Shooting guard/small forward Wally Szczerbiak was one of the better players in Timberwolves’ history. He played in 438 games (335 starts) in his 7 years with the Timberwolves and he averaged 33.6 minutes, 15.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Szczerbiak is #3 in T-Wolves history with 6,777 points. He is also #4 in games played (438), #3 in three pointers made (343), #7 in rebounds (1,932) and he is #7 in assists (1,190) in Timberwolves’ history. He had a really smooth shot and he was a very solid second option on offense behind Kevin Garnett.

21-year old power forward Anthony Randolph was acquired during last year from the Knicks and he looked good for the Timberwolves. Randolph played in 23 games (3 starts) for the T-Wolves last year and he averaged 20.1 minutes, 11.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He played in 40 games (3 starts) overall for the T-Wolves & Knicks last year and he averaged 14.8 minutes, 7.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. Randolph has now played in 136 games (33 starts) in his first three years in the NBA and he is averaging 18.1 minutes, 8.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 1.1 blocked shots per game. Randolph will likely be Kevin Love’s top backup moving forward for the Timberwolves. He has a very nice upside.

53-year old head coach Kurt Rambis is likely running out of time as the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rambis led the Timberwolves to a 17-65 (20.7%) record last year. He is now 32-132 (19.5%) in his first two years as the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rambis now has a 56-145 (27.9%) record during the regular season in his career as a NBA head coach and he’s also 3-5 (37.5%) during the playoffs. Even though he is often outmanned, the Timberwolves can put up with losing on the level that they are right now much longer.

UPDATE: (7/12/2011) - The Timberwolves have finally fired Kurt Rambis and he deserved it.

22-year old small forward Michael Beasley really played solid basketball for the Timberwolves in 2010-11. Beasley played in 73 games (all starts) for the T-Wolves last year and he averaged 32.3 minutes, 19.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. He has now played in 232 games (170 starts) in his first three years in the NBA and he is averaging 28.9 minutes, 15.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. The Timberwolves stiffed the Heat for Beasley as they were trying to get further under the salary cap.