Basketball scouting & NBA salaries
Vladimir Stepania
C - 7'0, 244lbs - 48 years old - 7 years of NBA experience
Retired - Retired in 2007
- Birthdate: 05/08/1976
- Drafted (NBA): 27th pick, 1998
- Pre-draft team: Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia)
- Country: Georgia/Slovenia
- Hand: Right
- Agent: -
Stats
Transactions
| Date | League | Transaction |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 NBA Draft | NBA | Drafted 27th overall by Seattle. |
| 22nd January, 1999 | NBA | Signed four year, $3,343,865 rookie scale contract with Seattle. Included team option for 2001/02. |
| 20th September, 2000 | NBA | As a part of a four team deal, traded by Seattle to New York, along with Vernon Maxwell, Lazaro Borrell and a 2002 first round pick (#20, Kareem Rush) to New York, and along with Horace Grant, Chuck Person, Emmanuel Davis and Greg Foster to L.A. Lakers, in exchange for Patrick Ewing from New York. |
| 20th October, 2000 | NBA | Waived by New York. |
| 24th October, 2000 | NBA | Signed an unguaranteed one year minimum salary contract with Toronto. |
| 30th October, 2000 | NBA | Waived by Toronto. |
| 15th December, 2000 | NBA | Signed an unguaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season with New Jersey. |
| 2nd October, 2001 | NBA | Signed a partially guaranteed one year minimum salary contract with Miami. |
| 6th August, 2002 | NBA | Re-signed by Miami to a one year, $1.35 million contract. |
| 22nd October, 2003 | NBA | Signed a two year, $2.1 million contract with Portland. |
| 16th June, 2004 | NBA | Exercised 2004/05 player option. |
| 28th December, 2004 | NBA | Waived by Portland. |
Career Moves
| 1995 - January 1999 | Union Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
| January 1999 - September 2000 | Seattle Supersonics (NBA) |
| September 2000 - October 2000 | New York Knicks (NB) |
| October 2000 | Toronto Raptors (NBA) |
| December 2000 - June 2001 | New Jersey Nets (NBA) |
| October 2001 - June 2003 | Miami Heat (NBA) |
| October 2003 - December 2004 | Portland Trail Blazers (NBA) |
Articles about Vladimir Stepania
April 19, 2011
Vladimir Stepania - After many years of ultimately unsuccessful rehab, Vladimir Stepania embraced retirement and went to study at New York University. He subsequently settled in the state, and is now the CEO of Silk Road Flavors, a speciality food importer, which he runs with members of his family.
April 29, 2010
- Vladimir Stepania
Stepania last played in 2003-04, when he managed only 42 games with the Portland Trail Blazers due to chronic knee pain. He spent the next two and a half years trying to come back from multiple knee surgeries, but it was not to be.