Editing Minnesota Timberwolves (section)

{{Short description|National Basketball Association team in Minneapolis}}
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| name = Minnesota Timberwolves
| current = 2025–26 Minnesota Timberwolves season
| logo = Minnesota Timberwolves logo.svg
| imagesize = 200px
| conference = [[Western Conference (NBA)|Western]]
| division = [[Northwest Division (NBA)|Northwest]]
| founded = 1989
| history = '''Minnesota Timberwolves'''<br />1989–present<ref>{{cite web|title=Timberwolves History|url=https://www.nba.com/timberwolves/history|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Timberwolves.com|access-date=May 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Franchise History–NBA Advanced Stats|url=https://www.nba.com/stats/history|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=NBA.com|access-date=May 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NBA.com/Stats–Minnesota Timberwolves seasons|url=https://www.nba.com/stats/team/1610612750/seasons|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Stats.NBA.com|access-date=December 2, 2022|archive-date=December 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202044407/https://www.nba.com/stats/team/1610612750/seasons|url-status=live}}</ref>
| arena = [[Target Center]]
| location = [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
| colors = Midnight blue, lake blue, aurora green, moonlight grey, frost white<ref name="TimberwolvesNewLogo">{{cite news|author=Timberwolves PR|title=TIMBERWOLVES NEW LOGO FOR 2017-18 SEASON UNVEILED|url=http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/new-logo-2017-18-unveiled|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Timberwolves.com|date=April 11, 2017|access-date=April 20, 2017|quote=The colors include midnight blue, aurora green, lake blue, moonlight grey, and frost white.|archive-date=August 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826133427/https://www.nba.com/timberwolves/new-logo-2017-18-unveiled|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Minnesota Timberwolves unveil new logo for 2017-18 season|url=https://www.nba.com/news/minnesota-timberwolves-new-logo-unveiled-2017-18-season|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=NBA.com|date=April 11, 2017|access-date=May 20, 2022|quote=The new logo is an evolution of past logos and incorporates elements of civic pride, the team and the wolf totem. The color palette keeps the heritage of using blues and greens, but has a fresh take on those hues. The colors include midnight blue, aurora green, lake blue, moonlight grey and frost white.|archive-date=May 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520063625/https://www.nba.com/news/minnesota-timberwolves-new-logo-unveiled-2017-18-season|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Minnesota Timberwolves Reproduction and Usage Guideline Sheet|url=https://cdn-assets-us.frontify.com/s3/frontify-enterprise-files-us/eyJwYXRoIjoibmJhXC9maWxlXC84RDFBV0Z5SDNIOGZ6NzJraXVDVy5wZGYifQ:nba:m6SQ4n7b1zujDJxA98s6PKTS3U-GsS3dXDmRJBHOCvY|publisher=NBA Properties, Inc.|access-date=March 1, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><br />{{color box|#0C233F}} {{color box|#266092}} {{color box|#79BC43}} {{color box|#A0A2A3}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| sponsor = [[Sezzle]]<ref>{{cite press release|last=Nardinger |first=Taylor|title=Timberwolves Name Sezzle "Official Jersey Patch Partner" |url=https://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/timberwolves-name-sezzle-official-jersey-patch-partner|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Timberwolves.com|date=August 12, 2024|access-date=October 12, 2024 }}</ref>
| owner = [[Alex Rodriguez]], [[Marc Lore]]
| ceo = [[Ethan Casson]]
| president = [[Tim Connelly]]
| gm = Matt Lloyd
| coach = [[Chris Finch (basketball)|Chris Finch]]
| affiliation = [[Iowa Wolves]]
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| conf_champs = '''0'''
| div_champs = '''1''' ([[2003–04 NBA season|2004]])
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The '''Minnesota Timberwolves''' (often referred to as the '''Wolves''' or '''T-wolves''') are an American professional [[basketball]] team based in [[Minneapolis]]. The Timberwolves compete in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) as a member of the [[Northwest Division (NBA)|Northwest Division]] of the [[Western Conference (NBA)|Western Conference]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/ |title=Minnesota Timberwolves Franchise Index |publisher=Basketball-Reference.com |access-date=March 22, 2013 |archive-date=April 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404124724/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The team was founded in 1989. In 2021, former MLB player [[Alex Rodriguez]] and entrepreneur [[Marc Lore]] entered into an agreement to purchase a controlling stake in the team from [[Glen Taylor]]. The deal was structured as a phased purchase over three years, culminating in a final installment in 2024. After a legal dispute and arbitration ruling in favor of Rodriguez and Lore, Taylor agreed to complete the sale in April 2025 for the originally agreed $1.5 billion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sources: Rodriguez, Lore to own Timberwolves after standoff|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44504541/sources-rodriguez-lore-own-timberwolves-standoff|work=ESPN|date=April 2, 2025|access-date=April 6, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Marc Lore, Alex Rodriguez have agreement in place for ownership of Timberwolves, Lynx: Sources|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6249866/2025/04/02/timberwolves-marc-lore-alex-rodriguez-ownership-nba/|work=The Athletic|date=April 2, 2025|access-date=April 6, 2025}}</ref> The transfer of ownership is now pending final approval by the NBA Board of Governors. Rodriguez and Lore also purchased the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]'s [[Minnesota Lynx]].
The Timberwolves play their home games at [[Target Center]], their home since 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.targetcenter.com/teams/detail/minnesota_timberwolves |title=Minnesota Timberwolves |publisher=Target Center |access-date=March 22, 2013 |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102225559/https://www.targetcenter.com/teams/detail/minnesota_timberwolves |url-status=live }}</ref>

Like most [[expansion team]]s, the Timberwolves struggled in their early years, but after the acquisition of [[Kevin Garnett]] in the [[1995 NBA draft]], the team qualified for the [[NBA playoffs|playoffs]] in eight consecutive seasons from [[1997 NBA playoffs|1997]] to [[2004 NBA playoffs|2004]]. Despite losing in the first round in their first seven attempts, the Timberwolves won their first division championship in [[2003–04 NBA season|2004]] and advanced to the [[NBA Conference Finals|Western Conference finals]] that same season. Garnett was also named the [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|NBA Most Valuable Player]] for that season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/playerfile/kevin_garnett/bio.html |title=Kevin Garnett Bio Page |work=NBA.com |access-date=March 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725192024/http://www.nba.com/playerfile/kevin_garnett/bio.html |archive-date=July 25, 2008 }}</ref> The team then went into rebuilding mode for more than a decade after missing the postseason in 2005, and trading Garnett to the [[Boston Celtics]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2956103|title=Five players, two picks sent to Wolves for Garnett – NBA – ESPN|date=August 1, 2007|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=March 22, 2013|archive-date=February 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217041331/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2956103|url-status=live}}</ref> Garnett returned to the Timberwolves in a February 2015 trade and finished his career there, retiring in the 2016 off-season. The Timberwolves ended a 14-year playoff drought when they returned to the postseason in [[2018 NBA playoffs|2018]].