The Wolves placed rookie guard Igor Rakocevic on waivers Tuesday. Had they not cut him five days or fewer after their season ended, he would have been guaranteed $563,679 next season.

"We like Igor, and we would love to have him in our summer league and have him come back,'' McHale said. "But right now we have a lot of free agents and a lot of stuff, and we're trying to do a lot of different things.''

Rakocevic, the Wolves' second-round draft pick in 2000, averaged 1.9 points and 5.8 minutes in 42 games.