Pekovic

[Sammyzuko]

Any word on the the big guy's status?

edit: I just read in the StarTribune that he's listed as Questionable for tonight's game. We should just rest him until after the All-Star break imo.

[Worm Guts]

If he can play, we should play him.

[Greco21]

I was thinking about the perfect nickname for him, what about Pacman?

Pek - Deck is what I would call him.

[SSUBluesman]

If he can play, we should play him.

My fantasy team concurs.

Besides, he has a reputation to uphold. Missing games because of a 'sprained ankle' will not do. Something along the lines of 'Nikola Pekovic will miss time due to an ankle injury he suffered during his pre-game warm-up of lion wrestling.'

[Klomp]

Saw this on KFAN's website on PA's show page

[Saltine]

An article on Pek
http://www.nba.com/2012/news/features/s ... index.html

Forget Linsanity ... 'Pek-citement' is growing in Minnesota

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While the rest of the league -- and frankly, even the most casual, barely-know-sports-exist Americans -- has been hit with "Linsanity," the folks in the fly-over region of the Upper Midwest have been enjoying their own brand of "Pek-citement." As the Minnesota Timberwolves' starting center, Pekovic has had, in his own large way, a breakthrough season arguably second only to the New York Knicks' new point guard.

He hasn't generated the hype, he doesn't play in a media capital and he doesn't bring the numbers globally that might get energized by his ethnicity the way Lin has -- Pekovic is from Bijelo Polje in tiny Montenegro. But lately, his individual performances have ranged from solid to stirring and he has his team in a better place for it.

Pekovic scored 17 points with 12 rebounds, playing on a sore right ankle, in the Timberwolves' come-from-behind 100-98 victory over Utah Wednesday at Target Center. It got the Wolves to the All-Star break at 17-17, the first time in eight seasons they've made it so far with a .500 record or better. (When you're Minnesota, you grab for the positive notes where you can. In the past two All-Star breaks, the Wolves were a combined 26-83, or winning at .239 clip.)

Meanwhile, Pekovic has been putting some PEK in PER lately. His team is 8-6 since he took over as a starter for his friend Darko Milicic. The 31st pick in the 2008 NBA draft -- Pekovic has been playing professionally since 2005, staying in Europe the way Lin incubated in Cambridge -- he is averaging 12.5 points and 7.3 rebounds, while shooting 58.3 percent. But he's been way better than that lately.

In a breakdown of the NBA centers in February -- the 30 players at that position most often for their teams -- Pekovic ranks fifth in efficiency, based on the PER stat, at 24.1. The only players doing better are Utah's Al Jefferson (26.5), San Antonio's Tim Duncan (26.5), Orlando's Dwight Howard (25.0) and the Lakers' Andrew Bynum (24.4).

At 17.2 ppg and 10.4 rpg, he's one of nine averaging a double-double this month (Howard tops that group with 20.8 and 15.5). Only Pekovic, of the 30, has grabbed more offensive (71) than defensive (64) rebounds this month. He was tied in offensive rating (103.2) through Wednesday's games with OKC's Kendrick Perkins at No. 16 and, at 101.9, was No. 13 in defensive rating.
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I only quoted 40% of it... hit the link