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1993–94 Minnesota Timberwolves season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Minnesota Timberwolves
end_year	1994
wins	20
losses	62
division	midwest
division_place	5th
conf_place	12th
coach	Sidney Lowe
arena	Target Center
television	KARE
KITN-TV
Prime Sports Upper Midwest
radio	KFAN
playoffs	Did not qualify
bbr_team	MIN

KITN-TV Prime Sports Upper Midwest

The 1993–94 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the fifth season for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association. The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota hosted the 1994 NBA All-Star Game at the Target Center. The Timberwolves received the fifth overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft, and selected shooting guard Isaiah Rider from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and acquired Mike Brown from the Utah Jazz during the off-season.

The Timberwolves continued to struggle losing their first five games of the regular season, then posted two 7-game losing streaks in December and February, holding a 14–32 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, the team traded Luc Longley to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Stacey King. The Timberwolves posted an 8-game losing streak in March, and lost their final ten games of the season, finishing in fifth place in the Midwest Division with a 20–62 record.

Second-year star Christian Laettner averaged 16.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.2 blocks per game, while Rider finished second on the team in scoring with 16.6 points per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. In addition, Doug West provided the team with 14.7 points per game, while Michael Williams contributed 13.7 points, 7.2 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and Chuck Person provided with 11.6 points per game, and led the Timberwolves with 100 three-point field goals. Meanwhile, Thurl Bailey contributed 7.4 points per game, while second-year guard Chris Smith provided with 5.9 points and 3.5 assists per game, and Brown averaged 3.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Rider won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, and was also selected for the inaugural NBA Rookie Game, as a member of the Phenoms team. Following the season, Person signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs, while Bailey retired, and head coach Sidney Lowe was fired.

Also following the season, the Timberwolves were nearly sold to a group of investors that would have moved the team to New Orleans, Louisiana, despite the stellar attendance at the Target Center. However, the NBA Board of Governors vetoed the sale, and new owner Glen Taylor promised to keep the team in Minneapolis.

Draft picks

Main article: 1993 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	Isaiah Rider	SG		Nevada-Las Vegas
2	29	Sherron Mills	F		Virginia Commonwealth

Roster

Sidney Lowe
Jim Brewer
Chuck Davisson
Bob Weinhauer

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	C	82	40	1,921	447	72	51	29	299	23.4	5.5	.9	.6	.4	3.6
	PG	80	16	1,617	122	285	38	18	473	20.2	1.5	3.6	.5	.2	5.9
	SG	79	60	2,415	315	202	54	28	1,313	30.6	4.0	2.6	.7	.4	16.6
	PF	79	3	1,297	215	54	20	58	583	16.4	2.7	.7	.3	.7	7.4
	SF	77	37	2,029	253	185	45	12	894	26.4	3.3	2.4	.6	.2	11.6
	SG	72	61	2,182	231	172	65	24	1,056	30.3	3.2	2.4	.9	.3	14.7
	PG	71	66	2,206	221	512	118	24	971	31.1	3.1	7.2	1.7	.3	13.7
	PF	70	67	2,428	602	307	87	86	1,173	34.7	8.6	4.4	1.2	1.2	16.8
	SF	68	3	374	55	22	16	4	131	5.5	.8	.3	.2	.1	1.9
	PF	67	11	959	220	57	35	35	188	14.3	3.3	.9	.5	.5	2.8
	PF	55	2	626	199	10	16	33	248	11.4	3.6	.2	.3	.6	4.5
†	C	49	29	989	295	46	35	58	324	20.2	6.0	.9	.7	1.2	6.6
†	C	18	15	516	109	19	13	30	213	28.7	6.1	1.1	.7	1.7	11.8
	SG	17	0	92	27	16	5	0	38	5.4	1.6	.9	.3	.0	2.2
	C	5	0	33	16	2	0	1	15	6.6	3.2	.4	.0	.2	3.0
	PG	4	0	46	6	6	2	0	11	11.5	1.5	1.5	.5	.0	2.8

† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Timberwolves only.

Awards and records

Isaiah Rider, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team

Transactions

Additions

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Brian Davis		Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez

References

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