Flashback Friday - 2012-13

In this flashback photo, Chase Budinger (far right) and Courtney Lee (far left) congratulate Kevin Martin (center) during a game with the Houston Rockets in 2011. Today, Budinger and Martin officially became teammates once again in Minnesota. Both will be playing for Rick Adelman, who coached them in Houston.

This week we go back to 1996 at Orlando Arena, where Brian Shaw and Terry Porter fought for a loose ball during a game on Nov. 21. Flash forward to 2013, and Porter has twice been a head coach in the league and is currently a top assistant for the Wolves. Shaw just received his first head coaching opportunity with the Denver Nuggets this offseason.

Kevin Love autographs 300 basketballs after being introduced to the media on June 27, 2008 at Target Center. Love was initially drafted No. 5 overall by the Memphis Grizzlies but traded to the Wolves on Draft night. He went on to make back-to-back All-Star appearances in 2011 and 2012.

A year after Isaiah Rider won the 1994 Slam Dunk Contest right here at Target Center with his legendary East Bay Funk Dunk, Rider was back in the Slam Dunk Contest in Phoenix and got some serious elevation in this shot at America West Arena.

Check out this view of a pass from guard/forward Tony Campbell heading toward us during a 1990 game at Target Center. Campbell scored a career-high 23.2 points per game in the team's inaugural season.

Current Oklahoma City Thunder coach Scott Brooks shows off his moves to the basket as he attacks the rim against Greg Anthony during a game against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden in 1992.

This photo is from the 1995 NBA Draft in Toronto just after the Minnesota Timbewolves selected Kevin Garnett with the fifth overall pick. Garnett became the face of the franchise over the next decade, leading the Wolves to their lone eight playoff appearances.

As Flip Saunders returns as President of Basketball Operations and the 2013 Draft Combine is set to take place next week in Chicago, take a look at this shot of Flip with Kevin Garnett from 1996, just a year removed from being selected fifth overall by the Wolves out of high school.

This week's photo focuses on a young Pooh Richardson guarding Byron Scott during a 1990 road trip to the Great Western Forum to face the Los Angeles Lakers. Richardson was the Wolves' first ever draft pick (10th overall in 1989) and played his first three years in Minnesota. He averaged 17.1 points and 9.0 assists per game in 1991.

As we wrap up a season in which Wolves coach Rick Adelman earned his 1,000th win, let's go back to 1989 and the inaugural Wolves season with Minnesota's first coach, Bill Musselman. This photo was taken at Madison Square Garden during the season in which Adelman, then with Portland, made his first trip to the NBA Finals. Musselman coached the Wolves for their first two seasons.

We're getting set for tonight's Wolves vs. Jazz game in Utah, so why not take a trip back to Andrei Kirilenko's roots here in the NBA? In this photo, AK (back row, center) poses with Tyson Chandler to his left, Richard Jefferson to his right, and Pau Gasol (front, left) and Jamaal Tinsley (front, right) pose as part of the 2003 NBA All-Star Sophomore team. Coincidentally, Gasol's Lakers' playoff hopes will in part be decided by how the Wolves do against the Jazz tonight and on Monday.

As we get set for tonight's game with the Raptors, which could be Rick Adelman's 1,000th career victory, let's flash back to Dec. 11, 2001 when Adelman's Kings beat the Orlando Magic 112-110 for his 500th win. This picture shows some of the staples of those Kings clubs, including Vlade Divac (far left) and Chris Webber (third from right) celebrating with Adelman after reaching the milestone.

With the Wolves hosting Oklahoma City tonight, let's pay tribute to the leading rebounder in Thunder/Supersonics' franchise history. Current Wolves assistant coach Jack Sikma collected 7,729 boards during his time with the Sonics from 1978-86. The closest active player on the list is Nick Collison, who is sixth with 3,896 rebounds in his Sonics/Thunder career.

In advance of tonight's Wolves vs. Suns game, let's go back and take a look at Phoenix's 1993 Western Conference title season and league MVP Charles Barkley, who in this photo is taking on Wolves center Felton Spencer and guard Doug West as forward Christian Laettner looks on.

Wolves forward Kevin Garnett gets set to defend Hakeem Olajuwon during a game against the Rockets at the Compaq Center in Houston in 1996. Olajuwon, coming off back-to-back titles, was one of the most fundamentally sound big men in NBA history.

As we get set for the Nuggets and Timberwolves on Saturday, take a look back at this Randy Breuer hook shot during one of the two teams' meetings at McNichols Arena in Denver during the Wolves' inaugural season. It reminds us how far the Nuggets have come in their team color scheme and how short shorts were in the 1980s.

Happy first of March, Wolves fans! Here is flashback 11 years to March 1, 2002 as Kevin Garnett throws down a monster dunk against the San Antonio Spurs at Target Center.

Rookie Mickael Gelabale dunks on a fast break while Kevin Garnett looks on on Jan. 26, 2007. Gelabale shot 8-for-13 in this game, scoring 17 points along with eight boards.

In the 1998 NBA All-Star Game, a young Kevin Garnett shows first-year All-Star Kobe Bryant how to throw down. The pair have combined for an astounding 30 All-Star appearances over their careers.

In this vintage Taste of the Timberwolves photo from 2005, Sam Cassell (left), Latrell Sprewell (center) and Kevin Garnett (right) compete in a heated game of cards while hanging out with fans at the FastBreak Foundation's signature event.

Center Tod Murphy of the Minnesota Timberwolves goes up for two against essentially the entire Los Angeles Lakers squad on the court at the Great Western Forum in 1990.

Wolves forward Sam Mitchell goes up for two as Washington Bullets center Gheorghe Muresan (left) and forward Tracy Murray cover him during a game at the USAir Arena in Landover, Maryland.

Terry Porter displays his ability to coach early on as he and Stephon Marbury talk during a break in the action a game against the Utah Jazz on December 23, 1996 at the Target Center

Former Timberwolves forward Christian Laettner celebrates at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles after the Wolves beat the Lakers 101-99. It was the fourth and final game of the team's road trip, a stint in which Minnesota went 3-1.

Long before they were on the same coaching staff in Minnesota, Terry Porter played for current Wolves coach Rick Adelman in Portland. Adelman, a former point guard in his own playing days, instructs Porter in this photo from a Jan. 22, 1989 contest against the Knicks. The Wolves face the Blazers on Saturday night.