This season, Stephon Marbury led Minnesota where no Timberwolves team had ever gone before. Marbury, the talented 20-year-old rookie point guard, averaged 15.8 points and 7.8 assists per game, leading the Timberwolves to the NBA Playoffs for the first time in their eight-year history. Minnesota won a franchise-record 40 games, shattering the previous record of 29 wins. The Timberwolves gave Houston a battle in the first round, but lost the best-of-five series to the more experienced Rockets despite Marbury's 21.3 points and 7.7 assists per game.

Marbury, still working on his game, joins TNT as a guest analyst for Monday night's playoff coverage. As a "pregame warm-up" he spent some time on NBA.com, answering your questions about his first season in the NBA.

Charles Barkley made comments after Game 3 on TBS about the age of the innocence is over -- how did that effect you personally?

No, it didn't. I looked at it as encouragement, it was like "you're not rookies no more, you'll be considered veterans." Things will be expected of us now, Kevin with two years and me with one year, and we have to fulfill more than we did

How did you develop your crossover? Another question: Do you think you can lead this team next year even farther into the playoffs?

The things I did to work on the crossover is doing it with repetitions, over and over. You build confidence doing it when you think you shouldn't. In the future we'll go further if we work hard, stay focused, and continue to develop our games.

What is your opinion of players like Michael Jordan, Eddie Jones,and other taller guards that sometimes guard players like yourself in a game?

Smaller players guard me better because they can stay with me better, with my quickness. It's easier for me to take bigger guards.

What do you think about Tracy McGrady probably going into the NBA from high school? Do you think it's harder on a younger player who doesn't go to college?

I think it's going to be a different experience, but everybody's different and looks at things differently. I thought coming to the NBA after a freshman year was hard -- playing in the NBA isn't easy at all, but if he thinks he can make the adjustment, that's what he should do.

How much did Terry Porter guide you throughout the season?

He guided me through the season as far as doing things in certain situations, calling out plays before you come down the court because there isn't as much time on the shot clock, so you have to call things out before it happens. That way, guys can react quicker when you let them know ahead of time.