Topic: Bostjan Nachbar

Boštjan "Boki" Nachbar (pronounced BOSHT-yahn NAHK-bahr) (born July 3, 1980) is a Slovenian professional basketball player. He is currently a free agent.

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 into the final 4 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.

On July 20, 2008, Nachbar returned to Europe when he signed a 3 year €9.6 million euros net income contract with the Russian Super League club Dynamo Moscow , giving him one of the most expensive contracts in European pro basketball history. The contract also included buyout clauses after each season to allow him to explore the option of returning to the NBA. 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.