The deadline to sign Al Jefferson to a contract extension is approaching, but the Timberwolves' forward says he isn't worried.

If an extension isn't reached by the NBA's Oct. 31 deadline, the Wolves must wait to pursue a deal until after the season, when Jefferson will become a restricted free agent.

"I'm not really concerned about that, you know," Jefferson said Monday before the Wolves played an exhibition game against the Memphis Grizzlies. "I let my agent handle that. I'm looking forward to it happening, but if it doesn't, there's always next year. So I really don't even think about it."

Kevin McHale, the Wolves' vice president of basketball operations, said before the preseason began that he had had preliminary conversations with Jefferson's agent.