Mobile Site You Are Here > BBR > Teams > Minnesota Timberwolves > 2002-03 Roster and Statistics

News: s-r blog:Ny Times: Taking Ineptness to New Lows

2002-03 Minnesota Timberwolves Roster and Statistics

Franchise Index: Previous Season ▪ Next Season

Navigation:

51-31, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Flip Saunders (51-31)

PTS/G: 98.1 (7th of 29) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 96.0 (18th of 29)
SRS: 2.46 (10th of 29) ▪ Pace: 91.9 (9th of 29)
Off Rtg: 106.1 (5th of 29) ▪ Def Rtg: 103.8 (16th of 29)
Expected W-L: 47-35 (12th of 29)

Arena: Target Center ▪ Attendance: 643,684 (18th of 29)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference First Round (4-2) versus Los Angeles Lakers

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
21 Kevin Garnett F 6-11 220 May 19, 1976 7
9 Kendall Gill G 6-5 195 May 25, 1968 12 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
16 Troy Hudson G 6-1 170 March 13, 1976 5 Southern Illinois University
25 Marc Jackson C 6-10 270 January 16, 1975 2 Temple University
8 Rasho Nesterovic C 7-0 248 May 30, 1976 4
44 Anthony Peeler G 6-4 208 November 25, 1969 10 University of Missouri
36 Igor Rakocevic G 6-3 183 March 29, 1978 R
35 Reggie Slater F 6-7 215 August 27, 1970 7 University of Wyoming
32 Joe Smith F 6-10 225 July 26, 1975 7 University of Maryland
1 Rod Strickland G 6-3 175 July 11, 1966 14 DePaul University
10 Wally Szczerbiak F 6-7 244 March 5, 1977 3 Miami University
20 Gary Trent F 6-8 250 September 22, 1974 7 Ohio University
29 Mike Wilks G 5-10 185 May 7, 1979 R Rice University
3 Loren Woods F-C 7-1 245 June 21, 1978 1 University of Arizona

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19805 3172 6809 .466 296 804 .368 1406 1826 .770 959 2614 3573 2070 553 433 1124 1704 8046 98.1
Lg Rank 20 2 5 2 24 27 6 23 25 10 17 3 7 2 29 15 6 23 7 7
Opponent 82 19805 3005 6873 .437 472 1362 .347 1394 1853 .752 974 2444 3418 1871 571 405 1116 1686 7876 96.0
Lg Rank 20 21 25 10 26 26 14 6 7 10 15 10 12 24 5 11 27 8 18 18

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Kevin Garnett 26 82 82 3321 743 1481 .502 20 71 .282 377 502 .751 244 858 1102 495 113 129 229 199 1883
2 Troy Hudson 26 79 74 2600 409 956 .428 97 266 .365 208 231 .900 42 141 183 452 60 7 182 160 1123
3 Wally Szczerbiak 25 52 42 1836 351 729 .481 61 145 .421 150 173 .867 53 188 241 136 44 22 87 123 913
4 Rasho Nesterovic 26 77 77 2337 400 762 .525 0 2 .000 61 95 .642 146 358 504 114 39 116 99 256 861
5 Kendall Gill 34 82 34 2068 286 677 .422 19 59 .322 123 161 .764 51 197 248 156 78 15 108 176 714
6 Anthony Peeler 33 82 39 2245 252 609 .414 87 212 .410 39 50 .780 40 201 241 244 72 13 82 161 630
7 Gary Trent 28 80 22 1222 208 389 .535 0 2 .000 60 101 .594 106 185 291 77 32 23 59 142 476
8 Marc Jackson 28 77 0 1041 153 349 .438 1 1 1.000 114 149 .765 86 139 225 37 24 30 59 137 421
9 Joe Smith 27 54 21 1117 151 328 .460 0 2 .000 102 131 .779 111 159 270 38 14 55 43 171 404
10 Rod Strickland 36 47 8 956 120 278 .432 1 11 .091 79 107 .738 20 75 95 215 46 6 76 55 320
11 Reggie Slater 32 26 0 141 27 50 .540 0 0 27 45 .600 18 13 31 4 6 1 9 31 81
12 Loren Woods 24 38 11 353 29 76 .382 1 3 .333 21 27 .778 27 68 95 19 10 13 23 37 80
13 Igor Rakocevic 24 42 0 244 22 58 .379 5 12 .417 29 36 .806 4 13 17 33 4 0 23 25 78
14 Mike Wilks 23 31 0 324 21 67 .313 4 18 .222 16 18 .889 11 19 30 50 11 3 12 31 62

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Kevin Garnett 26 82 82 40.5 9.1 18.1 .502 0.2 0.9 .282 4.6 6.1 .751 3.0 10.5 13.4 6.0 1.4 1.6 2.8 2.4 23.0
2 Wally Szczerbiak 25 52 42 35.3 6.8 14.0 .481 1.2 2.8 .421 2.9 3.3 .867 1.0 3.6 4.6 2.6 0.8 0.4 1.7 2.4 17.6
3 Troy Hudson 26 79 74 32.9 5.2 12.1 .428 1.2 3.4 .365 2.6 2.9 .900 0.5 1.8 2.3 5.7 0.8 0.1 2.3 2.0 14.2
4 Rasho Nesterovic 26 77 77 30.4 5.2 9.9 .525 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.2 .642 1.9 4.6 6.5 1.5 0.5 1.5 1.3 3.3 11.2
5 Kendall Gill 34 82 34 25.2 3.5 8.3 .422 0.2 0.7 .322 1.5 2.0 .764 0.6 2.4 3.0 1.9 1.0 0.2 1.3 2.1 8.7
6 Anthony Peeler 33 82 39 27.4 3.1 7.4 .414 1.1 2.6 .410 0.5 0.6 .780 0.5 2.5 2.9 3.0 0.9 0.2 1.0 2.0 7.7
7 Joe Smith 27 54 21 20.7 2.8 6.1 .460 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.4 .779 2.1 2.9 5.0 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.8 3.2 7.5
8 Rod Strickland 36 47 8 20.3 2.6 5.9 .432 0.0 0.2 .091 1.7 2.3 .738 0.4 1.6 2.0 4.6 1.0 0.1 1.6 1.2 6.8
9 Gary Trent 28 80 22 15.3 2.6 4.9 .535 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.3 .594 1.3 2.3 3.6 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.8 6.0
10 Marc Jackson 28 77 0 13.5 2.0 4.5 .438 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.5 1.9 .765 1.1 1.8 2.9 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.8 1.8 5.5
11 Reggie Slater 32 26 0 5.4 1.0 1.9 .540 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.7 .600 0.7 0.5 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 1.2 3.1
12 Loren Woods 24 38 11 9.3 0.8 2.0 .382 0.0 0.1 .333 0.6 0.7 .778 0.7 1.8 2.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.0 2.1
13 Mike Wilks 23 31 0 10.5 0.7 2.2 .313 0.1 0.6 .222 0.5 0.6 .889 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.4 0.1 0.4 1.0 2.0
14 Igor Rakocevic 24 42 0 5.8 0.5 1.4 .379 0.1 0.3 .417 0.7 0.9 .806 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.6 1.9

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Reggie Slater 32 26 0 141 6.9 12.8 .540 0.0 0.0 6.9 11.5 .600 4.6 3.3 7.9 1.0 1.5 0.3 2.3 7.9 20.7
2 Kevin Garnett 26 82 82 3321 8.1 16.1 .502 0.2 0.8 .282 4.1 5.4 .751 2.6 9.3 11.9 5.4 1.2 1.4 2.5 2.2 20.4
3 Wally Szczerbiak 25 52 42 1836 6.9 14.3 .481 1.2 2.8 .421 2.9 3.4 .867 1.0 3.7 4.7 2.7 0.9 0.4 1.7 2.4 17.9
4 Troy Hudson 26 79 74 2600 5.7 13.2 .428 1.3 3.7 .365 2.9 3.2 .900 0.6 2.0 2.5 6.3 0.8 0.1 2.5 2.2 15.5
5 Marc Jackson 28 77 0 1041 5.3 12.1 .438 0.0 0.0 1.000 3.9 5.2 .765 3.0 4.8 7.8 1.3 0.8 1.0 2.0 4.7 14.6
6 Gary Trent 28 80 22 1222 6.1 11.5 .535 0.0 0.1 .000 1.8 3.0 .594 3.1 5.5 8.6 2.3 0.9 0.7 1.7 4.2 14.0
7 Rasho Nesterovic 26 77 77 2337 6.2 11.7 .525 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.5 .642 2.2 5.5 7.8 1.8 0.6 1.8 1.5 3.9 13.3
8 Joe Smith 27 54 21 1117 4.9 10.6 .460 0.0 0.1 .000 3.3 4.2 .779 3.6 5.1 8.7 1.2 0.5 1.8 1.4 5.5 13.0
9 Kendall Gill 34 82 34 2068 5.0 11.8 .422 0.3 1.0 .322 2.1 2.8 .764 0.9 3.4 4.3 2.7 1.4 0.3 1.9 3.1 12.4
10 Rod Strickland 36 47 8 956 4.5 10.5 .432 0.0 0.4 .091 3.0 4.0 .738 0.8 2.8 3.6 8.1 1.7 0.2 2.9 2.1 12.1
11 Igor Rakocevic 24 42 0 244 3.2 8.6 .379 0.7 1.8 .417 4.3 5.3 .806 0.6 1.9 2.5 4.9 0.6 0.0 3.4 3.7 11.5
12 Anthony Peeler 33 82 39 2245 4.0 9.8 .414 1.4 3.4 .410 0.6 0.8 .780 0.6 3.2 3.9 3.9 1.2 0.2 1.3 2.6 10.1
13 Loren Woods 24 38 11 353 3.0 7.8 .382 0.1 0.3 .333 2.1 2.8 .778 2.8 6.9 9.7 1.9 1.0 1.3 2.3 3.8 8.2
14 Mike Wilks 23 31 0 324 2.3 7.4 .313 0.4 2.0 .222 1.8 2.0 .889 1.2 2.1 3.3 5.6 1.2 0.3 1.3 3.4 6.9

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Kevin Garnett 26 82 3321 26.4 .553 .508 8.6 28.5 18.8 25.8 1.8 2.8 11.9 26.4 113 98 9.8 5.8 15.6 .225
2 Wally Szczerbiak 25 52 1836 17.3 .567 .523 3.4 11.3 7.4 12.2 1.3 0.9 9.8 22.0 112 106 3.8 1.3 5.2 .135
3 Rasho Nesterovic 26 77 2337 14.7 .536 .525 7.3 16.9 12.2 7.7 0.9 3.6 11.0 17.5 106 103 2.6 2.6 5.2 .107
4 Troy Hudson 26 79 2600 15.2 .531 .479 1.9 6.0 4.0 27.0 1.2 0.2 14.7 21.6 106 108 4.0 1.1 5.1 .094
5 Anthony Peeler 33 82 2245 11.0 .499 .485 2.1 9.9 6.1 15.8 1.7 0.4 11.5 14.4 104 106 1.7 1.7 3.4 .072
6 Gary Trent 28 80 1222 15.9 .549 .535 10.1 16.7 13.5 10.0 1.4 1.4 12.0 18.3 110 104 2.0 1.3 3.3 .128
7 Joe Smith 27 54 1117 14.3 .524 .460 11.6 15.7 13.7 5.1 0.7 3.5 10.0 17.4 111 104 1.9 1.2 3.0 .131
8 Marc Jackson 28 77 1041 13.4 .508 .440 9.6 14.7 12.2 5.4 1.2 2.1 12.5 20.6 103 104 1.0 1.0 2.0 .092
9 Kendall Gill 34 82 2068 10.6 .477 .436 2.9 10.5 6.8 11.4 2.0 0.5 12.6 18.8 96 105 0.1 1.8 1.9 .043
10 Rod Strickland 36 47 956 15.4 .492 .433 2.4 8.7 5.6 33.3 2.5 0.5 18.9 19.0 102 105 0.8 0.9 1.7 .084
11 Reggie Slater 32 26 141 19.2 .580 .540 14.9 10.2 12.5 4.7 2.2 0.5 11.4 25.3 114 104 0.4 0.1 0.5 .186
12 Mike Wilks 23 31 324 9.1 .414 .343 4.0 6.5 5.2 21.0 1.8 0.7 13.8 12.2 101 107 0.2 0.2 0.4 .056
13 Loren Woods 24 38 353 9.9 .455 .388 8.9 21.3 15.2 7.5 1.5 2.6 20.7 14.2 91 101 -0.1 0.5 0.4 .048
14 Igor Rakocevic 24 42 244 8.4 .528 .422 1.9 5.9 3.9 19.0 0.9 0.0 23.8 18.0 96 109 0.0 0.1 0.1 .022

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Kevin Garnett 26 6 265 71 138 3 9 17 28 11 94 31 10 10 18 23 162 .514 .333 .607 44.2 27.0 15.7 5.2
2 Troy Hudson 26 6 221 44 106 17 39 36 38 1 12 33 8 0 16 5 141 .415 .436 .947 36.8 23.5 2.0 5.5
3 Wally Szczerbiak 25 6 252 29 61 3 14 26 30 6 30 13 6 1 18 19 87 .475 .214 .867 42.0 14.5 5.0 2.2
4 Marc Jackson 28 6 110 17 32 0 1 16 19 10 33 8 2 1 9 19 50 .531 .000 .842 18.3 8.3 5.5 1.3
5 Rasho Nesterovic 26 6 169 19 38 0 0 4 6 9 30 4 1 4 5 28 42 .500 .667 28.2 7.0 5.0 0.7
6 Kendall Gill 34 6 118 10 27 2 4 9 14 6 13 7 4 1 4 12 31 .370 .500 .643 19.7 5.2 2.2 1.2
7 Anthony Peeler 33 6 166 13 38 2 16 1 2 5 21 18 4 1 4 14 29 .342 .125 .500 27.7 4.8 3.5 3.0
8 Rod Strickland 36 6 73 11 21 0 0 6 6 0 6 17 4 2 8 5 28 .524 1.000 12.2 4.7 1.0 2.8
9 Gary Trent 28 6 42 5 14 0 0 4 6 4 7 1 1 0 4 6 14 .357 .667 7.0 2.3 1.2 0.2
10 Joe Smith 27 5 40 4 6 0 0 6 6 0 6 0 1 1 3 14 14 .667 1.000 8.0 2.8 1.2 0.0
11 Mike Wilks 23 4 7 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .500 1.000 1.8 0.8 0.0 0.0
12 Loren Woods 24 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Kevin Garnett 26 6 265 25.0 .539 .525 5.2 32.5 20.1 23.4 1.9 2.8 10.7 28.7 106 102 0.4 0.4 0.8 .141
2 Troy Hudson 26 6 221 21.9 .574 .495 0.6 5.2 3.1 26.3 1.8 0.0 11.5 28.3 112 114 0.6 0.0 0.6 .125
3 Marc Jackson 28 6 110 17.5 .619 .531 11.3 21.7 17.0 11.9 0.9 0.7 18.2 20.3 114 109 0.3 0.1 0.3 .134
4 Wally Szczerbiak 25 6 252 10.7 .586 .500 3.0 9.9 6.7 7.9 1.2 0.3 19.5 16.5 102 113 0.1 0.0 0.1 .028
5 Joe Smith 27 5 40 8.0 .810 .667 0.0 15.6 8.5 0.0 1.3 1.8 25.8 13.1 118 109 0.1 0.0 0.1 .105
6 Rasho Nesterovic 26 6 169 7.7 .517 .500 6.6 12.9 10.1 3.6 0.3 1.7 11.0 12.2 103 113 0.1 0.0 0.1 .027
7 Rod Strickland 36 6 73 18.0 .592 .524 0.0 8.5 4.7 37.7 2.8 2.0 25.3 19.6 105 109 0.1 0.0 0.1 .075
8 Mike Wilks 23 4 7 14.4 .750 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.9 142 120 0.0 0.0 0.0 .102
9 Kendall Gill 34 6 118 8.9 .467 .407 6.3 6.2 6.2 8.7 1.7 0.6 10.8 14.2 100 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 .018
10 Loren Woods 24 2 2 24.2 .333 .333 62.3 0.0 28.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 67.7 86 120 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.250
11 Anthony Peeler 33 6 166 6.9 .373 .368 3.8 10.0 7.2 15.7 1.2 0.4 9.3 11.7 91 113 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.018
12 Gary Trent 28 6 42 4.8 .421 .357 11.9 7.4 9.4 3.7 1.2 0.0 19.4 22.2 81 114 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.105

Salaries

Rk Player Salary
1 Kevin Garnett $25,200,000
2 Terrell Brandon $10,175,000
3 Joe Smith $4,991,800
4 Marc Jackson $3,575,000
5 Anthony Peeler $3,350,812
6 Wally Szczerbiak $2,933,187
7 Rasho Nesterovic $2,436,813
8 Troy Hudson $2,000,000
9 Kendall Gill $1,030,000
10 Rod Strickland $1,030,000
11 Gary Trent $824,935
12 Loren Woods $662,435
13 Felipe Lopez $637,435
14 Igor Rakocevic $349,458
15 Reggie Slater $321,926