Where are the points going to come from for the Minnesota Timberwolves?
The starting lineup is looking really thin for the Timberwolves with the injury to starting point guard Randy Foye. Sebastian Telfair will probably start at point guard for the T-Wolves until Foye is ready to return. Everyone always talks about how talented Telfair is but the results have not been there to this point in his career to justify the scouting reports. He played in 78 games (20 starts) last season for the Celtics and he averaged 20.2 minutes, 6.1 points, 1.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. Telfair also is not a good shooter as he has only hit 37.1% from the floor and 28.9% from three point range. Rashad McCants had a rough season last year as he was recovering from a severe knee injury. He will be the starting shooting guard this season for the Wolves. He played in 37 games (0 starts) last season for the T-Wolves and he averaged 15.0 minutes, 5.0 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game. McCants needs to tighten up his shooting as he only hit 35% from the floor and 26.7% from three point range. Rookie Corey Brewer has won the starting job at small forward and he will bring hustle and defense to the starting lineup. Power Forward Al Jefferson was the key to the Kevin Garnett trade in the off season and he is a stud. Jefferson will likely even be better than he was last season and that should be fun to watch. He played in 69 games (60 starts) last season for the Celtics and he averaged 33.6 minutes, 16.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Theo Ratliff will be the starting center and all the T-Wolves expect from him is to play good defense and rebound. He only played in 2 games (both starts) last season with the Celtics and he averaged 22.0 minutes, 2.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. He has been productive in his NBA career which has covered 679 games (495 starts). He has averaged 27.4 minutes, 8.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 2.6 blocks per game.

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