Boštjan Nachbar

Boštjan Nachbar

Nickname(s)	Boki
Position	Small forward Power forward
Height	6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m)
Weight	225 lb (102 kg)
League	PBL Euroleague VTB United League
Team	UNICS Kazan
Born	July 3, 1980 (1980-07-03) Slovenj Gradec, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Slovenian
College	None
Draft	15th overall, 2002 Houston Rockets
Pro career	1997–present
Career history	Olimpija Ljubljana (1997–00) Benetton Treviso (2000–02) Houston Rockets (2002–04) New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (2004–06) New Jersey Nets (2006–08) Dynamo Moscow (2008–09) Efes Pilsen S.K. (2009-11) UNICS Kazan (2012-)

Boštjan "Boki" Nachbar (born July 3, 1980) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who signed a contract with UNICS Kazan in January 2012 after being inactive for few months due to injury.

Pro career

Europe

Nachbar started his professional career by joining the Olimpija Ljubljana basketball club in the 1997–98 season. He played with Olimpija in Europe's top level competition the Euroleague, where he averaged 7 points and 2 rebounds per game. In the 2000–01 season he signed with Benetton Treviso basketball club, as the youngest Italian League player. With Benetton, he averaged 4 points and grabbed 2 rebounds in the Euroleague. In the next season, he helped Benetton get to the Final Four of the Euroleague, as he improved his statistics to 13 points and 4 rebounds per game. In his best game of the season, against Idea Slask Wroclaw, he scored 28 points, hitting 6 three pointers. He won the Italian Championship and the Italian Supercup in 2002.

NBA

Nachbar was selected by the Houston Rockets as the 15th overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. He played for the Rockets for three seasons, but only averaged about 10 minutes per game. In 2004, he went to the New Orleans Hornets, where he averaged about 8 points in 21 minutes per game. During the 2004–05 NBA season, he scored 21 points against his former team, the Rockets, which was a career high. In the 2005–06 season, however, he had a difficult time getting off the bench once again was traded to the New Jersey Nets just before the trading deadline in exchange for Marc Jackson, Linton Johnson, and cash considerations. He had a great season with New Jersey as the team's 6th man, making many contributions to the club before they lost in the Eastern Conference semis to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Return to Europe

On July 20, 2008, Nachbar returned to Europe when he signed a 3 year €9.6 million euros net income contract with the Russian Superleague club Dynamo Moscow, giving him one of the most expensive contracts in European pro basketball history. The contract also included opt out clauses after each season. He averaged 16.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.4 steals in Europe's second level competition, the Eurocup, during the 2008-09 season.

Nachbar opted out of his contract with Dynamo Moscow on May 17, 2009. In July 2009, he signed a 2 year contract with a team option for the second year with the Turkish League club Efes Pilsen. He averaged 6.7 points and 1.9 rebounds per game in the Euroleague in the 2009-10 season.

In January 2012 he signed with UNICS Kazan in Russia until the end of the season.

Slovenian national team

Nachbar has been a member of the Slovenian national basketball team. He has played at two FIBA European Championships, the 2003 FIBA European Championship and the 2005 FIBA European Championship. During the 2005 FIBA European Championship, he averaged 11 points and 5 rebounds per game. He was also a member of Slovenia's national team that played at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.

He was a member of Slovenia's national team that played at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2002–03	Houston	14	1	5.5	.355	.200	.500	.8	.2	.1	.1	2.1
2003–04	Houston	45	3	11.5	.356	.365	.724	1.6	.7	.3	.3	3.1
2004–05	Houston	16	2	12.8	.349	.476	.750	1.9	.6	.1	.0	3.1
2004–05	New Orleans	55	4	20.7	.397	.371	.838	2.8	1.2	.5	.3	8.1
2005–06	NO/Oklahoma City	25	13	16.2	.339	.298	.694	2.0	.9	.5	.2	5.0
2005–06	New Jersey	11	0	8.8	.375	.143	.625	1.0	.5	.3	.0	2.8
2006–07	New Jersey	76	1	20.2	.457	.423	.805	3.3	.8	.4	.3	9.2
2007–08	New Jersey	75	1	22.1	.402	.359	.786	3.5	1.2	.6	.3	9.8
Career		317	25	17.8	.406	.375	.784	2.6	.9	.4	.2	7.1

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003–04	Houston	5	0	8.2	.444	.333	1.000	1.2	.4	.2	.0	2.8
2005–06	New Jersey	1	0	1.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
2006–07	New Jersey	12	0	23.4	.421	.375	.955	2.9	1.5	.6	.1	9.9
Career		18	0	17.9	.423	.373	.963	2.3	1.1	.4	.1	7.4

Personal life

He's married and has a 2 year old daughter.

External links

• NBA.com Profile
• Euroleague.net Profile
• Basketpedya.com Profile
• HoopsWorld GLOBAL Story