<div align="center"><font color="Teal"><font size="3">The History of the Minnesota Timberwolves</font></font></div> <div align="center"></div> Year Founded: 1989-1990 Head Coach: Bill Musselman Season Record: 22-60 T'Wolves Colors: Teal, White, Black Current T'Wolves Head Coach: Flip Saunders Colors: Teal, White, Black Arena: The Target Center Current General Manager: Jim Stack NBA Championships (none) NBA Finals Appearances (none) Western Conference Finals Appearances 2003-2004 Lost to the Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 Most Valuable Player Awards 2003-2004 Kevin Garnett All-Rookie Team 1999-00 Wally Szczerbiak (1st team) 1996-97 Stephon Marbury (1st team) 1995-96 Kevin Garnett (2nd team) 1993-94 Isaiah Rider (1st team) 1992-93 Christian Laettner (1st team) 1990-91 Felton Spencer (2nd team) 1989-90 Pooh Richardson (1st team) All-NBA Team 2003-04 Kevin Garnett (1st team) Sam Cassell (2nd team) 2002-03 Kevin Garnett (1st team) 2001-02 Kevin Garnett (2nd team) 2000-01 Kevin Garnett (2nd team) 1999-00 Kevin Garnett (1st team) 1998-99 Kevin Garnett (3rd team) All-NBA Defensive Team 2003-04 Kevin Garnett (1st team) 2002-03 Kevin Garnett (1st team) 2001-02 Kevin Garnett (1st team) 2000-01 Kevin Garnett (1st team) 1999-00 Kevin Garnett (1st team) <u>All Stars</u> Chris Carr 1997 Nestle Crunch Slam Dunk Sam Cassell 2004 All-Star Game Kevin Garnett 2004 All-Star Game: Starter 2003 All-Star Game: Starter; MVP 2002 All-Star Game: Starter 2001 All-Star Game: Starter 2000 All-Star Game: Starter 1998 All-Star Game: Starter 1997 All-Star Game 1996 Schick Rookie Game Tom Gugliotta 1997 All-Star Game Donyell Marshall 1995 Schick Rookie Game Stephon Marbury 1997 Schick Rookie Game Isaiah Rider 1995 Gatorade Slam Dunk Championship 1994 Gatorade Slam Dunk Championship: Champion 1994 Schick Rookie Game Flip Saunders 2004 All-Star Game: Western Conference Coach Wally Szczerbiak 2002 All-Star Game 2001 Schick Rookie Challenge: member of Sophomore Team 2000 Schick Rookie Challenge Doug West 1992 Gatorade Slam Dunk Challenge Season W L % <font color="DimGray">2003-04 58-24 .707</font> 2002-03 51-31 .622 2001-02 50-32 .610 2000-01 47-35 .573 1999-00 50-32 .610 1998-99 25-25 .500 1997-98 45-37 .549 1996-97 40-42 .488 1995-96 26-56 .317 1994-95 21-61 .256 1993-94 20-62 .244 1992-93 19-63 .232 <font color="Teal">1991-92 15-67 .183</font> 1990-91 29-53 .354 1989-90 22-60 .268 <font color="DimGray">Grey:</font> Indicates best season <font color="Teal">Teal:</font> Indicates worst season How they got their name In 1986, a "Name the Team" contest was held. In that contest, the nickname "Timberwolves" was granted as the winner. The nickname was sumbitted 17 different times and was in the finals with the 2nd place nickname, the "Polars". Eventually, 842 city councils around the state chose the nickname Timberwolves as the winner. In all, fans all throughout the state submitted 6,076 entriesfeaturing 1,284 different nicknames. The names of the 17 different entrants who sumbitted "Timberwolves" were placed in a drawing and Tim Pope of Brooklyn Center, Minn., received a trip to the 1987 NBA All-Star Weekend in Seattle for choosing the winning nickname. How the first logo was chosen In addition to a public contest for the nickname for the franchise, a drawing contest for the Minnesota Timberwolves logo was also held. In all, there was over 2,600 different drawings submitted from all over. Some drawings were submitted even from Norway. Eventually, a Minnesota native was chosen as the winner. Club President Bob Stein described as "aggressive, but not sinister." The winner of the contest was Mark Thompson. The first use of the logo was on Sept. 17, 1987, appearing on a $20,000 check donated to United Way bureaus in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
I had some freetime this morning and I saw that some other teams had a thread listing some brief history of their respective teams, so I thought I would do the same. Our history is pretty brief, we havn't been in the league as long as other teams. I recieved the information from the official Timberwolves website. If there is anything that you think needs to be added, feel free to let me know and I can do some research and add it in. Maybe this could be stickied...
I have seen most of that before, and I see one error. Our team colors aren't teal, teal is like a light blue-green, like the font on the top of your post. Our jerseys aren't even close to that color.
