# Temporada 1989-90 de los Minnesota Timberwolves

La temporada 1989-90 fue la primera de los Minnesota Timberwolves en la NBA, tras la ampliación de la liga de 25 a 27 equipos, entrando a formar parte de la misma junto a los Orlando Magic. La temporada regular acabó con 22 victorias y 60 derrotas, ocupando el decimotercer puesto de la conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Draft de expansión

| Pick | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Equipo anterior |
| 2 | Rick Mahorn | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Detroit Pistons |
| 4 | Tyrone Corbin | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Phoenix Suns |
| 6 | Steve Johnson | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 8 | Brad Lohaus | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Sacramento Kings |
| 10 | David Rivers | Base | Estados Unidos | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 12 | Mark Davis | Alero | Estados Unidos | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 14 | Scott Roth | Alero | Estados Unidos | San Antonio Spurs |
| 16 | Shelton Jones | Alero | Estados Unidos | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 18 | Eric White | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 20 | Maurice Martin | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Denver Nuggets |
| 22 | Gunther Behnke | Pívot | Alemania Alemania | Cleveland Cavaliers |

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 10 | Pooh Richardson | Base | Estados Unidos | UCLA |
| 2 | 34 | Gary Leonard | Pívot | Estados Unidos | Missouri |
| 2 | 38 | Doug West | Escolta | Estados Unidos | Villanova |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | 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 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Tony Campbell | 27 | 82 | 81 | 38.6 | 8.8 | 19.3 | .457 | 0.1 | 0.7 | .167 | 5.5 | 6.9 | .787 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 23.2 |
| 2 | Tyrone Corbin | 27 | 82 | 80 | 36.7 | 6.4 | 13.2 | .481 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.5 | .770 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 14.7 |
| 3 | Pooh Richardson | 23 | 82 | 48 | 31.5 | 5.2 | 11.3 | .461 | 0.3 | 1.0 | .277 | 0.8 | 1.3 | .589 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 11.4 |
| 4 | Tod Murphy | 26 | 82 | 59 | 30.4 | 3.2 | 6.7 | .471 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .372 | 1.8 | 2.5 | .709 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 8.3 |
| 5 | Sam Mitchell | 26 | 80 | 30 | 30.2 | 4.7 | 10.4 | .446 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 3.4 | 4.4 | .768 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 12.7 |
| 6 | Randy Breuer | 29 | 51 | 47 | 26.0 | 4.2 | 10.0 | .416 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.8 | .662 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 10.2 |
| 7 | Sidney Lowe | 30 | 80 | 38 | 21.8 | 0.9 | 2.9 | .319 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .222 | 0.5 | 0.7 | .722 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.3 |
| 8 | Brad Lohaus | 25 | 28 | 24 | 21.1 | 3.4 | 7.2 | .465 | 0.0 | 0.6 | .063 | 0.8 | 0.9 | .808 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 7.5 |
| 9 | Scott Roth | 26 | 71 | 3 | 14.9 | 2.2 | 5.9 | .379 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .346 | 2.1 | 2.8 | .746 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 6.8 |
| 10 | Donald Royal | 23 | 66 | 0 | 11.3 | 1.8 | 3.9 | .459 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 2.3 | 3.0 | .777 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 5.9 |
| 11 | Adrian Branch | 26 | 11 | 0 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 5.5 | .410 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 2.0 | .636 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 5.9 |
| 12 | Brad Sellers | 27 | 14 | 0 | 8.1 | 1.4 | 4.0 | .339 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .750 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 13 | Doug West | 22 | 52 | 0 | 7.3 | 1.0 | 2.6 | .393 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .273 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .813 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| 14 | Gary Leonard | 22 | 22 | 0 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | .419 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .429 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 15 | Steve Johnson | 32 | 4 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Pooh Richardson | Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |