25-year old PF/C Al Jefferson played on a bad wheel all of last season but he still put up decent numbers. Jefferson played in 76 games (all starts) for the Timberwolves last season and he averaged 32.4 minutes, 17.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 blocked shots per game last year. He was the key player the T-Wolves got in return for Kevin Garnett three summers ago in a trade with the Celtics. Jefferson has played in 208 games (all starts) in his three years with the T-Wolves and he is averaging 34.7 minutes, 20.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.4 blocked shots per game. Despite only being on the Timberwolves three years, Jefferson is already #4 in rebounds (2,162), #3 in blocked shots (300) and he is #9 in points scored (4,183) in team history. If the Timberwolves do indeed trade Jefferson or Kevin Love I think they would want to move Big Al because of his salary.

The Timberwolves will likely try to trade either Al Jefferson or Kevin Love this summer and I think that would be a HUGE mistake. So what if they have the same style of play? They are the best two basketball players on the team and the T-Wolves should focus on getting better players to put around them. Love is only 21 years old! Love played in 60 games (22 starts) for the Timberwolves last season and he averaged 28.6 minutes, 14.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. I think that Love has the potential to be one of the best forwards in the NBA and he could lead the league in rebounding if he got 10 more minutes a night. Love has played in 141 games (59 starts) in his first two years in the NBA and he is averaging 26.7 minutes, 12.3 points, 9.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. Once again I think the Timberwolves would be extremely stupid to trade either Al Jefferson or Kevin Love during the summer.

24-year old shooting guard Corey Brewer has improved by leaps and bounds this season for the T-Wolves. Brewer has played in 77 games (all starts) this season for the Timberwolves and he is averaging 30.3 minutes, 13.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Brewer is also shooting a career best 43% from the floor so far this season which would be a career best. If Brewer improves again next season he will be a player the Timberwolves can really start to count on.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have had an embarrassing season this year, and are in dead last in the Western Conference with a 14-60 record.  After having a nice four-game winning streak in early February, the Timberwolves have gone on to lose 15 straight and 21 of their last 22 games.  One guy you can’t blame for their losing ways is their center, Al Jefferson.  The big man is averaging 17.4 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.2 blocks, and 0.9 steals while shooting 50% from the field.  Those numbers are a drop-off from his numbers the past two seasons, but with very little help around him in Minnesota it’s understandable.  Jefferson has been a fantasy basketball gold mine, but unfortunately for Timberwolves’ fans that doesn’t mean much since they are the worst team in the Western Conference.

Darko Milicic has played decent basketball since coming over from the Knicks. Milicic has played in 15 games (9 starts) for the Timberwolves this season and he is averaging 23.7 minutes, 6.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 blocked shots. He is also shooting 52.3% from the floor this season for the T-Wolves. Milicic is playing pretty decent but the T-Wolves really should be giving most of his minutes to Kevin Love.