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His nickname is the White Hole.


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A 7-foot tall Ukrainian, he plays center, is 28, and came to Minnesota in one of the team's greatest trades: we sent out Mike "What, Me Shoot?" Miller and Randy "4th Quarter Pounder if he were named Bennett" for the draft pick that became Ricky Rubio, this guy, Etan Thomas, and Darius Songaila.

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He was drafted at #18 by the Wizards in 2006.

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He has another nickname based on his resemblance to a cartoon character.

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Stewie made 14 3-pointers and 3 dunks in his 447 minutes as a Wolf in 2009-10. 11 assists, 9 steals, 14 blocks and 32 turnovers.

Yes, this is a skimpy and scattershot profile, but I expect better material in the comments than in this post...

Final quiz:

1 - can you name this dude? Y = you are an above average NBA fan; N = you are a perfectly normal human being

2 - can you correctly spell his name? Y = you are either RBE or a liar or both; N = you are honest

3 - were you there for the high water mark of his career, 24 points on 9 of 14 shooting and 8 rebounds in a loss to Boston on 11/4/09? Y = my condolences for seeing such a terrible Timberwolves squad; N = you still get my condolences since if you are reading this you are no doubt a current Timberwolves fan.

Oleksiy Pecherov, thanks for the memories.