 This meant that the team that drafted him would be able to pay him more than those players selected later in the first round.Due to the amount of money Peković was making in Europe already, he likely would not have made the jump to the NBA for the amount of money that could be paid to a late first round player.On June 30, 2010, two years after being drafted, Peković signed a three-year, $13 million contract with the Timberwolves.