Teague replaced Rubio with a 57 million deal

2017-07-01T08:32:10+00:00 2017-07-01T08:32:10+00:00.

Aris Barkas

01/Jul/17 08:32

Eurohoops.net

Point guard Jeff Teague has agreed to a three-year, $57 million deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves and will be the new starter of the team.

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

The agreement, which contains a player option for the third year, was struck as NBA free agency opened Saturday at 12:01 a.m. ET.

It came just hours after the Timberwolves traded point guard Ricky Rubio to the Utah Jazz for a protected 2018 first-round pick via the Oklahoma City Thunder.

That freed up cap space for Minnesota to be aggressive in free agency, and Teague was a target.

The 29-year-old averaged 15.3 points and 7.8 assists in 82 games in 2016-17 for the Indiana Pacers, his first year in his hometown of Indianapolis after seven seasons with the Atlanta Hawks.

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