With their first place in the Western Conference and even in the league currently, the Wolves confirm their rise to power after seasons with 46 and 42 victories. After long years without playoffs, the Minneapolis franchise seems to be holding on. Which gives Tre Jones hope.
The San Antonio player remembers the tasteless seasons after the epic of 2004 and then the departure of Kevin Garnett. Indeed, between 2005 and 2017, the Wolves will never play in the playoffs…
“When Garnett left (in 2007), I was seven years old and we didn't make the playoffs until my senior year in high school. My brother Tyus was playing there at that time,” says the Spurs playmaker, born in the region, forExpress News. “When I was there, they never went to the playoffs. It was a disaster. »
There was the parenthesis with Jimmy Butler in 2018 therefore, but it is really with the arrival of Anthony Edwards in 2020, to support Karl-Anthony Towns, then with that of Rudy Gobert in 2022, that the franchise will take off .
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“We saw their reconstruction, starting from scratch, with a group of young people. They are on the same wavelength and now they are first in the league and winning a lot,” notes Tre Jones. “Memphis has also experienced the same situation in recent years. They were in the bottom of the league, got a few draft picks and started winning big. We see this a lot in the NBA. We know it will be a process. Long or short, we believe it. We are ready to work to change things. »
| Tre Jones | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2020-21 | SAN | 37 | 7 | 47.4 | 60.0 | 89.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| 2021-22 | SAN | 69 | 17 | 49.0 | 19.6 | 78.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| 2022-23 | SAN | 68 | 29 | 45.9 | 28.5 | 86.0 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 12.9 |
| 2023-24 | SAN | 16 | 24 | 42.5 | 28.6 | 87.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 7.9 |
| Total | 190 | 20 | 46.5 | 27.3 | 83.9 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 7.9 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
