As of the fall of 2014, Nelson remains a member of the Mavericks. In 2005, he earned NBA All-Rookie second team honors and, five years later, was named an NBA All-Star in 2009 for the first time in his career. He has played internationally for the United States’ men’s basketball team, earning a gold medal at the FIBA U21 World Championship in 2001 in Saitama. Nelson’s family made headlines in 2007 when his father disappeared; his body was later recovered in the Delaware River a few days later. The death was determined to be an accident. Nelson has one son and is married to his wife, Imani Tillery.