DeMarcus Nelson

Retired • Retired after 2020 season • PG/SG • 1 year of NBA experience

Height6'4

Born2nd November 1985 (age 40)

Weight200 lbs

Nationality🇺🇸USA/🇷🇸Serbia

NBA DraftUndrafted, 2008

Pre-draft teamDuke

HandRight

Agentn/a

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Transactions

25 entries

Date	League	Transaction
9th September, 2008	NBA	Signed an unguaranteed two year minimum salary contract with Golden State.
14th November, 2008	D-League	Assigned by Golden State to Bakersfield Jam of the D-League.
16th December, 2008	D-League	Recalled by Golden State from Bakersfield Jam of the D-League.
5th January, 2009	NBA	Waived by Golden State.
24th January, 2009	Croatia	Signed for the remainder of the season with KK Zagreb.
27th January, 2009	Croatia	Released by KK Zagreb.
10th March, 2009	D-League	Acquired by Austin Toros.
9th April, 2009	NBA	Signed a partially guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season and through 2010 with Chicago.
30th July, 2009	NBA	Waived by Chicago.
29th August, 2009	Italy	Signed a one year contract with Air Avellino.
22nd August, 2010	France	Signed a one year contract with Cholet.
23rd July, 2011	Ukraine	Signed a one year contract with BC Donetsk.
14th November, 2011	Ukraine	Released by BC Donetsk.
14th November, 2011	France	Signed for the remainder of the season with Cholet.
11th September, 2012	Serbia	Signed a one year contract with Crvena Zvezda.
13th June, 2013	Serbia	Re-signed by Crvena Zvezda to a two year contract. Included team option for 2014/15.
19th July, 2014	Serbia	Crvena Zvezda declined 2014/15 team option.
22nd July, 2014	Greece	Signed a two year contract with Panathinaikos. Included team option for 2015/16.
30th June, 2015	Greece	Panathinaikos declined 2015/16 team option.
25th September, 2015	France	Signed a one month contract with Monaco.
4th November, 2015	France	Signed for the remainder of the season with Monaco.
23rd December, 2015	France	Left Monaco.
23rd December, 2015	Spain	Signed for the remainder of the season with Unicaja Malaga.
15th August, 2016	France	Signed for the remainder of the season with ASVEL Villeurbanne.
8th July, 2017	France	Re-signed by ASVEL Villeurbanne to a two year contract.

Teams

16 entries

Date	Team
2004 - 2008	Duke (NCAA)
July 2008	Golden State Warriors (Summer League)
September 2008 - January 2009	Golden State Warriors (NBA)
January 2009	KK Zagreb (Croatia)
March 2009 - April 2009	Austin Toros (D-League)
April 2009 - July 2009	Chicago Bulls (NBA)
August 2009 - June 2010	Avellino (Italy)
July 2010	Milwaukee Bucks (Summer League)
August 2010 - June 2011	Cholet (France)
July 2011 - November 2011	BC Donetsk (Ukraine)
November 2011 - June 2012	Cholet (France)
September 2012 - July 2014	Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)
July 2014 - June 2015	Panathinaikos (Greece)
September 2015 - December 2015	Monaco (France)
December 2015 - June 2016	Unicaja Malaga (Spain)
October 2016 - present	ASVEL Villerbanne (France)

NBA Salary

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Listed total $14,050,000

2025/26	2026/27	2027/28	2028/29
$2,575,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$3,200,000 Retired Fully guaranteed	$3,825,000 Retired $1,912,500 guaranteed Team option	$4,450,000 Retired $2,225,000 guaranteed Player option

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2010 Summer League Rosters: Milwaukee Bucks

July 13, 2010

DeMarcus Nelson

Nelson spent last year in Italy, playing for Air Avellino. He averaged 8.9ppg, 3.7rpg, 1.2apg and 1.5spg, but shot only 23% from three point range. Rather than his offense catching up to his defense, it actually got worse last year. He's not normally as bad of a shooter as that.

An oft-cited DeMarcus Nelson trivia states that Nelson is the first undrafted rookie in the history of the NBA to start the first game of his first season. But he wasn't. John Amaechi did it, too.

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Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 47

April 11, 2010

- DeMarcus Nelson

Duke graduate DeMarcus Nelson started his first professional season last year on the Warriors roster, finished it on the Bulls roster, and spend most of the gap in between in the D-League. In that sense, it's not been entirely unlike the career path of Rob Kurz. (And, hopefully, Anthony Morrow.) Nelson hasn't been in the NBA this year, however, and has instead been playing for Air Avellino in Serie A. He has averaged 9.7 points and 3.5 rebounds in 24.8 minutes per game, but has shot only 26% from three point range.

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