from Minnesota) 2024 GSW second-round pick
February 6	To Minnesota Timberwolves D'Angelo Russell Omari Spellman Jacob Evans	To Golden State Warriors Andrew Wiggins 2021 MIN protected first-round pick^[10] 2021 MIN second-round pick	^[11]
	Three-team trade		^[12]
	To Miami Heat Andre Iguodala (from Memphis) Jae Crowder (from Memphis) Solomon Hill (from Memphis)	To Memphis Grizzlies Justise Winslow (from Miami) Dion Waiters (from Miami) Gorgui Dieng (from Minnesota)
	To Minnesota Timberwolves James Johnson (from Miami)

Free agents

Re-signed

Player	Signed

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team

Notes and References

1. Web site: NBA to suspend season following Wednesday's games . NBA.com . March 12, 2020 . March 11, 2020.
2. Web site: Reynolds . Tim . NBA suspends season until further notice, over coronavirus . NBA.com . March 12, 2020 . March 11, 2020.
3. Web site: NBA Board of Governors approves competitive format to restart 2019-20 season with 22 teams returning to play. NBA.com. June 4, 2020. June 4, 2020.
4. Web site: Adrian. Wojnarowski. NBPA reps vote to approve 22-team format to finish season. ESPN.com. June 5, 2020. June 6, 2020.
5. Web site: Timberwolves Acquire Draft Rights to Jarrett Culver in Completion of Draft-Night Trade. NBA.com. July 6, 2019. July 6, 2019.
6. Web site: TIMBERWOLVES ACQUIRE JAKE LAYMAN. NBA.com. July 9, 2019. July 8, 2019.
7. Web site: The Warriors have acquired the draft rights to Lior Eliyahu from Minnesota in exchange for forward Treveon Graham, guard Shabazz Napier and cash considerations:. WarriorsPR on Twitter. July 9, 2019. July 8, 2019.
8. Web site: Minnesota Timberwolves Acquire Allen Crabbe from Atlanta Hawks . NBA.com . January 16, 2020 . en.
9. Web site: Rockets Complete Four-Team Trade. February 5, 2020. NBA.com. February 5, 2020.
10. Golden State will receive the pick if it's #4-30, else they will receive Minnesota's first-round pick in 2022
11. Web site: Warriors Acquire Andrew Wiggins & 2021 First and Second Round Draft Picks From Minnesota. NBA.com. February 6, 2020. February 7, 2020.
12. Web site: Memphis Grizzlies acquire Justise Winslow, Gorgui Dieng and Dion Waiters in three-team trade with Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves. NBA.com. February 6, 2020. February 7, 2020.