FC BARCELONA fortifies attack with Nachbar

FC BARCELONA fortifies attack with Nachbar

FC Barcelona added some serious veteran know-how by signing Bostjan Nachbar, who was the Turkish Airlines Euroleague runner-up in scoring last season, to a two-year contract on Tuesday, the club announced. Nachbar (2.06 meters, 33 years old) averaged 16.1 points per game over 23 appearances with Brose Baskets Bamberg. He set a club scoring record with 35 points in a road loss to CSKA Moscow in the Top 16. Nachbar also helped Bamberg successfully defend its German League championship. Barcelona will be his seventh Euroleague club in nine seasons in the competition. 

Nachbar began his career with Maribor Ovni and also played for Pivovarna Lasko and Union Olimpija in his native Slovenia and later for Italy’s Benetton Treviso, with whom he reached the 2002 Final Four in Bologna. He spent the next six seasons in the NBA, playing a combined 317 regular season and 18 playoff games with Houston, New Orleans and New Jersey. Nachbar returned to Europe with Dynamo Moscow in 2008. He became a 2008-09 All-Eurocup First Team selection after leading Dynamo to the Final Eight. He has since spent two seasons with Efes Pilsen and part of another with Unics Kazan. Nachbar has been a frequent contributor to the Slovenian national team and played at EuroBasket 2003, 2005 and 2009 as well as the 2006 and 2010 world championships.