Boštjan Nachbar
Nachbar in Slovenian national team jersey
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| No. 7 – Real Betis Energía Plus | ||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / Power forward | |||||||||
| League | Liga ACB | |||||||||
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| Born |
July 3, 1980 Slovenj Gradec, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia |
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| Nationality | Slovenian | |||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | |||||||||
| Listed weight | 221 lb (100 kg) | |||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2002 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overall | |||||||||
| Selected by the Houston Rockets | ||||||||||
| Playing career | 1997–present | |||||||||
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| 1997–1998 | Union Olimpija | |||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Maribor Ovni | |||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Pivovarna Laško | |||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Benetton Treviso | |||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Houston Rockets | |||||||||
| 2004–2006 | New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets | |||||||||
| 2006–2008 | New Jersey Nets | |||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Efes Pilsen | |||||||||
| 2012 | UNICS Kazan | |||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Brose Baskets | |||||||||
| 2013–2015 | FC Barcelona | |||||||||
| 2015–present | Sevilla | |||||||||
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Boštjan "Boki" Nachbar (born July 3, 1980) is a Slovenian professional basketball player who plays for Real Betis Energía Plus of the Liga ACB.
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 League championship and the Italian Supercup in 2002.
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.
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