Background
He is the son of Ilia and Rosalina Evtimov, his father was also a legendary professional basketball player and his brother, Ilian Evtimov is also a professional basketball player.
He is the son of Ilia and Rosalina Evtimov, his father was also a legendary professional basketball player and his brother, Ilian Evtimov is also a professional basketball player.
Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School.
He is a 2.08 m power forward. He has been married to Mary-Martha Evtimov since September 1999 and has three children, Nicholas (2000) and Maria-Grace (2003), and Liliana-Rose (2011). After being selected as a 1995 McDonald"s All American, Evtimov played National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college basketball with the University of North Carolina.
Although he saw limited action off the bench, he participated in two Final Fours with the Tar Heels.
Evtimov was recruited by the legendary coach Dean Smith and was then caught in the transition to Coach Guthridge. Despite this, his sophomore year Evtimov lead his Tar Heel team in rebounds and points preseason until the National Collegiate Athletic Association deemed him to have had an unfair advantage by playing overseas for a professional team
He was given an 18-game suspension and returned to the team with 14 games left. Because of these circumstances, he decided to turn professional.
He has played for teams in France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Russia, Ukraine and Cyprus over his ten-year professional career.
Other clubs he has played for are Pau Orthez, Dafni British Columbia, Maroussi British Columbia, Skipper Bologna, PBC Ural Great, ASVEL Basket, Central Bank Sevilla, Lottomatica Roma, KK Union Olimpija, Upea Capo d"Orlando, Climamio Bologna, Central Bank Valladolid, Reggio Emilia, British Columbia Khimik, Panionios British Columbia, AEL Cyprus, Mitteldeutscher British Columbia and Paris-Levallois Basket. In February 2015, he signed with Levski Sofia. Evtimov played for the France national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2001.
He was selected to compete for the Bulgarians at EuroBasket 2009, where he was the team"s leading rebounder.
Apart from players who acquired new nationalities due to political changes resulting from the fall of communism in Europe, he is the only player to ever compete at EuroBasket for two countries.
He is also a member of the Bulgaria national basketball team