Radoslav Nesterovic, or Rasho as his fellow Americans prefer to call him, the May 30, 1976 on Ljubljana, within what was then the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia And now it’s Slovenia.
He performs as a player Central and reaches a total height of 2.13 meters, weighing approximately 116 kilograms.
He is of Serbian descent and his professional basketball career began in 1993, when he joined the ranks of the PAOK Thessaloniki.
This team was not actually the one from his hometown, but the civil wars within Yugoslavia they had forced the Nesterovic family to emigrate elsewhere.
Once the war scene had calmed down, he returned to play for the Olympia Ljubljana in the year nineteen ninety five, to later become one of the best players in his category.
On nineteen ninety six was awarded the most valuable player award within the Euroleague, since his team reached the semifinals that were played in Rome.
Eventually, having been able to show his game within the basketball of Western Europe took him to play for him Virtus (Kinder) Bologna on 1997.
During his new stay with the Italian team he performed somewhat variably within the national league, despite shining remarkably within the league. Euroleague.
Once again it was this tournament that allowed him to display his best game to the world, getting to be selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Draft of the 1998 NBA.
Such was the reception he had in the USA who decided to sign a four-year contract with the Timberwolves, ending this in the season 2002-03.
During these four tournaments he was in a somewhat inactive position at first, as foreign players tend to adapt more slowly than rookie teenagers from the United States. USA.
Still, during the season 2002-03 he was finally able to shine as a player, displaying all his knowledge and skill on the field of play.
Once their contract ended, they were the San antonio spurs who decided to include him within their squad, where little by little he was taking the rhythm of the competition.
At the end of the season he suffered a terrible fall that forced him to miss a good number of games in which he would have participated had he been completely healthy.
Even so, together with his compatriot Beno Udrih he managed to accompany the team throughout the entire championship in the 2005 until they finally got the NBA Championship.
The June 21, 2006, Nesterovic was hired by the Toronto raptors, in part of the payment for Matt Bonner planned for the Draft of the 2009 NBA.
Currently it works as a replacement within the Raptors and has accompanied the team to win its first NBA Atlantic Division Championship along with his teammates Kris Humpries, Jorge Garbajosa, TJ Ford, José Calderón and Darrick Martin among others.
Titles Obtained:
NBA Championship 2005 (San Antonio Spurs)
NBA Atlantic Division Championship 2007 (Toronto Raptors)