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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Andrei Kirilenko will return to the NBA with the Minnesota Timberwolves after spending last season in the Euroleague.\u00A0(Bulent Kilic/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Minnesota Timberwolves are finalizing a deal with forward Andrei\u00A0Kirilenko that will pay him $20 million over two seasons, reports Yahoo! Sports. The deal also includes a player option for 2013-14.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Brooklyn Nets were also in contention for Kirilenko. Kirilenko last played in the NBA during the 2010-11 season with the Utah Jazz, where he spent 10 NBA seasons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kirilenko, 31, has career averages of 12.4 points and 5.6 rebounds and played last season with CSKA Moscow of the Euroleague.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/228244538781732864&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update: (July 27, 1:40 p.m.)&lt;/strong&gt;: The deal for\u00A0Kirilenko has gone through. The team issued a press release welcoming\u00A0Kirilenko to the Timeberwolves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also part of the three-team deal, the Hornets grabbed Brook Lopez and Hakim Warrick from the Suns.\n[tweet https://twitter.com/HornetsPR/status/228898584018419713]&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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