2020–21 Minnesota Timberwolves season

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2020–21 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Head coach Ryan Saunders (fired Feb. 21)
Chris Finch
General manager Vacant
Arena Target Center
Results
Record 23–49 (.319)
Place Division: 4th (Northwest)
Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Bally Sports North
Radio WCCO
< 2019–20 2021–22 >

The 2020–21 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 32nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) On February 21, 2021, the Timberwolves fired head coach Ryan Saunders after three seasons with the team.[1] On the following day, Toronto Raptors assistant head coach Chris Finch was announced as the next head coach.[2] After a loss to the Sacramento Kings on April 21, followed by the San Antonio Spurs defeating the Detroit Pistons the next day, the Timberwolves were eliminated from playoff contention for the third straight year.[3]

Draft

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Main article: 2020 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School / club team
1 1 Anthony Edwards Guard  United States Georgia
1 17 Aleksej Pokuševski Forward  Serbia Olympiacos
2 33 Daniel Oturu Center  United States Minnesota

Before the start of the 2020 NBA draft period, the Timberwolves' selection was held stuck as the #3 selection of the draft with their record being the third-worst of all NBA teams the prior season at 19–45 before the NBA suspended their season on March 12, 2020 and cancelled the rest of Minnesota's season by June 5.[4] As a result, they held the best odds to move up at #1 alongside the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors for the 2020 draft, though also held odds to fall as low as the #6 pick of the draft. This year, the Timberwolves ended the 2020 NBA draft lottery with the #1 selection, moving up two spots from their initial projection. In addition to their first-round pick, the Timberwolves also held their second-round pick and gained a first-round picks from a previous trade involving the Brooklyn Nets. They traded the Number 17 pick and James Johnson for Ricky Rubio, the number 25 and 28 overall picks.[5] They then traded the number 25 and 33 overall picks for the 23rd overall pick.[5]

Roster

2020–21 Minnesota Timberwolves roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 5 Beasley, Malik 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1996-11-26 Florida State
G/F 23 Culver, Jarrett 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-02-20 Texas Tech
F/C 17 Davis, Ed 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989-06-05 North Carolina
G 1 Edwards, Anthony 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 2001-08-05 Georgia
F 41 Hernangómez, Juan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1995-09-28 Spain
F 10 Layman, Jake 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1994-03-07 Maryland
F 3 McDaniels, Jaden 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-09-29 Washington
G 6 McLaughlin, Jordan (TW) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1996–04–09 Southern California
G 4 Nowell, Jaylen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1999-07-09 Washington
G 20 Okogie, Josh 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1998-09-01 Georgia Tech
C 11 Reid, Naz 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 264 lb (120 kg) 1999-08-26 LSU
G 9 Rubio, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1990-10-21 Spain
G 0 Russell, D'Angelo Injured 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1996-02-23 Ohio State
C 32 Towns, Karl-Anthony 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1995-11-15 Kentucky
F 8 Vanderbilt, Jarred 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1999-04-03 Kentucky
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • Injured Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: February 22, 2021

Standings

Division

Northwest Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
z – Utah Jazz 52 20 .722 0.0 31–5 21–15 7–5 72
x – Denver Nuggets 47 25 .653 5.0 25–11 22–14 9–3 72
x – Portland Trail Blazers 42 30 .583 10.0 20–16 22–14 6–6 72
Minnesota Timberwolves 23 49 .319 29.0 13–23 10–26 5–7 72
Oklahoma City Thunder 22 50 .306 30.0 10–26 12–24 3–9 72


Conference

Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z – Utah Jazz * 52 20 .722 – 72
2 y – Phoenix Suns * 51 21 .708 1.0 72
3 x – Denver Nuggets 47 25 .653 5.0 72
4 x – Los Angeles Clippers 47 25 .653 5.0 72
5 y – Dallas Mavericks * 42 30 .583 10.0 72
6 x – Portland Trail Blazers 42 30 .583 10.0 72
7 x – Los Angeles Lakers 42 30 .583 10.0 72
8 x – Memphis Grizzlies 38 34 .528 14.0 72
9 Golden State Warriors 39 33 .542 13.0 72
10 San Antonio Spurs 33 39 .458 19.0 72
11 New Orleans Pelicans 31 41 .431 21.0 72
12 Sacramento Kings 31 41 .431 21.0 72
13 Minnesota Timberwolves 23 49 .319 29.0 72
14 Oklahoma City Thunder 22 50 .306 30.0 72
15 Houston Rockets 17 55 .236 35.0 72

Notes

  • z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
  • c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
  • y – Clinched division title
  • x – Clinched playoff spot
  • pb – Clinched play-in spot
  • o – Eliminated from playoff contention
  • * – Division leader

Game log

Preseason

2020–21 game log
Preseason: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)
Game Date
Time		 Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 December 12 Memphis L 105–107 Jaylen Nowell (22) Karl-Anthony Towns (8) Malik Beasley (3) Target Center
0		 0–1
2 December 14 Memphis L 104–123 D'Angelo Russell (19) Karl-Anthony Towns (9) Karl-Anthony Towns (5) Target Center
0		 0–2
3 December 17 @ Dallas W 129–127 Karl-Anthony Towns (20) Malik Beasley (11) Ricky Rubio (4) American Airlines Center
0		 1–2
2020–21 season schedule

Regular season

2020–21 game log
2020–21 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

After all games.[8]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Malik Beasley 37 36 32.8 .440 .399 .850 4.4 2.4 .8 .2 19.6
Jarrett Culver 34 7 14.7 .411 .245 .604 3.1 .7 .5 .3 5.3
Ed Davis 23 7 13.0 .432 .000 .833 5.0 .9 .6 .6 2.1
Anthony Edwards 72 55 32.1 .417 .329 .776 4.7 2.9 1.1 .5 19.3
Ashton Hagans‡ 2 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Juancho Hernangómez 52 6 17.3 .435 .327 .619 3.9 .7 .4 .1 7.2
Jake Layman 45 11 13.9 .495 .295 .703 1.5 .6 .6 .4 5.1
Jaden McDaniels 63 27 24.0 .447 .364 .600 3.7 1.1 .6 1.0 6.8
Jordan McLaughlin 51 2 18.4 .413 .359 .767 2.1 3.8 1.0 .1 5.0
Jaylen Nowell 42 0 18.1 .424 .333 .818 2.3 1.5 .5 .3 9.0
Josh Okogie 59 37 20.3 .402 .269 .769 2.6 1.1 .9 .5 5.4
Naz Reid 70 15 19.2 .523 .351 .693 4.6 1.0 .5 1.1 11.2
Ricky Rubio 68 51 26.1 .388 .308 .867 3.3 6.4 1.4 .1 8.6
D'Angelo Russell 42 26 28.5 .431 .387 .765 2.6 5.8 1.1 .4 19.0
Karl-Anthony Towns 50 50 33.8 .486 .387 .859 10.6 4.5 .8 1.1 24.8
Jarred Vanderbilt 64 30 17.8 .606 .200 .559 5.8 1.2 1.0 .7 5.4


‡Waived during the season

Transactions

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Main article: List of 2020–21 NBA season transactions

Trades

November 19, 2020[9] To Minnesota Timberwolves
Draft rights to Mathias Lessort
2023 second-round pick		 To Los Angeles Clippers
Draft rights to Daniel Oturu
November 20, 2020[5]
(Three-team trade)		 To Minnesota Timberwolves
Draft rights to Jaden McDaniels
Ricky Rubio		 To Oklahoma City Thunder
Draft rights to Aleksej Pokuševski
James Johnson
2024 second-round pick
To New York Knicks
Draft rights to Immanuel Quickley
November 19, 2020[10] To Minnesota Timberwolves
Ed Davis		 To New York Knicks
Jacob Evans
Omari Spellman
2026 second-round pick

Free agency

Re-signed

Player Signed Ref.
Malik Beasley 4-year contract worth $60 million
(November 25, 2020)		 [11]
Juancho Hernangómez 2-year contract worth $21 million
(November 27, 2020)		 [12]
Jordan McLaughlin Two-way contract
(December 17, 2020)		 [13]

Additions

Player Signed Former team Ref.
Ashton Hagans Two-way contract
(November 19, 2020)		 Kentucky Wildcats [14]
Tyler Cook Exhibit 10 contract
(November 29, 2020)		 Denver Nuggets [15]
Ade Murkey Exhibit 10 contract
(December 2, 2020)		 Denver Pioneers [16]
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Exhibit 10 contract
(December 3, 2020)		 Toronto Raptors [17]
Charlie Brown Jr. Exhibit 10 contract
(December 10, 2020)		 Atlanta Hawks [18]
Zylan Cheatham Exhibit 10 contract
(December 18, 2020)		 Oklahoma City Thunder [19]

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team Ref.
Ade Murkey Waived
(December 18, 2020)		 Iowa Wolves [19]
Zylan Cheatham Waived
(December 19, 2020)		 Iowa Wolves [20]
Charlie Brown Jr. Waived
(December 19, 2020)		 Iowa Wolves
Tyler Cook Waived
(December 19, 2020)		 Iowa Wolves
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Waived
(December 19, 2020)		 Portland Trail Blazers
Ashton Hagans Waived
(February 13, 2021)		 — [21]

References

  1. ↑ Timberwolves Relieve Ryan Saunders Of His Duties
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ NBA Board of Governors approves competitive format to restart 2019-20 season with 22 teams returning to play
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Timberwolves acquire Lessort, 2023 second-round pick for Gophers’ Oturu
  10. ↑ Minnesota Timberwolves Acquire Ed Davis From New York
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Timberwolves sign Kentucky guard Ashton Hagans to two-way contract
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Timberwolves Sign Charlie Brown Jr.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Minnesota Timberwolves Waive Ashton Hagans
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