Welcome, everyone, to Where Are They Now? With another week in the books, we’re back again with another crop of yesteryear’s stars and their current whereabouts. In recent weeks, we’ve covered everyone from Stephon Marbury and Tracy McGrady to Jonathan Bender and Acie Law IV. In other words, we have no limits or bounds in where we must look or who we need to find. So who are the players in this week’s Where Are They Now? Let’s get underway and find
BARCELONA — Toronto, New Jersey or Detroit. Those were several destinations on Bostjan Nachbar’s radar when he spoke to Sheridan Hoops in Lithuania this past September. But Nachbar’s newest employers are not in the Eastern Conference; they are in western Russia. UNICS Kazan announced today that the 31-year-old Slovenian forward had signed on for the rest of the season. Kazan will play its first Euroleague Top 16 game this Wednesday against Fenerbahce Ulker, and they hope Nachbar’s vast NBA and international experience can
Samuel Dalembert should have been signed by now. A shot-blocking and rebounding specialist, the 7-footer would figure to be in his demand simply because capable 7-footers are always seemingly in high demand. Dalembert had been in negotiations with the Houston Rockets, who have been trying to dig out of the rubble caused when commissioner David Stern dynamited their trade with the Hornets and Lakers, ruining their plans to field a front line of Pau Gasol and Nene. But now that the news
By Chris Sheridan KAUNAS, Lithuania — Bostjan Nachbar indeed wants to get back into the NBA, and don’t be surprised if he ends up in one of three places: New Jersey, Toronto or Detroit. Nachbar, who has been working out for two weeks after having surgery to remove loose cartilage from his ankle, arrived Tuesday in this quaint Lithuanian city to provide color commentary for Slovenian television as his homeland plays in the quarterfinals. He has spent the past three years playing in Russia