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#12 RASHO NESTEROVIC
CENTRE - SLOVENIA
Position: Centre Birthdate: May 30, 1976 (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Height: 7-0 High School: Gymnasium (Sremski Karlovci, Slovenia)
Weight: 255 College: N/A
NBA Experience: 9 Years Offseason Home: Ljubljana, Slovenia
How Acquired: Signed as a free agent by Toronto.
Career Transactions: First-round draft choice (17 th overall) by Minnesota in 1998; July 16, 2003: Signed as a free
agent by San Antonio; June 8, 2006: Traded by San Antonio with cash considerations to Toronto for forwards Matt
Bonner and Eric Williams; July 9, 2008: Traded by Toronto with guard T.J. Ford, forward Maceo Baston and the draft
rights to centre Roy Hibbert to Indiana in exchange for forward-centre Jermaine O’Neal and the draft rights to centre
Nathan Jawai; July 30, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Toronto.
Contract Status: Signed through 2009-10 season.
2008-09 SEASON: Averaged 6.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 17.3 minutes in 70 games with the Pacers … Shot better
than .500 from the field (.513) for the fourth consecutive season and the fifth time in his career … Scored in double
figures in 19 games … Had two games with 10 or more rebounds … Posted two double-doubles on the season …
Totalled 14 points vs. Milwaukee on Jan. 28 … Averaged 9.7 points and 3.8 rebounds in December … Posted
double-digits in scoring in eight games in December … Had 16 points Dec. 12 at Detroit … Registered a doubledouble
with 16 points and 10 rebounds vs. the Lakers on Dec. 2 … Played a season-high 38 minutes Nov. 22 at
Miami, recording 13 points and seven boards … Totalled a career-best eight assists vs. Orlando on Nov.21 …
Produced a season-best 21 points, making a season-high 10 field goals, in 36 minutes Nov. 18 vs. Atlanta …
Notched his first double-double of the season with a season-high 12 rebounds and 12 points Nov. 15 at Chicago …
Recorded 10-plus points in four consecutive games Nov. 12-18, averaging 13.3 points over that stretch.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER: In his 10-year NBA career has appeared in 769 regular season games, averaging 7.0
points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 22.8 minutes per contest … Has seen action in 64 playoff games, averaging
4.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and 17.2 minutes … Was a member of San Antonio’s 2005 NBA Championship team …
Played two seasons for Virtus Kinder Bologna in Italy (1997-99) prior to signing with Minnesota … Has played for the
Slovenian National Team since 1998 … Named the MVP of the 1996 European Under-22 Championship … Averaged
6.0 points and 6.2 rebounds in 21.7 minutes in six games in the 2005 European Championship as Slovenia qualified
for the 2006 World Championships (it is the first time in the history of the country that Slovenia earned a berth in the
World Championships) … Ranked eighth in the tournament in rebounds ... 2007-08: Averaged 7.2 points and 4.8
rebounds in 71 games for the Raptors … Averaged 10.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 26.2 minutes in 39 starts compared
to 4.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 14.4 minutes in 32 games off the bench … Averaged 16.2 points and 7.1 rebounds
from Mar. 14 – Apr. 14 … Scored in double figures in 17 of the final 18 games, averaging 15.4 points … Scored in
double figures in 21 of the final 25 games after posting double digits in points three times in the season’s first 57
games … Shot a career-high .550 from the field, 19 th in the NBA … Registered fifth double-double of the season with
team highs of 22 points (10-12 FG) and 14 rebounds Apr. 5 at New Jersey ... Scored a season-high 23 points and
added 10 rebounds Apr. 4 vs. Charlotte … Connected on first regular season three-point field goal (12 attempts) and
finished with 21 points Apr. 2 at Atlanta … Contributed averages of 13.5 points and 6.9 rebounds while shooting .561
(109-for-194) from the field during 17 games in March … Averaged 13.2 points and 7.3 rebounds during 10 starts as
a replacement for the injured Chris Bosh (Mar. 2-17) … Set a career-high in minutes (48) Mar. 16 at Sacramento …
Tied his career high with six assists Mar. 9 vs. Seattle … Tied for the team lead in rebounds Nov. 30 vs. Cleveland
with nine ... Missed six games Nov. 16-25 with a sprained right ankle … Made his first start Nov. 9 at Philadelphia,
grabbing eight rebounds in 12 minutes, including three offensive boards ... Playoffs: Saw action in five games, with
two starts, in the series with Orlando … Averaged 4.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 15.4 minutes … 2006-07: Averaged
6.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.05 blocked shots in 80 games, with 73 starts … It was the fifth time in his career he
had played in 80 or more regular season games … Led the team with a.546 (230-for-421) field goal percentage …
Finished second on the Raptors with 84 blocked shots … Topped the team on the boards on eight occasions and
scored in double figures in 19 games … Shot 32-for-51 (.627) from the floor in 10 April games … Connected on sixof-eight
from the field and finished with 12 points and seven rebounds Apr. 9 at Minnesota … Dished a career hightying
six assists Mar. 11 vs. Seattle … Recorded a season-high 16 points on eight-of-16 shooting from the field and
a team high-tying nine rebounds Feb. 26 at San Antonio … Had a season-high four assists Jan. 22 vs. Charlotte …
Totalled 13 points and a team-leading nine rebounds Dec. 30 at Memphis … Recorded 12 points and a team hightying
seven rebounds Dec. 23 at Seattle … Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds and had a season-high five blocks
Dec. 13 at Orlando … Returned to the starting lineup Dec. 2 at New York, recording eight points and three rebounds
in 16:51 minutes … Tallied 10 points, six rebounds and a game-high three blocked shots Nov. 3 vs. Milwaukee …
Playoffs: Averaged 3.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 14.2 minutes in five games vs. New Jersey … Drew a DNP-CD in
Game 6 … Pulled down 10 rebounds in Game 1 and eight in Game 2 … 2005-06: Saw action in 80 games for the
Spurs, including 51 starts, averaging 4.5 points and 3.9 rebounds in 18.9 minutes ... Shot .515 (172-334) from the
TORONTO RAPTORS 2009-10 PRESEASON