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 Follow Me On: Instgram:   / _alvini_   Twitter:   / alvini_linguine   Twitch:   / alvini_linguine   All Links: https://linktr.ee/Alvini_Linguine Twitch Highlights Channel:    / channel   Want to get these hands: PSN: Alvini_Linguine Join My Discord/Lets Talk:   / discord