What happened to Every NBA Star the Timberwolves Traded? #nba
What happened to every franchise player the Minnesota Timberwolves traded away?
Starting off, we have Kevin Garnett.
He was the greatest Timberwolf ever, won MVP in Minnesota, but after years of playoff disappointment, the Wolves traded him to the Celtics in 2007. One year later, KG helped Boston win the 2008 NBA championship.
Then there’s Kevin Love.
Love became a rebounding machine and franchise star in Minnesota, but in 2014, the Wolves traded him to Cleveland for a package headlined by Andrew Wiggins. Two years later, Love helped LeBron and Kyrie bring Cleveland its first NBA title in 2016.
Next is Karl-Anthony Towns.
KAT spent nine seasons in Minnesota, finally helped the Wolves reach the Western Conference Finals in 2024, and then got traded to the Knicks before the 2024-25 season. And in 2026, Towns won a championship with New York, ending the Knicks’ 53-year title drought.
Then there’s Andrew Wiggins.
Wiggins was supposed to be Minnesota’s next superstar after the Kevin Love trade, but in 2020, the Wolves traded him to Golden State for D’Angelo Russell. Two years later, Wiggins became a huge piece of the Warriors’ 2022 championship, even putting up 18 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, and 3 blocks in the closeout Game 6.
And it gets even worse when you zoom out.
Before the Timberwolves, Minnesota had the Minneapolis Lakers.
That entire franchise left for Los Angeles in 1960. Since moving to L.A., the Lakers have won 12 championships, while the Timberwolves still have zero. The Lakers have 17 total titles as a franchise, but five of those came in Minneapolis.
Not just in the NBA, in the NFL Sam Darnold left the vikings after a great 2024 season, he signed with the seahawks and won the superbowl next year.
As a Minnesotan we just cough it up as a oh Minnesota just doing Minnesota things again.
This is more of a minnesota thing then a Timberwolves thing
ANT watching this like 😑
Ant coming to the ATL to keep this streak alive
at least i can take solace with the Timberwolves not knowing someone's worth until after they leave
Edit: Ok i guess minnesota just don't know people's worth
This also happened to Sam Darnold in football last year
Congrats Anthony Edwards for winning the 2031 NBA championship!
Seeing this trend, congratulations to Ant-Man's inevitable championship
Saw someone say that Minnesota has the best farm system in sports
Don't show this video to Anthony Edwards
Put some respect on Bodega KAT 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴
What’s with Minnesotas athletes winning championships outside of Minnesota
McDaniels next, hes gonna go to Detroit amd win in 4 years. Im from the future I already know
Can the wolves, wild, Vikings, twins just win ONCE in my lifetime 😢😢😢
Bad luck💀
Soo Min is the Champ maker. They should be proud
Cp3 should've played for them at least a year or two 😂
Shout out big 99. This is why to me the Lakers have theirs and Minnesota has 5. In the same way that OKC only has 1. Because the other one belongs to my sonics and it doesn't matter that we don't exist.
butler almost got 2 man and yall shittin on him
raised by the wolves
There's something in the cold weather that's jinxing them.
I hate being a wolves fan man
Are the wolves a farm team or something 😂
Damn the TWolves are probably the 2nd unluckiest team when it comes to trades.
Watch out ant
basically leave Timberwolves and get win 😂😂😂
Minnesota is called the land of 10000 lakes hence the name minnesota lakers
NOOOOOOOO
It happend
So what you sayin to me is… if my clippers trade for ant we will win the championship in 2 years max… lets get it done ballmer🤝🏾