Clay Tucker and his dream of NBA

Clay Tucker is taking one more shot at the NBA.

 The last two years the 6-foot-5 Tucker has played basketball in Barcelona, Spain, including last year playing for DKV Joventut Badalona in the professional ACB League. This past season, the shooting guard finished fourth in the league in scoring (16.2). He also averaged 3 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals. He shot 41 percent (99 for 240) on 3-pointers.

"I had a great year for that league," Tucker said.

Along with his salary, which is just over $1 million a year, he receives free use of a car and a house which sits right on the Mediterranean in Barcelona.

"It's nice and right on the ocean," he said. "The boardwalk there has a lot of restaurants. The area was built for the '92 Olympics and is very diverse. A lot of people speak English."

 Tucker, however, hasn't given up the thought of playing in the NBA.

"It's in the back of my head. My goal has always been to play in the NBA," Tucker said. "It'll never change. But if I give up everything I've worked for in Spain, it has to be a guaranteed contract. ... The Cavaliers wanted to give me a partial contract, but it wasn't good for me. I made more than that in a month in Spain."

Tucker, who turned 30 earlier this week, has one more year left on his contract in Spain. Ater his playing days are over, he said coaching could be in his future.

Before he reports to Barcelona in September, he'll be busy.

"I have a tryout with (NBA) Washington this week, then one with the Cavs," Tucker said. "I also have one with San Antonio. I'll see if I have a legitimate chance to make a club. If not, I'll go back to Spain. It's a win-win situation."