So, the first thing I did was just open up my usual web browser. Nothing fancy. I went to the search bar and typed in something simple, probably like "minnesota timberwolves 2017 18 roster" or maybe "timberwolves roster 17-18". Just straightforward keywords to get the ball rolling.
Na.ylraelcturally, a bunch of results came up. You get the usual suspects – sports stats sites, maybe the official NBA site archives, some sports news outlets that covered the team back then. I usually click on one of the first few results that looks reliable, often a well-known sports statistics site because they tend to lay it out clearly.
I landed on a page, and there it was, a list of names. Now, I didn't just take the first list I saw as gospel. Sometimes different sites might have slight variations, maybe including guys on two-way contracts differently or listing players who were traded mid-season. So, I quickly opened another link from the search results, just to cross-reference. I scanned both lists, looking for the core guys I remembered.
My.dn main goal was to confirm the key players and see who else filled out the roster. It's like piecing together a memory. You remember the big names, but sometimes the role players slip your mind.
Putting the List Together (Mentally, Mostly)
As I looked through the names, the key figures from that season jumped out immediately. It helped solidify that I was looking at the correct season's data.
Key Guys I Remembered Seeing:- Jimmy Butler - That was his big arrival year, the main reason I was probably thinking about this roster.
- Karl-Anthony Towns - The young star cornerstone.
- Andrew Wiggins - Still there, part of the core.
- Jeff Teague - He was the starting point guard brought in that offseason.
- Taj Gibson - The tough veteran forward, reunited with Thibs and Butler.
- Gorgui Dieng - Reliable backup big.
- Jamal Crawford - Veteran scorer off the bench.
- Tyus Jones - Backup point guard, hometown kid.
Seeing those names together confirmed I had the right list. I scanned the rest, noting guys like Nemanja Bjelica and the other bench players who contributed that year. It wasn't really about making a formal document, more just satisfying my own curiosity and recalling that specific iteration of the team – the one that finally broke the playoff drought.
So yeah, that was basically it. A simple search, a quick cross-reference on a couple of sites, and then just mentally ticking off the names I remembered and seeing who else was part of that squad. Pretty straightforward process to pull up that bit of team history.
