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Wolves' Nesterovic accepts qualifying offer
September 10, 2002
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota Timberwolves center Rasho Nesterovic accepted a qualifying contract offer from the team Tuesday.
Terms of the deal were not announced.
Nesterovic, a restricted free agent entering his fifth season, can become an unrestricted free agent after this season.
The 7-foot Nesterovic had career highs in scoring (8.4), rebounding (6.5) and minutes (27) with Minnesota last season. He shot a career-high 49.3 percent from the field.
Nesterovic was Minnesota's first-round draft pick in 1998.
The Wolves also signed 2000 second-round draft pick Igor Rakocevic.
Rakocevic played for the world champion Yugoslav national team this summer.
Rakocevic as played the last two years for KK Buducnost Podgorica in Yugoslavia. He averaged 17.7 points and 2.1 assists last season.
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