Background
Brezec grew up in Sežana, where he also made his professional debut with the local team Kraski Zidar.
Brezec grew up in Sežana, where he also made his professional debut with the local team Kraski Zidar.
He is a 7 ft 1 in (216 m) tall center. Brezec has played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association.
Europe/Asia
As a professional, he played for the Slovenian Premier A League club Union Olimpija Ljubljana from 1998 until 2001. Brezec spent the next 7 seasons playing in the National Basketball Association in the United States and Canada.
He returned to Europe on July 20, 2008, when he signed a 2-year contract with Lottomatica Roma of the Italian league.
On September 26, 2010, Brezec signed with British Columbia Krasnye Krylya Samara of the Russian Professional Basketball League. In July 2011, he signed with Lokomotiv Kuban for one season, but he was waived in February 2012.
In March 2012, he signed with British Columbia Nizhny Novgorod. On February 10, 2015, he signed a two-month deal with AEK Larnaca of the Cyprus Basketball Division 1.
On May 7, 2015, after his contract expired, he signed with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Kuwait of the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League.
On June 18, 2015, he re-signed with AEK Larnaca. National Basketball Association
Brezec was chosen by the Indiana Pacers with the 27th overall pick of the 2000 National Basketball Association Draft. After he spent three years in Indiana with little playing time, he was picked up in the 2004 National Basketball Association Expansion Draft by the Charlotte Bobcats.
As the Bobcats" starting center, Brezec averaged career-highs of 13.0 points and 7.4 rebounds per game during the 2004-2005 National Basketball Association season.
He also scored the first points, made the first turnover, and hit the first free-throws in the history of the franchise. On December 14, 2007, Brezec, along with Bobcats teammate Wálter Herrmann, was traded to the Detroit Pistons for center Nazr Mohammed.
In August 2009, he returned to the National Basketball Association when signed with the Philadelphia 76ers. On February 18, 2010, Brezec was traded to the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire along with Royal Ivey in exchange for Jodie Meeks and Francisco Elson.
With Slovenia"s senior national team, he has played at the 2003 International Basketball Federation European Championship, the 2005 International Basketball Federation European Championship, the 2006 International Basketball Federation World Championship, and the 2010 International Basketball Federation World Championship.
During his high school years he was a member of the basketball team and a major star of the ŠKL League, the national high school league. Brezec has also been a member of the senior Slovenian national basketball team