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Nuggets extend offer to Linas Kleiza, but agent says he'll stay in Greece

22 Jun 2010, 01:00 PM
Benjamin Hochman, The Denver Post
Linas Kleiza should stay in Greece
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The Nuggets want Linas Kleiza to return to Denver, enough that they extended a qualifying offer to the forward, who played last season in Greece. Denver owns Kleiza's NBA rights.

Terms of the offer were not released, but the money is expected to be around $2.7 million.

But Kleiza's agent, Bill Duffy, said his client plans to stay in Greece.

"We have no plans to sign with the Nuggets, nor have they expressed interest in signing Linas at this point," he said.

Kleiza, a 6-foot-8, 245-pound forward, left the Nuggets a year ago to play for Olympiakos, for whom he signed a two-year, $12.2 million contract.

Duffy said it's "very likely" Kleiza will for Olympiakos next season. He averaged 17.1 points per game this past season for them.

In four seasons with the Nuggets, Kleiza averaged 8.3 points per game and 3.5 rebounds.

SOURCE: DenverPost.com



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