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Nikola Pekovic

\NIK-oh-la PEK-ah-vich\

Nikola Pekovic

Position: Center-Forward ▪ Shoots: Right
Height: 6-11 ▪ Weight: 243 lbs.
Born: January 3, 1986 in Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
Draft: Minnesota Timberwolves, 2nd round (1st pick, 31st overall), 2008 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: October 27, 2010
Age: 27 years, 136 days ▪ Experience: 3 years

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Totals

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2010-11 25 MIN NBA C 65 11 887 136 263 .517 0 0 87 114 .763 90 103 193 27 18 35 91 181 359
2011-12 26 MIN NBA C 47 35 1264 256 454 .564 0 0 139 187 .743 181 165 346 31 29 31 87 98 651
2012-13 27 MIN NBA C 62 62 1959 385 741 .520 0 0 241 324 .744 230 315 545 53 43 50 101 143 1011
Career NBA 174 108 4110 777 1458 .533 0 0 467 625 .747 501 583 1084 111 90 116 279 422 2021

Per Game

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2010-11 25 MIN NBA C 65 11 13.6 2.1 4.0 .517 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.8 .763 1.4 1.6 3.0 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.4 2.8 5.5
2011-12 26 MIN NBA C 47 35 26.9 5.4 9.7 .564 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 .743 3.9 3.5 7.4 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.9 2.1 13.9
2012-13 27 MIN NBA C 62 62 31.6 6.2 12.0 .520 0.0 0.0 3.9 5.2 .744 3.7 5.1 8.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.6 2.3 16.3
Career NBA 174 108 23.6 4.5 8.4 .533 0.0 0.0 2.7 3.6 .747 2.9 3.4 6.2 0.6 0.5 0.7 1.6 2.4 11.6

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2010-11 25 MIN NBA C 65 11 887 5.5 10.7 .517 0.0 0.0 3.5 4.6 .763 3.7 4.2 7.8 1.1 0.7 1.4 3.7 7.3 14.6
2011-12 26 MIN NBA C 47 35 1264 7.3 12.9 .564 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.3 .743 5.2 4.7 9.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 2.5 2.8 18.5
2012-13 27 MIN NBA C 62 62 1959 7.1 13.6 .520 0.0 0.0 4.4 6.0 .744 4.2 5.8 10.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.9 2.6 18.6
Career NBA 174 108 4110 6.8 12.8 .533 0.0 0.0 4.1 5.5 .747 4.4 5.1 9.5 1.0 0.8 1.0 2.4 3.7 17.7

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg Pos G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
2010-11 25 MIN NBA C 65 887 11.2 .573 .517 11.0 13.2 12.1 4.8 1.0 3.0 22.5 19.4 100 111 0.2 0.5 0.6 .035
2011-12 26 MIN NBA C 47 1264 21.4 .607 .564 15.8 14.6 15.2 4.6 1.2 1.8 14.0 21.9 117 107 3.6 0.9 4.5 .170
2012-13 27 MIN NBA C 62 1959 20.2 .572 .520 13.0 19.0 15.9 4.9 1.1 2.0 10.3 22.5 115 106 4.6 2.1 6.7 .163
Career NBA 174 4110 18.6 .583 .533 13.4 16.4 14.9 4.8 1.1 2.1 13.9 21.7 112 107 8.3 3.5 11.8 .138

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)
Thru 3 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3
Nikola Pekovic 6.7 4.5 0.6
Jack Nichols 95.5 6.7 4.3 0.3
Emeka Okafor 89.7 7.1 4.0 1.0
Skip Thoren 89.7 7.0 4.4 1.6
Samuel Dalembert 89.4 6.9 3.9 0.3
Manny Leaks 86.0 7.3 5.2 1.1
Connie Simmons 85.7 6.1 5.3 1.1
Jim Fox 84.5 5.6 3.9 0.6
Kevin Duckworth 82.6 5.2 4.8 0.8
Elmore Smith 82.0 5.9 3.9 1.5
Gheorghe Muresan 81.8 8.0 4.1 1.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Nikola Pekovic 6.7 4.5 0.6
Skip Thoren 89.7 7.0 4.4 1.6
Bob Houbregs 81.9 6.9 4.5 2.8 0.2
Manny Leaks 78.5 7.3 5.2 1.1 0.8 0.2 -0.2
Primoz Brezec 78.1 4.9 4.6 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0
Kosta Koufos 75.2 6.5 2.7 1.3 0.2 0.0
Bill McGill 65.7 7.1 4.6 3.1 2.2 -0.1
Ed Johnson 61.4 5.1 2.4 1.0
Mike Sojourner 59.6 4.7 2.7 0.9
Tod Murphy 59.5 6.1 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.1
Omer Asik 58.0 5.5 2.7 2.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Weekly & Monthly Awards

Player of the Week: 1 time (Show/Hide)
Field Goal Pct
2011-12 NBA .564 (3)
True Shooting Pct
2011-12 NBA .607 (7)
Effective Field Goal Pct
2011-12 NBA .564 (5)
Offensive Rebound Pct
2011-12 NBA 15.8 (1)
 2012-13 NBA 13.0 (9)
      

Transactions

August 2, 2005: As part of a 5-team trade, traded by the Miami Heat (as a 2008 2nd round draft pick) with Qyntel Woods, Albert Miralles and a 2006 2nd round draft pick (Edin Bavcic) to the Boston Celtics; the Boston Celtics traded Antoine Walker to the Miami Heat; the Memphis Grizzlies traded Andre Emmett, James Posey and Jason Williams to the Miami Heat; the Memphis Grizzlies traded Greg Ostertag to the Utah Jazz; the Miami Heat traded Eddie Jones to the Memphis Grizzlies; the Miami Heat traded Rasual Butler to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets; the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets traded Roberto Duenas to the Miami Heat; the Utah Jazz traded Curtis Borchardt to the Boston Celtics; the Utah Jazz traded Raul Lopez to the Memphis Grizzlies; and the Utah Jazz traded Kirk Snyder to the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets.

January 26, 2006: Traded by the Boston Celtics (as a 2008 2nd round draft pick) with Marcus Banks, Mark Blount, Ricky Davis, Justin Reed and a 2006 2nd round draft pick (Craig Smith) to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Dwayne Jones, Michael Olowokandi, Wally Szczerbiak and a 2009 1st round draft pick (Jonny Flynn).

June 26, 2008: Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2nd round (31st pick) of the 2008 NBA Draft.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
2010-11 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $4,000,000
2011-12 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA $4,503,600
Career (may be incomplete) $8,503,600

Contract

Free Agent or Unsigned Draft Pick cap hold ▪ Player, Team, or Early Termination option
Team 2012-13
Minnesota Timberwolves $4,837,200
  • Signed July 28, 2010 for an assumed $11,858,400 plus incentives for 3 years .
  • 2011-12 and 2012-13 each have up to $274,200 in unlikely incentives not included here.
  • 2011-12 and 2012-13 each include $550,800 in likely incentives.

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