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The 2016–17 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 28th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On April 20, 2016, the Timberwolves hired Tom Thibodeau as their new head coach. [1] On September 23, 2016, Kevin Garnett would officially retire from the NBA, thus ending his 21-year career in the process. On April 11 ...
The 2016–17 NBA schedule featured a historic low of "back-to-back" games, along with teams playing four games in a five-day stretch. [101] It was the first schedule created with a new optimization computer program [ 102 ] that the NBA described at the MIT Sport Analytic Conference.
The 2016–17 Boston Celtics season was the 71st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team obtained the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since 2008 when they won the NBA title. At 53–29, they finished with the lowest winning percentage of a No. 1 seed since the Detroit Pistons in 2007.
The 2016–17 Los Angeles Lakers season was the franchise's 69th season, its 68th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 57th in Los Angeles. It was the first season without Kobe Bryant since the 1995–96 season , as he retired from the NBA in April 2016.
The 2016–17 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 68th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team improved 18 games after finishing with a league worst 10 wins in 2016.
The 2016–17 Chicago Bulls season was the 51st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Former 2011 MVP and 2009 Rookie of the Year Derrick Rose was traded from his hometown team to the New York Knicks .
The 2016–17 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 50th season as a franchise and 41st season in the NBA. On May 5, 2016, despite making the playoffs, Pacers' president Larry Bird announced that Frank Vogel 's contract would not be renewed, citing a need for "a new voice" to lead the players.
The 2016–17 Denver Nuggets season was the 41st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Thanks to the continuing improvements of Nikola Jokić , the Nuggets would make significant improvements to their team, although they would be just one game shy from reaching the NBA playoffs that year.