was actually born in Novosibirsk and changed his name in Rustavi sometime in the 1990s. Career statistics NBA Regular season |- | align="left" | 2000–01 | align="left" | Phoenix | 57 || 39 || 16.6 || .470 || .000 || .593 || 4.2 || .3 || .2 || 1.0 || 4.5 |- | align="left" | 2001–02 | align="left" | Phoenix | 67 || 47 || 23.6 || .475 || .000|| .698 || 5.6 || .3 || .3 || 1.0 || 7.3 |- | align="left" | 2002–03 | align="left" | Phoenix | 33 || 27 || 16.5 || .452 || .000 || .672 || 3.7 || .4 || .2 || .5 || 4.9 |- | align="left" | 2003–04 | align="left" | Memphis | 40 || 28 || 13.3 || .504 || .000 || .590 || 3.2 || .5 || .2 || .6 || 4.3 |- | align="left" | 2004–05 | align="left" | Memphis | 31 || 1 || 9.0 || .500 || .000 || .778 || 1.8 || .3 || .1 || .5 || 2.5 |- | align="left" | 2005–06 | align="left" | Memphis | 51 || 19 || 14.4 || .606 || .000 || .655 || 4.2 || .3 || .3 || .6 || 5.0 |- | align="left" | 2006–07 | align="left" | Memphis | 23 || 7 || 11.2 || .400 || .000 || .583 || 2.8 || .1 || .3 || .5 || 2.3 |- | align="left" | 2006–07 | align="left" | Houston | 13 || 0 || 10.2 || .409 || .000 || .800 || 3.1 || .1 || .3 || .5 || 2.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 315 || 168 || 15.9 || .490 || .000 || .657 || 3.9 || .3 || .2 || .7 || 4.8 Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2001 | style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix | 4 || 4 || 18.8 || .375 || .000 || .000 || 7.0 || .0 || .0 || 1.8 || 3.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2004 | style="text-align:left;"| Memphis | 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || .000 || 1.000 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2006 | style="text-align:left;"| Memphis | 4 || 3 || 14.9 || .600 || .000 || .500 || 2.8 || .5 || .3 || .3 || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2007 | style="text-align:left;"| Houston | 1 || 0 || 2.8 || .000 || .000