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'Timberpuppies' combines dogs and basketball with adorable result

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 6:11 p.m. ET

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Cuddly, adorable and heartwarming.

Probably not the first three descriptors you'd associate with Nikola Pekovic. But thanks to the Timberwolves' latest video venture, the 6-foot-11, 285-pound center has a canine counterpart that looks just a little more friendly.

The team released Thursday a video featuring "Timberpuppies" -- a 3 minute, 3 second montage of months-old dogs pushing around a miniature basketball on a miniature court. Each one is named for one of Minnesota's starters, including "Puppy Pekovic" and "Puppy Love" for Kevin Love.

Now, the trick is getting enough other franchises on board to start an entire league of puppy-only teams, and hire a commissioner (the local pound might be a good place to look), draft a collective bargaining agreement that includes plenty of Purina in each players' salary and start scouting the Humane Society for future talent.

Air Bud, you've met your matches.

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