How the Minnesota Timberwolves Completed the Hardest Rebuild in NBA History

The Minnesota Timberwolves. A Team established in the 1989 Offseason joining the Miami Heat in the NBA is a Franchise with very little success. But when they drafted High School Standout Kevin Garnett, their trajectory as a franchise changed almost overnight. A 1x MVP, 10x All Star, 8x All NBA Player, and 8x All Defensive member as a Timberwolf. But even in his time in Minnesota, the Wolves only made it to 1 Western Conference Finals, and been first round outs in EVERY year before that. So after 3 more years of no playoff appearances and KG being north of 30. The Twolves had to make a very hard decision that KG didn’t even want, having to trade what some call one of the best PFs in NBA History to the Boston Celtics on July 31st, 2007. And despite the HUGE haul they received from the Celtics, the many years of tanking, and the MANY early first round picks used, the Timberwolves have only made the playoffs 4 times, created only 2 All Stars, and been through 9 coaches. But as we know, the Timberwolves just created their 2nd best record in Franchise History and have a new Franchise Leader in Anthony Edwards who will be the new version of KG for the Franchise. Well that is the topic of today’s deepdive to find out just how the Minnesota Timberwolves took 17 seasons to truly rebuild after the Kevin Garnett Trade and now being in the place they are with Anthony Edwards, Karl Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert.

Chapters:
0:00 - 2:15 Intro
2:15 - 6:39 Prologue and the KG Trade
6:39 - 14:19 2008 and the Rise of Al Jefferson
14:19 - 23:43 2009 Kevin Love arrives in Minnesota
23:43 - 36:06 2010 The Biggest Draft Blunder ever
36:06 - 49:53 2011 Al Jefferson is traded
49:53 - 1:06:21 2012 All NBA Kevin Love
1:06:21 - 1:14:02 2013 Signs of Improvement
1:14:02 - 1:25:28 2014 Flip Saunders returns and a Playoff Push
1:25:28 - 1:40:41 2015 Kevin Love leaves and Andrew Wiggins joins
1:40:41 - 1:51:04 2016 The Arrival of Karl Anthony Towns
1:51:04 - 2:00:23 2017 Tom Thibodeau takes over the ship
2:00:23 - 2:15:25 2018 The Wolves are BACK in the Playoffs
2:15:25 - 2:25:20 2019 The Jimmy Butler Trade Saga
2:25:20 - 2:34:49 2020 The End of Andrew Wiggins
2:24:49 - 2:46:04 2021 The Arrival of Anthony Edwards
2:46:04 - 2:59:53 2022 The Wolves are on the Rise
2:59:53 - 3:16:09 2023 The Trade heard Around the World
3:16:09 - 3:34:21 2024 The Timberwolves Bright Future

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Hope you enjoy the video and be sure to leave any suggestions for team sagas or even players to cover in the next DEEP DIVE!

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[larryruecker]

My hat's off to you Timberwolves fans. You guys are very loyal to have stuck around that team, even when they were losing. I'm a Blazer fan so I feel your pain.

[ALBENDEA]

Instead of getting a full eight hours of sleep before work I'm choosing to watch this mammoth of a video and it's all worth it

[GTBreezy]

Learning that the wolves were FORCED to not draft curry paints a different spotlight on the picks still should’ve been derozan tho

[aniellaguer]

19:35 that's how Greg Popovich got his position as Head Coach for the Spurs

[brodown]

3 hour doc dedicated to my team, what did I do to deserve this happiness (and like 2 hours of pain)

[farmingnodak]

It's weird to see that KAT is the final piece of Flip's career... KAT has his ups and downs but still rooting for him to get that chip with the Wolves. It was a good time to see KG back, Flip mending fences between him and Glen, and then it all fell apart and once again in dark times.

...and now a guy called Antman came along.... can only hope.

[newpancakeman]

Ay Alvini I can’t lie, you putting together a top 10 NBA youtuber resume and are only going up

[Killshot]

As someone born and raised in Minneapolis I’ve been a Timberwolves fan since I could comprehend basketball which was around 2006-7 when I was 6 years old and it’s been a tough ride. We made it to the conference finals this year and although we lost the future is truly looking bright and I believe we might be able to pull off a championship sometime in the near future and that is really exciting. #WOLVESBACK 🐺

[alphabah]

The timberwolves let Ernie Grunfied off the hook with that Johnny Flynn selection. Coulda had an all time disaster trade right hit there

[TheKing]

As a Wolves Fan. I cant tell which Franchise is more cursed, Clippers or Us lol. Hopefully we can have continued Playoff Success, our state is hungry for something or anything, its rough out here great video

[jerikoh]

2 decades of our pain summed up in 3 hours. Appreciate your effort dawg!

[discowolf]

As a lifelong wolves fan who is literally the same age this team is-
Thanks Boss.
Naz Reid.

[knoxtall]

As a wolves fan that suggested this a couple months ago (a long with others I'm sure) 🐺 He has arrived now tho. Such a sad sad story but the end is great has so many potential outcomes.

Can't wait to watch

[GregGG]

The kg era you mean the Rashad McCants era

[jankuc]

I can only imagine how time-consuming it must have been but I love your job keep doin bro this is amazing

[AsanteInTheLAB]

i love the dedication you have to make a 3.5h video

[benthesaxguy]

Great video. The enthusiasm of these basketball analytics makes for compelling (true) storytelling. Love it.

[EnVizzioned]

God I'm so happy to have found this channel

[michaellee]

Brandon Roy is one of the greatest "what ifs" of all time.