For Čančar, NBA ring a dream come true

Vlatko Čančar, the Slovenian player who recently won the title of NBA champion with the Denver Nuggets, told Slovenian fans the championship title was a dream come true.

"If someone had told me back then, when I was playing on concrete courts in front of the block of flats in Koper, that I was going to be an NBA champion, I would probably have laughed at them, especially since I preferred to play football back then," he said at a reception in his hometown of Koper on 27 June.

Čančar has been getting limited play in the League, but last season was his busiest, with 60 regular...