- Ryan Stack
infobox NBA Player
name = Ryan Stack
league = First League
nickname =
position = Power forward-Center
height_ft = 6
height_in = 11
weight_lbs = 215
team =BK Kyiv
nationality = American, F.Y.R. of Macedonia
birth_date = birth date and age|1975|7|24
birth_place =Nashville, Tennessee
highschool = Cheatham County (Tennessee)
college = South Carolina
draft = 2nd round, 48th overall
draft_year = 1998
draft_team =Cleveland Cavaliers
career_start = 1998
career_end =
former_teams = Cleveland Cavaliers (1999-2000)
Gijón (2000-2001)
Maccabi Ramat Gan (2001-2002)
Aris Thessaloniki (2002-2006)
Olympiacos (2006-2007)
awards =Ryan Eugene Stack (born
July 24 1975 , inNashville, Tennessee ) is an American professionalbasketball player who plays forBK Kyiv inUkraine 's First League.Stack, a 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) forward/center from the
University of South Carolina , was selected by theCleveland Cavaliers in the second round (48th overall) of the1998 NBA Draft .He saw limited playing time in two seasons with the Cavaliers as the backup to All-Star center
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas . After playing in just 43 games for the Cavaliers, Stack signed a contract to play inEurope and played for Gijón team fromSpain 's ACB for the 2000-2001 season.The next season Stack moved to
Israel and was signed by theMaccabi Ramat Gan team.After the year in Israel he moved to
Greece and was signed by Aris Thessaloniki and played there from 2002 to 2006, in all of those years with the team he won 1EuroCup in 2003 and reached to theULEB Cup final in 2006. He was then the highes paid centre in Europe.Stack was signed by
Olympiacos BC in August 2006 and played for the team for one season.He then moved toUkraine and signed with Ukrainian league teamBK Kyiv .While playing for Aris Thessaloniki, he adopted a Macedonian citizenship, so he can play as a
Europe an, out of the two non-Europeans per team policy in theEuroleague and Europe. He played for theRepublic of Macedonia in several European and world championship qualifications, and he plays for that national team even today.External links
* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=StackRy01 NBA & college stats] @ basketballreference.com
* [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=A6F Player Profile] @ ACB.com es icon
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