Timberwolves Pekovic Has Surgery On Right Achilles

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Wednesday that center Nikola Pekovic had successful surgery to repair his right Achilles.

The surgery was done by Dr. Robert Anderson at Ortho Carolina in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was called a debridement and repair of his right Achilles. He will be sidelined indefinitely and will miss the rest of the regular season.

Pekovic played in only 31 games this season, averaging 12.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per contest. The 6-foot-11, 295-pound Montenegrin has missed the last 12 games after sitting out half of November, all of December and most of January with his ankle injury.

Since signing a five-year, $60 million contract with the Wolves in August 2013, Pekovic has played in just 85 games over the last two seasons.