Ryan Stack

Ryan Stack

Power forward / Center
Personal information
Born	(1975-07-24) July 24, 1975 Nashville, Tennessee
Nationality	American / Macedonian
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Cheatham County (Chapmansboro, Tennessee)
College	South Carolina (1994–1998)
NBA Draft	1998 / 2nd round, 48th overall
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Pro career	1998–2009
Career history
1999–2000	Cleveland Cavaliers
2000–2001	Gijón Baloncesto
2001–2002	Maccabi Ramat Gan
2002–2006	Aris Thessaloniki
2006–2007	Olympiacos
2007–2009	BC Kyiv

Ryan Eugene Stack (born July 24, 1975, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American and Macedonian former professional basketball player.

Stack, a 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) forward/center from the University of South Carolina, was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round (48th overall) of the 1998 NBA Draft.

He saw limited playing time in two seasons with the Cavaliers as the backup to All-Star center Žydrūnas Ilgauskas. After playing in just 43 games for the Cavaliers, Stack signed a contract to play in Europe and played for Gijón team from Spain's ACB for the 2000–01 season.

The next season Stack moved to Israel and was signed by the Maccabi Ramat Gan team.

After the year in Israel he moved to Greece and was signed by Aris Thessaloniki and played there from 2002 to 2006, in all of those years with the team he won 1 EuroCup in 2003 and reached to the ULEB Cup final in 2006. He was then the highest paid center in Europe.

Stack was signed by Olympiacos BC in August 2006 for whom he played one season. He then signed with Ukrainian league team BK Kyiv.

While playing for Aris Thessaloniki, he adopted the citizenship of the Republic of Macedonia, so he could play as a European, out of the two non-Europeans per team policy in the Euroleague and Europe. He played for Macedonia in several European and world championship qualifications.

External links

• NBA & college stats @ basketballreference.com
• Player Profile @ ACB.com (Spanish)