With the NBA on hiatus for at least 30 days, I'll be coping by posting an article every day with 30 random/interesting facts from each of the 30 teams. Hopefully, the season will resume when I hit publish on the Wizards' article.
Day 18:
Minnesota Timberwolves
Stats are mostly from Cleaning the Glass, but also RotoWire, NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.
- Karl-Anthony Towns has the sixth-highest PER (26.5) in the NBA.
- Karl-Anthony Towns has the 10th-highest true shooting percentage (64.2) in the league.
- Karl-Anthony Towns has the seventh-highest box plus/minus (7.8) in the NBA.
- In eight-category fantasy leagues on a per-game basis, Karl-Anthony Towns is the third-best player.
- Josh Okogie has played the most minutes (1,495) on the Timberwolves this season.
- Jordan McLaughlin is in the 96th percentile for point guards in points per 100 shot attempts (124.2). He takes 52% of his shots at the rim, which is in the 98th percentile for point guards.
- Per 36 minutes, Jordan McLaughlin averages 14.0 points, 7.6 assists (just 1.9 turnovers), 3.0 rebounds and 2.1 steals.
- With the Timberwolves, Malik Beasley averages 3.8 made threes per 36 minutes.
- With the Timberwolves, James Johnson averages 17.9 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 2.0 steals and 2.0 blocks per 36 minutes.
- With the Wolves, D'Angelo Russell has taken just 15% of his shots at the rim -- the sixth percentile for combo guards. 21% of his shots are from the long mid-range and 47% of his shots are threes from the non-corner -- both are in the 90th percentile.
- Josh Okogie is just 24% (25-of-103) on non-corner threes -- the fourth percentile for wing players.
- Jarrett Culver is just 22% (9-of-40) on corner threes -- the last percentile for combo guards.
- Josh Okogie is fouled on 17.9% of his field-goal attempts -- the 98th percentile for wing players.
- Jeff Teague is fouled on 15.8% of his shot attempts -- in the 95th percentile for combo guards.
- Karl-Anthony Towns draws a non-shooting foul on 3.1% of team plays, ranking in the 93rd percentile for big men.
- When fouled on a shot, Jordan McLaughlin converts it 43.8% of the time, ranking in the 93rd percentile for point guards.
- Josh Okogie and Jarrett Culver combine for 3.7 offensive rebounds per 36 minutes.
- Per 36 minutes, Naz Reid averages 19.6 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.3 threes, 1.6 blocks and 1.4 steals. However, he also commits 6.0 fouls.
- Out of all Wolves lineups that have seen 100+ possessions together, the best is +25.2 and contains Shabazz Napier, Jarrett Culver, Kelan Martin, Robert Covington and Gorgui Dieng. The worst is -24.8 and contains Shabazz Napier, Josh Okogie, Andrew Wiggins, Robert Covington and Karl-Anthony Towns.
- 18 different players have drawn a start for the Timberwolves this season. 24 players have seen the court for at least a minute.
- Wolves lineups with James Johnson at center have a -12.4 net rating in a 550-possession sample.
- In 61 possessions with both D'Angelo Russell and Karl-Anthony Towns on the court, the Wolves had a -22.0 net rating, allowing 143.0 points per 100 possessions.
- Minnesota has the fourth-worst spread differential (-1.4) in the NBA.
- Based on net rating, the Timberwolves have 4.5 fewer wins than expected, which is the fourth-worst win differential in the league.
- At home against bottom-10 teams, the Wolves have the worst spread differential (-7.4), the second-worst offense (106.5) and the fourth-worst net rating (-1.1).
- Minnesota has the worst offensive rating (104.9) in the NBA against teams that are on the second night of a back-to-back.
- Since the All-Star break, the Wolves have the third-worst net rating (-8.8).
- Minnesota has the fifth-best shot profile in the NBA (54.5 location eFG%). They take the fourth-fewest long mid-range jumpers (5.8% of team attempts).
- Minnesota has the worst corner three-point accuracy (33.7%).
- Karl-Anthony Towns' best game of 2019-20 was during the second game of the season in a 22-point win over the Hornets. In 28 minutes, he posted 37 points (13-18 FG, 4-7 3Pt, 7-13 FT), 15 rebounds, eight assists, four steals and two blocks with just two turnovers.
