Fantasy Basketball Team Analysis: 2011-12 Minnesota Timberwolves

Don't get your hopes up. (David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)

Depth chart:

PG: Luke Ridnour, Ricky Rubio, Sebastian Telfair*

SG: Wes Johnson, Martell Webster, Wayne Ellington, Malcolm Lee

SF: Michael Beasley, Derrick Williams, Lazar Hayward, Tanguy Ngombo

PF: Kevin Love, Anthony Randolph, Anthony Tolliver

C: Darko Milicic, Nikola Pekovic, Brad Miller

* unrestricted free agent

Relevant fantasy players and their projected draft positions/per-game stats:

- Kevin Love, PF/C (Rd. 1): 47% FG, 80% FT, 1.3 Threes, 21.5 Pts, 15 Reb, 2.5 Ast, 0.5 Stl, 0.5 Blk, 2.3 TO

- Michael Beasley, SF/PF (Rd. 11+): 45% FG, 75% FT, 0.5 Threes, 16.5 Pts, 5 Reb, 1.8 Ast, 0.5 Stl, 0.5 Blk, 2.3 TO

- Derrick Williams, SF/PF (Rd. 12+): 48% FG, 75% FT, 1 Three, 12 Pts, 5 Reb, 0.5 Ast, 0.5 Stl, 0.5 Blk, 2 TO

- Ricky Rubio, PG (Rd. 12+): 35% FG, 75% FT, 5 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 5 Ast, 1.3 Stl, 2.5 TO

- Wes Johnson, SG/SF (Rd. 13+): 40% FG, 70% FT, 9.5 Pts, 3 Reb, 1.5 Ast, 0.5 Stl, 0.7 Blk, 1.5 TO

Sleeper:

Johnson

Most likely to surprise:

Williams

Most likely to disappoint:

Rubio

Category specialists:

- Blocks: Milicic

Things to consider:

- how the likely timeshare at PG between Ridnour and Rubio plays out

- how the likely timeshare at SF between Beasley and Williams plays out

- if Johnson can establish himself as the unquestioned starting SG

Team’s statistical NBA ranks from 2010-11:

- Pts: 10th

- FGM: 12th

- FGA: 2nd

- FG%: 27th

- FT%: 13th

- 3PTM: 9th

- Reb: 1st

- Ast: 25th

- TO: 30th

- Stl: T-17th

- Blk: T-10th

- Pace: 1st

- Offensive Efficiency: 24th

- Defensive Efficiency: 27th

Fantasy-friendliness for 2011-12: C-

Bonus:

Kevin Love and Wes Johnson have trouble connecting