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Timberwolves Sign Nikola Pekovic To 5 Year $60 Million Extension

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  • Timberwolves Sign Nikola Pekovic To 5 Year $60 Million Extension

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    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Nikola Pekovic didn't want to leave Minnesota, and the Timberwolves weren't about to let him go.

    After weeks of negotiations, waiting and watching, the two sides came to agreement on Wednesday on a new five-year contract worth $60 million that includes an additional $8 million in incentives.

    ''He's a dominating offensive player,'' Timberwolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders said in a conference call. ''He plays extremely hard. He probably will work as hard as he can to live up to a contract he signs, whatever it is worth.''

    After posting a career-high 16.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game last season, the 27-year-old Pekovic was a restricted free agent when the NBA's fiscal year opened on July 1. That meant the Timberwolves had the right to match any offer he received from another team, and Saunders made it clear from the start that they would do whatever it took to keep him in Minnesota.

    In the end, that included adding a fifth year on the initial four-year, $48 million offer they presented Pekovic and his agent, Jeff Schwartz, a few weeks ago.

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