This week the Timberwolves became the worst American professional sports franchise, in terms of winning percentage.
They did so with a week typical of their historical torpor — embarrassing themselves with horrid play and pathetic body language in the wake of a badly managed coaching change that, at least in the short term, solved nothing.
They own the NBA's worst record, at 7-29. Their franchise winning percentage is .3929. They have slid behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who have a franchise winning percentage of .3930. The worst winning percentage in MLB history is the San Diego Padres' .