Baker signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 1, 2006, reuniting him with head coach Dwane Casey, who served as an assistant coach when Baker was in Seattle. His tenure in Minnesota would be short-lived, though. Baker was released from the Timberwolves on November 13, 2006. He never played in a regular season game after being on the inactive list for the first six games. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 63 || 31.2 || .501 || .200 || .569 || 7.6 || 2.0 || .7 || 1.4 || 13.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 82 || style="background:#cfecec;"| 41.0* || .483 || .292 || .593 || 10.3 || 3.6 || 1.0 || 1.4 || 17.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 82 || 82 || 40.5 || .489 || .208 || .670 || 9.9 || 2.6 || .8 || 1.1 || 21.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 78 || 78 || 40.5 || .505 || .278 || .687 || 10.3 || 2.7 || 1.0 || 1.4 || 21.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 82 || 82 || 35.9 || .542 || .143 || .591 || 8.0 || 1.9 || 1.1 || 1.0 || 19.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 34 || 31 || 34.2 || .453 || .000 || .450 || 6.2 || 1.6 || .9 || 1.0 || 13.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 79 || 75 || 36.1 || .455 || .250 || .682 || 7.7 || 1.9 || .6 || .8 || 16.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 76 || 27 || 28.0 || .422 || .063 || .723 || 5.7 || 1.2 || .5 || 1.0 || 12.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 55 || 41 || 31.1 || .485 || .125 || .633 || 6.4 || 1.3 || .4 || .7 || 14.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 52 || 9 || 18.1 || .478 || .000 || .673 || 3.8 || .6 || .4 || .6 || 5.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 37 || 33 || 27.0 || .505 || .000 || .732 || 5.7 || 1.5 || .6 || .6 || 11.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New York | 17 || 0 || 18.4 || .404 || .500 || .711 || 4.1