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Minnesota Timberwolves: 25 Best Players To Play For The Timberwolves

By Phil Watson

Mar 2, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; A general view of the Target Center during the second half of the game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Washington Wizards. The Wizards won 104-98. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 2, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; A general view of the Target Center during the second half of the game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Washington Wizards. The Wizards won 104-98. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports /
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BOSTON, MA - 1993: Micheal Williams #24 of the Minnesota Timberwolves attempts a layup against Robert Parish #00 of the Boston Celtics during a game played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts circa 1993. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1993 NBAE (Photo by Dick Raphael/NBAE via Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA – 1993: Micheal Williams #24 of the Minnesota Timberwolves attempts a layup against Robert Parish #00 of the Boston Celtics during a game played at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts circa 1993. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1993 NBAE (Photo by Dick Raphael/NBAE via Getty Images) /

7. player. 86. <strong>How acquired:</strong> Trade, Indiana Pacers, Sept. 8, 1992.. PG. 1992-96, 1997-98. Micheal Williams

Micheal Williams was coming off a breakout campaign in 1991-92, earning All-Defensive honors, when the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired the point guard and Chuck Person from the Indiana Pacers in September 1992 in exchange for Pooh Richardson and Sam Mitchell.

Early on, the Timberwolves got a great deal.

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’s streak of 78 consecutive made free throws, a run that reached 97 before it ended early in the 1993-94 campaign—a record that still stands.

But a foot injury changed Williams’ career, costing him all but one game in 1994-95, sidelining him for 73 games in 1995-96, all of the 1996-97 season and 57 games in 1997-98.

In January 1999, Williams was sent with Zeljko Rebraca and a first-round pick in 2000 to the Toronto Raptors as part of a three-team deal that brought Dean Garrett and Bobby Jackson to Minnesota from the Denver Nuggets.

In parts of five seasons with the Timberwolves, Williams averaged 12.3 points, 6.8 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals in 28.8 minutes per game, shooting .444/.233/.877.

A second-round pick out of Baylor by the Detroit Pistons in the 1988 NBA Draft, Williams was an end-of-the-bench reserve with Detroit’s title team in 1989 before he was traded to the Phoenix Suns in June 1989.

Waived by the Suns in December 1989, he signed with the Charlotte Hornets, first to a pair of 10-day contract and then to a full deal, in March 1990.

In August 1990, he signed with Indiana as a free agent. He was released by the Raptors in August 1999 and retired.

Williams is 28th in NBA history with a free-throw percentage of .868 and 40th with an average of 1.7 steals per game.

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