. "That leaves the Nuggets, who have committed long term to JaVale McGee, and the Timberwolves, who have commmitted long term to Nikola Pekovic, one of the players to whom Nurkic is most frequently compared.There just isn???t a perfect choice on the board for Nurkic, so he selects the Atlanta Hawks, knowing that he???ll have two excellent veteran bigs to learn from and that it???s unlikely both will" . . .