1989–90 Minnesota Timberwolves season

1989–90 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Head coach	Bill Musselman
Arena	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Met Center
Results
Record	22–60 (.268)
Place	Division: 6th (Midwest) Conference: 13th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Prime Sports Midwest, KSTP, KITN
Radio	WDGY

The 1989–90 season was the debut season of the Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] The Timberwolves finished 22-60, sixth place in the Midwest Division, finishing three games above the second-year Charlotte Hornets.^[2]

The Timberwolves spent the season splitting their home games between the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and the Met Center while the Target Center was under construction; the latter arena would open on October 13, 1990.^[3]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	10	Pooh Richardson	G	United States	UCLA
2	34	Gary Leonard	C	United States	Missouri
2	38	Doug West	G/F	United States	Villanova

Roster

Minnesota Timberwolves 1990-91 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From C 45 Breuer, Randy 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Minnesota G/F 1 Branch, Adrian 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Maryland G/F 19 Campbell, Tony 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Ohio State F/C 2 Sellers, Brad 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Ohio State G/F 23 Corbin, Tyrone 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) DePaul G/F 22 Glass, Gerald 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Mississippi F 3 Roth, Scott 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Wisconsin F 42 Mitchell, Sam 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Mercer F/C 4 Murphy, Tod 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) UC Irvine G 24 Richardson, Pooh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) UCLA F/C 54 Lohaus, Brad 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Louisville G 20 Thomas, Jim 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Indiana F/C 25 Thornton, Bob (to PHI) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UC Irvine G/F 5 West, Doug 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Villanova	Head coach Bill Musselman Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

NBA Expansion Draft

Prior to the 1989 NBA Draft, the NBA held a coin toss between the Timberwolves and the other new expansion team, the Orlando Magic, to determine their order for the NBA Draft and the expansion draft. The Magic won the coin toss and chose to have the first pick in the expansion draft and pick 11th in the NBA Draft, while the Timberwolves picked second in the expansion draft and 10th in the NBA Draft.

The previous season's expansion teams, the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat, were not involved in this year's expansion draft and did not lose any player.

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Previous Team
2	Rick Mahorn	F/C	United States	Detroit Pistons
4	Tyrone Corbin	G/F	United States	Phoenix Suns
6	Steve Johnson	F/C	United States	Portland Trail Blazers
8	Brad Lohaus	F/C	United States	Sacramento Kings
10	David Rivers	G	United States	Los Angeles Lakers
12	Mark Davis	G/F	United States	Milwaukee Bucks
14	Scott Roth	F	United States	San Antonio Spurs
16	Shelton Jones	F	United States	Philadelphia 76ers
18	Eric White	F	United States	Los Angeles Clippers
20	Maurice Martin	G/F	United States	Denver Nuggets
22	Gunther Behnke	C	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers

Regular season

Standings

Midwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	–	34–7	22–19	19–9
x-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	1	36–5	19–22	21–7
x-Dallas Mavericks	47	35	.573	9	30–11	17–24	17–11
x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	13	28–13	15–26	15–13
x-Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	15	31–10	10–31	13–15
Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	34	17–24	5–36	6–22
Charlotte Hornets	19	63	.232	37	13–28	6–35	7–21

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	63	19	.768	–
2	y- San Antonio Spurs	56	26	.683	7
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	59	23	.720	4
4	x-Utah Jazz	55	27	.671	8
5	x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9
6	x-Dallas Mavericks	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Denver Nuggets	43	39	.524	20
8	x-Houston Rockets	41	41	.500	22
9	Seattle SuperSonics	41	41	.500	22
10	Golden State Warriors	37	45	.451	26
11	Los Angeles Clippers	30	52	.366	33
12	Sacramento Kings	23	59	.280	40
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	22	60	.268	41
14	Charlotte Hornets	19	63	.232	44

Game log

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tony Campbell*	82	81	38.6	.457	.167	.787	5.5	2.6	1.4	0.4	23.2
Tyrone Corbin	82	80	36.7	.481	.000	.770	7.4	2.6	2.1	0.5	14.7
Sam Mitchell*	80	30	30.2	.446	.000	.768	5.8	1.1	0.8	0.7	12.7
Pooh Richardson	82	48	31.5	461	.277	.589	2.6	6.8	1.6	0.3	11.4
Randy Breuer	51	47	26.0	.416	.000	.662	5.7	1.6	0.6	1.5	10.2
Tod Murphy	82	59	30.4	471	.372	.709	6.9	1.3	0.9	0.7	8.3
Brad Lohaus	28	24	21.1	.465	.063	.808	3.9	2.2	0.5	0.8	7.5
Scott Roth	71	3	14.9	.397	.356	.696	3.0	1.9	.7	.7	9.0
Adrian Branch*	66	0	11.3	.379	346	.746	1.6	1.6	0.7	0.1	6.8
Donald Royal	73	73	8.3	.470	.417	.850	15.2	2.5	0.6	0.4	20.2
Brad Sellers	14	0	8.1	.469	.000	.557	5.2	1.5	.8	2.0	8.8
Doug West	52	0	7.3	.517	.000	.763	3.0	.4	.3	.5	5.5
Sidney Lowe*	80	38	21.8	.498	.000	.703	5.2	1.1	.8	.7	11.7
Gary Leonard	22	0	5.8	.468	.440	.883	2.8	5.4	1.2	.1	11.8
Steve Johnson	4	0	4.3	.402	.359	.733	1.5	3.0	.7	.1	7.2

* - Stats with the Timberwolves.

Awards and honors

• Pooh Richardson, NBA All-Rookie Team

References

1. http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/history/roster_8990.html
2. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1990.html
3. http://www.targetcenter.com/teams/detail/minnesota_timberwolves