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Ruben Nembhard

Bronx-born and Weber State-trained, the 6-foot-3 guard got exactly ten NBA games, split between Portland and the Jazz during the 1996-97 season. The rest of the career went global — 18.2 points a game for Iraklis in Greece, an All-CBA First Team selection with the Fargo-Moorhead Beez in 2001-02, and stops in Australia's NBL and Venezuela's league.

Away from the court, he and his wife Terri raised two children, son RJ and daughter Jayden.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah signed him for a year in October 1996, waived him inside a month, then brought him back on two 10-day contracts in January 1997 before waiving him again.

Full name
Ruben R. Nembhard
Utah Jazz tenure
1996–97
Position
Guard
Born
1972
Height
6′3″ (190 cm)
Weight
207 lb (94 kg)
College
Weber State
Drafted
undrafted
Why this player is hard to find
Eight games on short-term contracts. A SkyBox rookie card is in the archive unsigned — a signed one would be the first I have seen.
Already in the archive — but unsigned 1996-97 Skybox Premium #228 Rookie. This card is on the shelf; the signature is the missing half. That is why Ruben Nembhard still counts as an open position.
Do you have anything signed by Ruben Nembhard?
A card, an index card, a photo, a program — anything authentic. I'm a collector building an autograph archive of every player in Utah Jazz history (319 of 370 so far). I cover postage both ways and answer every message.

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With the Jazz

RUBEN NEMBHARD · 1996–97 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1996–97UTA811.84.01.01.50.80.0.414.000.800
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON811.84.01.01.50.80.0.414.000.800

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

RUBEN NEMBHARD · 4 NOTES
  • Played college basketball at Weber State, close to Salt Lake City.
  • SkyBox base cards of him exist, but no signed example has surfaced.
  • Born in the Bronx, he took the junior college route through Paris Junior College in Texas before landing at Weber State.
  • After the NBA he kept playing in Greece, Australia and Venezuela, finishing up with the Gaiteros del Zulia.