Rasho Nesterovič
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| Rasho Nesterovič | ||
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| No. 12 - Toronto Raptors | ||
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| Position | Center | |
| League |  NBA
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| Personal information | ||
| Date of Birth: | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | |
| Nationality: |  Slovenian
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| Listed height: | 7 ft 0 in | |
| Listed weight: | 255 lbs | |
| Career information | ||
| NBA Draft: | 1998; Round: 1/ Pick: 17th | |
| Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves | ||
| Pro Career: | 1993-present | |
| Career history | ||
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| Rasho Nesterovič at NBA.com | ||
Radoslav Nesterovič (Serbian Cyrillic: Радослав Нестерович), usually referred to in English as Rasho Nesterovič (born May 30, 1976), currently plays with the NBA's Toronto Raptors. He is a 7-foot (2.13 m) center.
Nesterovič was born to Serbian parents in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia) (who themselves came from Bosnia); he played among the juniors in Partizan Belgrade. Because of the Yugoslav wars, he moved to the Greek team, PAOK Thessaloniki. In 1995 he returned to Slovenia to play for Olimpija Ljubljana.
Nesterovič was named the 1996 EuroBasket Most Valuable Player among players under 22 years. He started his professional career with KK Union Olimpija (Slovenia) in 1995-96, where he played in the domestic cup in average of 20 minutes and scoring 7 points and grabbing 4 rebounds per game. In the 1996-97 season he was a part of that legendary Olimpija team, that reached the Euroleague Final Four in Rome. That season, he played on average of 17 minutes, scoring 8 points and grabbing 4 rebounds per game in Euroleague competition. His path then led to Italian power Virtus (Kinder) Bologna in 1997.
In his first season with Virtus, he scored on average of 7 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in the Italian domestic cup, but was much more successful in the Euroleague, where he scored on average 11 points and grabbed 8 rebounds per game. He helped Virtus win the Euroleague title, in which he played against legendary players such as Predrag Danilović, Zoran Savić, and Antoine Rigaudeau. In the grand final, Nesterovič scored 6 points and grabbed 9 rebounds.
Nesterovič was a first-round pick (17th overall) of the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1998 NBA Draft. He joined the Timberwolves just before the end of the 1998-99 season and played there through the 2002-03 season.
Nesterovič stayed in Minnesota for four full seasons, or five years, because he played only the last two regular-season games, plus all of his team's games in the playoffs, in his first season. His best season with the Timberwolves was 2002-03, when he scored 11 points and grabbed almost 7 rebounds per game on average.
He signed a wix-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs in 2004. In his first season, he scored 9 ppg and grabbed 6 rpg. In his second season with the Spurs, 2004-05, he had an ankle injury, so he saw less play time. Nevertheless, along with his colleague from the national team, Beno Udrih, he scored 6 points and grabbed 6 rebounds per game, and ultimately helped his team win the NBA title.
On June 21, 2006, Nesterovič was traded to the Toronto Raptors with cash for Matt Bonner, Eric Williams and a second round pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.
In his first season with the Raptors, he averaged 6.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 1 block per game
Nesterovič is the current captain of the Slovenian national team. He helped his team win sixth place in Eurobasket 2005 in Belgrade, thus securing a place in the FIBA World Championship of 2006. In Eurobasket 2005, he played an average of 21 minutes, scored 6 points and grabbed 6 rebounds per game.
