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First NBA player to win the NBA Player of the Month Award four times in a single season: 2003–04 season. Also achieved by LeBron James, who has achieved this twice; Third NBA player to lead his team in all five major statistics (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks) in the same season: Minnesota Timberwolves, 2002–03
The 1995–96 NBA season was the Timberwolves' 7th season in the National Basketball Association. [1] This season is most memorable when the Timberwolves selected high school basketball star Kevin Garnett with the fifth overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The team also signed free agent All-Star guard Terry Porter, [8 ...
Three draftees went on to win the Most Valuable Player Award: Kevin Garnett in 2004, Kobe Bryant in 2008, and LeBron James in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013. Ten draftees have been selected to the All-Star Game and ten draftees have been selected to the All-NBA Team.
Kevin Garnett was drafted fifth overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1995. The Minnesota Timberwolves first participated in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft on June 27, 1989, about five months before their inaugural NBA season.
1995–2007: The Kevin Garnett era Kevin Garnett played for the Timberwolves from 1995 to 2007 before returning in 2015. In the 1995 NBA draft, the Timberwolves selected high school standout Kevin Garnett in the first round (5th overall), and Flip Saunders was named head coach.
Robert Parish was the first to play 21 seasons in the NBA, currently tied for the 2nd most in league history. Kevin Garnett began his career with Minnesota, returning later and tying the then-record of 21 seasons played in 2016. Dirk Nowitzki spent his entire 21-year career with the Dallas Mavericks, the most ever by an NBA player with one team.
Many players arrived at the game undecided about their college choice. Only one of them declared for the 1995 NBA draft: Kevin Garnett, who became the first player in 20 years to be drafted out of high school with the 5th overall pick in the draft. Of the 22 players selected, 15 played in the NBA.
On November 23, Durant passed Kevin Garnett for 18th place on the NBA all-time career scoring list in an 112–98 win over the Toronto Raptors. On November 29, Durant scored a season-high 45 points on 19-of-24 shooting from the field and added seven rebounds and five assists in 109–102 win over the Orlando Magic .
Kevin Garnett continued to establish himself as one of the top players in the NBA averaging 21.2 points, 12.1 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.6 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, and to the NBA All-Defensive First Team.
Garnett averaged 22.0 points, 11.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.8 blocks per game, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team, NBA All-Defensive First Team, and selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game.
