Minnesota Timberwolves: Ranking the franchise’s 5 best jerseys
By James Grieco
1. 1996-2008 alternative jersey
- Playoff appearances: 1996-97 through 2003-04 (eight consecutive trips)
- Notable players: Kevin Garnett, Latrell Sprewell, Stephon Marbury, Wally Szczerbiak, Sam Cassell
The O.G. Christmas tree jerseys. KG’s intensity (and pre-game warmup) is perfectly encapsulated in this historically great NBA jersey (I like you, but you’re wrong, Zach Lowe).
It may be cheating to use both the home and alternative jerseys on this list, but the overall design was terrific overall. While the blue road jerseys have some color clash, the black perfectly accentuates the trees on the collar and waistband.
There’s a reason why the Timberwolves brought these jerseys back this year as an alternative (although they haven’t restored the court from this era yet). Getting these beauties out there for Towns, Wiggins, Derrick Rose and others will only grow their mystique and history more.
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The team is scheduled to wear these next on Dec. 3, which means that hopefully the Jimmy Butler saga is finished by then, because if he doesn’t want to be in Minnesota, he shouldn’t get to put this jersey on.