2002-03:
Rookie NBA season (Philadelphia)...saw action in 35 games and scoring 52 total points...was a DNP-CD in 36 and missed 11 games due to injury...placed on the injured list with a low back strain on Dec. 3 and spent five games on the injured list before being activated from the injured list prior to the Indiana game (12/15)...also missed five game games with the flu (1/7 to 1/23) and one game due to a stomach virus (3/26)...had his best game of the season versus New Jersey (2/5), setting or tying season-highs in points (nine), rebounds (three) and minutes (10)...scored a then season-high three points versus Denver (12/15)...made his Sixers debut versus Cleveland (11/8), entering the game 3:29 remaining in the fourth quarter...finished with two points on 1-2 shooting... 2003 PLAYOFFS...first appearance in the NBA playoffs...did not play in any playoff games.

PRE-NBA:
Initially drafted in 1996 by the Denver Nuggets with the 23rd overall selection, but did not play in the NBA...rights were traded to Atlanta on Sept. 29, 1997...rights were obtained by the 76ers from the Atlanta Hawks on June 26, 2002 for second-round draft picks in 2004 and 2006...signed with the Sixers on July 2, 2002...began his professional career with PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) in 1994-95 before transferring to FC Barcelona in 1997-98...a member of the Greek national team from 1994-2002...competed in the 1996 Olympic Games, marking the first ever appearance by Greece's men's basketball team in a Summer Olympics...averaged 5.0 points and 4.1 rebounds in 12 minutes per game over seven contests in the Olympic Games...played in the European Championships in 1995, 1997, and 2001...played in the 1997 Greek All-Star Game...with FC Barcelona won the 1999 and 2001 Asociacion Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB) Spanish title; the 1999 Korac Cup and the 2001 Spain's Cup...helped PAOK Thessaloniki win the Korac Cup in 1994 and the Greece Cup in 1995...MVP of the 1995 Junior World Championships, helping Greece to a first place finish, including a 98-78 win over a U.S. team that featured Stephon Marbury and Samaki Walker ... Averaged 9.2 points and 3.5 rebounds in 17.3 minutes per contest in 51 games in both the Asociacion Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB) and Euroleagues (ULEB) in 2001-02...shot 61.6 percent from the field, 36.3 percent from three-point range and 71.4 percent from the foul line.