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Minnesota Timberwolves: Revisiting the 2010s

By Ethan Becker

Minnesota Timberwolves Karl-Anthony Towns Jeff Teague Jimmy Butler (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
Minnesota Timberwolves Karl-Anthony Towns Jeff Teague Jimmy Butler (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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Minnesota Timberwolves Andrei Kirilenko. Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images /

2011-12 Season

Record: 26-40

High Point: This was when the Minnesota Timberwolves began assembling the team that was first thought to be able to break the playoff drought.

Ricky Rubio, who had been drafted two years earlier in the 2009 NBA draft, was beginning his career with Minnesota, J.J. Barea joined the team and gave us some valuable veteran experience and Kevin Love was coming into his best stretch with the team.

Love was dominant during one of his two best seasons with the team in 2011-12. He made his second straight All-Star Game, was named to the All-NBA second team, was fourth in the league in points per game and fifth in the league in Player Efficiency Rating.

Low Point: The Timberwolves didn’t have a definitive low point during the lockout shortened 2011-12 season. The biggest sore spot on fans minds was that, despite only having 66 games to play instead of 82, Minnesota still failed to make the playoffs.

The Timberwolves played below expectations and ended up with the 12th-best record in the Western Conference and the 21st-best record in the NBA. The playoff drought for Minnesota extended to eight seasons.

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