Bob Stein

The Three-Pointer: Flip's Revenge

Hopeless

Despite KG's best efforts, it looks like another year, another one-and-out for the troubled Wolves. If they're lucky.

Park and Ride

THE BUDDY SYSTEM

Whether the 1996-97 Timberwolves will make their perennially promised leap forward depends in large measure on the chemistry between three of the team's key pairings: Kevin McHale and Flip Saunders; Kevin Garnett and Stephon Marbury; and Tom Gugliotta and

The Last Worthless Season

The Timberwolves--for years the lowliest franchise in professional sports--may see their way out of the wilderness at last. But not this year.