Peak Period: From 2020-21 to 2023-24.  Edwards has only played four seasons, and is obviously in his Peak Period.

Here is what the 2023-24 Minnesota Timberwolves have taught us.   It is Anthony Edwards team now.

Edwards, who was the 2021 runner-up for the Rookie of the Year, has been an All-Star the last two seasons, but last year, he exploded with a seventh-place MVP finish, a Second Team All-NBA Selection and a Western Conference Final appearance.  With Karl-Anthony Towns now in New York, it is up to Edwards to lead the Timberwolves to the promised land.  This opportunity could propel Edwards to the Hall of Fame.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Minnesota Timberwolves.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Timberwolves had a nice run with their best team in years.  This has resulted in three new entrants and two elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Kevin Garnett
2. Karl-Anthony Towns
3. Kevin Love
4. Wally Szczerbiak
5. Terrell Brandon

You can find the entire list here.

KAT remains at #2 from last year, and the chasm between him in Garnett remains large, though the gap between Towns and #3 also continues to grow.

Anthony Edwards, who rocketed from #18 to #9.  He is on a two-year streak of All-Stars and was a Second Team All-NBA Selection last year.

It may only have been two years, and after year one, it looked like a mistake, but last season, Rudy Gobert won the Defensive Player of the Year Award. On a team like Minnesota, which has never been to the Finals, has had high turnover, and is an expansion team, a year like Gobert’s 2023-24 can jump a player from #40 to #14, which is what we have here.

Another big man, Naz Reid, climbed eleven spots to #16.

Jaden McDaniels is the first of three new entries.  The Forward debuts at #32.

Veteran Point Guard Mike Conley Jr. makes his first appearance at #33.

Another veteran, Kyle Anderson, who is now with Utah, enters at #34.

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Kyle Anderson signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves as a nine-year veteran. While his stay in the Gopher State was only two seasons, it was marked with versatility, depth, and leadership.

Anderson’s defensive skills and offensive vision made up for a lack of size and pure talent, but he was undoubtedly an asset to Minnesota in his two seasons there.  Anderson averaged

In the summer of 2024, Anderson was traded to the Golden State Warriors as part of a six-team trade.

In the broader scope, Mike Conley is one of the most underrated basketball players in the world, but on the inside, Conley has been a coveted player due to his selfless and team-first attitude. During his 15th season, Conley was traded from the Utah Jazz to Minnesota and finished the year continuing to average over 10 Points per Game, earning his fourth Sportsmanship Award.

Last season, Conley continued his steak of consistency (11.4 PPG), helped Minnesota reach the Western Conference Finals, and won his second Teammate of the Year Award.

In his late 30s, Conley begins his 2023-24 campaign with his best shot of acquiring an NFL Championship.

The Timberwolves drafted Jaden McDaniels with the 28^th Overall Pick in 2020, and the Washington Husky proved Minnesota right with their selection.

McDaniels saw significant playing time as a rookie, and as he enters his fifth year, his defensive versatility to shut down forwards regardless of size and skill.  As each season progressed, McDaniels kept improving, and though he is a streaky scorer, he has now averaged double-digits in Points over the last two years. In the previous campaign, McDaniels was named a Second Team All-Defensive player.

A rising star on last year’s team that made the Western Conference Finals, McDaniels is a key player for Minnesota’s future success.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Minnesota Timberwolves.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Minnesota did not take the step they thought after going all in on Rudy Gobert.  Can they make a leap this year?  Either way, last year did see Gobert make the list, and see one player make a sizable jump.

As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:

1. Kevin Garnett

2. Karl-Anthony Towns

3. Kevin Love

4. Wally Szczerbiak

5. Terrell Brandon

You can find the entire list here.

Towns remains at #2, and will take a long time, if at all possible) to supplant Garnett for the top spot.

Anthony Edwards, who is ascending to NBA top ten status, vaulted to #18 from #33.

D’Angelo Russell, who was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers late in the year, advanced to #22 from #29.

Center, Naz Reid, continued his climb, moving to #27 from #34.

Rudy Gobert, whose arrival could be debated for decades to come, is still good enough to be here even with one year of service, even if it was down by his Utah standards.  Remember, the Timberwolves have not been around long, have never been great, and basketball fields small rosters.  This rank is warranted.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

This one is tricky.

The Timberwolves raised a lot of eyebrows across the NBA when they gave up four players and five number ones to get the multi-time Defensive Player of the Year, Rudy Gobert.  It was a lot to give up, but the results have been scary thus far.

The Frenchman had solid numbers in 2022/23, averaging a double-double with 13.4 Points and 11.6 Rebounds per Game.  This is good, but was down from his previous All-Star years, and the meshing of him and Karl-Anthony Towns has yet to be fruitful. 

Last year was much better for Gobert and the T-Wolves, as though he was not an All-Star, his defensive prowess returned to form and he won the Defensive Player of the Year.  Even better, Gobert and Minnesota made it to the Western Conference Finals and enter this year as bona fide NBA Championship contenders.  It is easy to vault up a basketball list, especially on an expansion team that has never been to the Finals, thus explaining this rank.

Pre-2023-24 Rank: #44.

Peak Period:  From 2017-18 to 2023-24.  Randle should still be in his Peak Period at season’s end.

Julius Randle’s career took off in his seventh NBA season when the Power Forward was a Second Team All-NBA and Most Improved Player of the Year in what was his second year with the Knicks.  Randle was an All-Star three times on New York, but with the emergence of Jalen Brunson, the Knicks shuffled the deck and traded him to Minnesota for Karl-Anthony Towns.

As we wrote for Towns, this is a boom or bust campaign, as this will set the tone for any possible Hall of Fame run.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2021/22 revision of our top Minnesota Timberwolves.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Minnesota made the playoffs for the first time in years, and appear to be a team on the move.  Last year’s results saw four new entries, but nothing affecting the top tier.

As always, we present our top five:

1. Kevin Garnett

2. Karl-Anthony Towns

3. Kevin Love

4. Wally Szczerbiak

5. Terrell Brandon

You can find the entire list here.

Notably, within the top five, Towns remains at #2, and has a long way to go to overpass Garnett.

The highest of the four new entrants is Point Guard, D’Angelo Russell, who enters at #29.

Budding superstar and 2021 All-Rookie, Shooting Guard, Anthony Edwards, debuts at #33.

Right behind is Naz Reid, the backup Center, who makes his first appearance at #34.

The fourth and final debut is Power Forward, Jarred Vanderbilt, who is now with the Utah Jazz.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

American players who go undrafted don’t often make it to the NBA, but Naz Reid put in the work to make it where others were have given up.

Playing at LSU, Reid signed with the Timberwolves, splitting time between the parent club and Iowa of the D-League in his rookie year.  Reid stayed with Minnesota for good in his second season, finding a role off of the bench to give a rebounding and blocking percentage, while still taking enough shots to make him viable offensively.  The addidtion of Rudy Gobert would keep Reid on the bench but last season he thrived in that role winning the Sixth Man of the Year off a 13.5 PPG year.

Reid's playing time should only increase in 2024-25.

Jarred Vanderbilt played his college ball at Kentucky, and did well enough to earn a spot in the 2018 NBA Draft, a second round selection by Denver.  An excellent leaper and dunker, Vanderbilt did not play much for the Nuggets, as he was assigned mostly with Rio Grande in the G-League, but a trade in 2000 would grant the Power Forward an opportunity for playing time.

Vanderbilt was on the T-Wolves roster going into the 2020-21 Season, staring 30 of his 64 Games, averaging 5.8 Rebounds per Game despite playing less than 20 Minutes per Game.  He started more Games in 2021-22, (67 of 74), again with a healthy Rebound number (8.4 RPG), and helping Minnesota make the playoffs for the first time in years.

As good as he was becoming, Vanderbilt was traded to Utah to get Rudy Gobert, ending Vanderbilt’s time with the Timberwolves.

D’Angelo Russell first turned heads with the Los Angeles Lakers, but was traded to the Brooklyn Nets in 2018, where he was an All-Star in 2019.  The Guard was then dealt to Golden State where he was part of the package to bring Kevin Durant.  As good as Russell was, he was part of another deal shortly after, where he was deal to his current squad, Minnesota, who sent Andrew Wiggins the other way.

Russell, meshed well in Minnesota, and helped them make the playoffs and kept his PPG average strong with a near 20 metirc.  A solid scorer, Russell was not an elite player, and the tinkering Timberwolves traded him back to his original team, the Lakers, during the 2022-23 Season.  WIth the T-Wolves, Russell averaged 18.5 Points per Game over approximately three years of service.

Highly regarded going into both the University of Georgia and the NBA as the #1 Pick in 2020, Anthony Edwards had an excellent rookie season, earning All-Rookie accolades, and averaging 19.3 Points per Game.  This was the scoring touch they expected from Edwards as a rookie, but there were plenty of mistakes, as displayed by his advanced metrics, namely his sub-15.0 PER. 

This was common for rookies, and Edwards progressed nicely in his sophomore campaign, breaking the 20 PPG threshold, and minimizing miscues.  Edwards took it to the next level inhis third year, where he crept within a hair of 25 Points per Game and made his first All-Star Game.  In that off-season, he was the best player for the United States in the FIBA World Basketball Championship, but that was this a launhing pad.

Last year, Edwards was again an All-Star and added a SEcond Team All-Sta. . An MVP contender, Edwards broke the 25 PPG threshold and led the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals.

If Edwards continues on this trajectory, he should be in the top three on this list quickly. 

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021-22 revision of our top 50 Minnesota Timberwolves of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NBA. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

After looking at the 2020-21 Season, we have no new entries, nor any changes, but there are notes worth discussing.

As always, we present our top five immediately, though nothing has changed in this upper-tier.

1. Kevin Garnett

2. Karl-Anthony Towns

3. Kevin Love

4. Wally Szczerbiak

5. Terrell Brandon

You can find the entire list here.

Towns has a long way to go, if he can ever, unseat Garnett.

Despite winning the Rookie of the Year, Anthony Edwards’ poor advanced stats held him from obtaining a spot on this list.  Malik Beasley and D’Angelo Russell also missed out.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our third revision of our top 50 Minnesota Timberwolves of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NBA. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

This one went a complete overhaul, which was reflected in our top five as seen below.

The complete list can be found here, but as always, we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Kevin Garnett                                         

2. Karl-Anthony Towns

3. Kevin Love

4. Wally Szczerbiak 

5. Terrell Brandon

Our top five remains the same, but there has been tinkering throughout the rest of the list.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present the first revision of our top 50 Minnesota Timberwolves of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following: 

1. Advanced Statistics.

2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NBA.

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories, which has altered the rankings considerably.

This list is updated up until the end of the 2018-19 Season.

The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article.  They are:

1. Kevin Garnett

2. Karl-Anthony Towns

3. Kevin Love

4. Wally Szczerbiak

5. Terrell Brandon

As you may have deduced, the biggest change from our previous ranking from three years ago is the vault of Karl-Anthony Towns from #16 to #2.  

The biggest change based on recent play is Altuve’s rise to number 5.

With the changes in our algorithm and with recent play, we have added new additions in Taj Gibson #18, Andrew Wiggins #21, Jeff Teague #31, Tyus Jones #35, Nemanja Bjelica #40, Zach Levine #46 and Jimmy Butler #48.

As always we thank you for your support.

From Serbia, Nemanja Bjelica was drafted by the Washington Wizards who traded him to Minnesota on a 2010 Draft Day Trade, but he elected to stay in Europe where he would be the EuroLeague MVP in 2015.  After that impressive performance, he traveled stateside where he played three seasons for the Timberwolves as their backup Power Forward where he averaged 6.1 Points and 3.8 Rebounds per Game.

This entry is exceptionally tricky as Jimmy Butler only played 69 Games for the Timberwolves, and he forced a trade to get out.  That being said, the Shooting Guard put forth high numbers with a 22.0 Point per Game Average and a 23.5 PER, which are excellent statistics for his tenure there.

An All-Star with the Atlanta Hawks in 2015, Jeff Teague signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves prior to the 2017/18 Season where he would take over the starting Point Guard role.  In Teague’s first full season with the T-Wolves, he finished 8^th in Assists per Game and would have finished higher the year after had he played enough games to qualify (injuries prevented that).  Teague played two-and-a-half seasons with Minnesota before being traded back to Atlanta.

Andrew Wiggins is one of the toughest players to rank on any of our Top-50 lists, as his five years and change saw high points, but low advanced metrics.