The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They are almost always associated with their superstar franchise player, versatile ten-time NBA all-star and 2004 MVP Kevin Garnett. Every failed effort on building a championship title contender has been centered around this veteran superstar. After a very successful season in 2003-04 in which the Wolves advanced far into the playoffs (due in part to the all-star standout trio of Latrell Sprewell, Sam Cassell, and Kevin Garnett) and almost earned a championship berth as major one of the league's top title contenders, the franchise suffered two sour seasons in which they failed to make the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade. Full Article on Wikipedia