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===Retired numbers=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="5" style="{{NBA color cell|Minnesota Timberwolves}};"|Minnesota Timberwolves retired numbers |- ! style="{{NBA color cell2|Minnesota Timberwolves}};"|No. ! style="{{NBA color cell2|Minnesota Timberwolves}};"|Player ! style="{{NBA color cell2|Minnesota Timberwolves}};"|Position ! style="{{NBA color cell2|Minnesota Timberwolves}};"|Tenure ! style="{{NBA color cell2|Minnesota Timberwolves}};"|Date |- | '''2''' || [[Malik Sealy]] || [[Forward (basketball)|F]] || 1998β2000<sup>1</sup> || November 4, 2000 |- | '''FLIP''' ||| [[Flip Saunders]] || Coach || 1995β2005<br />2014β2015<sup>2</sup> || February 15, 2018 |} * <sup>1</sup> The Timberwolves retired [[Malik Sealy]]'s number after he was killed by a drunk driver in an automobile accident after the [[1999β2000 NBA season|1999β2000 season]] concluded. * <sup>2</sup> The Timberwolves retired "FLIP" in honor of [[Flip Saunders]] on February 15, 2018, who died from [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]] on October 25, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Minnesota Timberwolves give Flip Saunders' name a place among rafters|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2018/02/15/minnesota-timberwolves-give-flip-saunders-name-place-among-rafters#/|website=NBA.com|access-date=February 23, 2018|date=February 15, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919035032/http://www.nba.com/article/2018/02/15/minnesota-timberwolves-give-flip-saunders-name-place-among-rafters#/|url-status=live}}</ref> * The NBA retired [[Bill Russell]]'s No. 6 for all its member teams on August 11, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Russell's No. 6 jersey to be retired throughout NBA |url=https://www.nba.com/news/bill-russells-no-6-jersey-to-be-retired-throughout-nba |website=NBA.com |access-date=August 24, 2022 |date=August 11, 2022 |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817080803/https://www.nba.com/news/bill-russells-no-6-jersey-to-be-retired-throughout-nba |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Golliver |first1=Ben |title=NBA permanently retires Bill Russell's No. 6 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/11/bill-russell-nba-jersey-retirement/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=August 24, 2022 |date=August 11, 2022 |archive-date=November 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107143239/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/11/bill-russell-nba-jersey-retirement/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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