UPDATE: The Timberwolves on Tuesday waived guard Delonte West, who was acquired in a July 26 trade from Cleveland. In that deal, the Wolves sent point guard Ramon Sessions and center Ryan Hollins to the Cavs for West and point guard Sebastian Telfair. By waiving West, the Wolves paid him only $500,000 of the $4.6 million left on his contract.
West waived; second-round pick Bjelica signs with Spanish team
Nemanja Bjelica
August 3, 2010 at 7:29PM
Timberwolves second-round pick Nemanja Bjelica on Monday signed a five-year contract with a buyout option to leave for the NBA after two years with Spanish club Caja Laboral, the team for which newly signed Spurs prospect Tiago Splitter played.
That buyout option would place Bjelica, a point guard in a 6-foot-10 power forward's body, with the Wolves in 2012, which also could be the year Ricky Rubio joins them if the 2011-12 NBA season is lost, or mostly lost, to labor strife.
Bjelica will be 24 if he joins the Wolves in two years.
He is set to play for Serbia in the FIBA World Championships that will begin in Turkey on Aug. 28.
A 39-yard TD pass to Justin Jefferson inside the final four minutes lifted the Vikings to a 27-24 victory over Seattle and their 13th win of the season to keep pace with Detroit atop the NFC.
