Posts Tagged ‘Andrei Kirilenko’
Kirilenko to Lead Russian Basketball
Andrei Kirilenko is the new president of the Russian Basketball Federation. The former NBA forward and star player of CSKA Moscow (Russia-VTB) recently retired as a player in June 2015. He will now work off the court to sort things out in his beleaguered basketball federation. The organization was suspended in July by FIBA due to…
Read MoreAndrei Kirilenko reunites with CSKA Moscow
After recently being waived by the Philadelphia 76ers, Russian-American Andrei Kirilenko (206) is returning to Europe. He is reuniting with former club CSKA Moscow (Russia-VTB). Hampered by injuries, AK47 was only able to play seven games for the Brooklyn Nets in 2014/15, before being traded to the Sixers. He barely saw any action, averaging just…
Read MoreAndrei Kirilenko to the Brooklyn Nets
European Basketball great Andrei Kirilenko (209 cm) will remain in the NBA next season after agreeing a deal with the Brooklyn Nets. The Russian forward will leave the Minnesota Timberwolves after one season with the franchise and move to the Nets on a deal worth $3.1 million per year. Last season he played 64 games…
Read MoreAndrei Kirilenko retires from Russian national team
Russian superstar Andrei Kirilenko has made the decision to retire from the Russian national team with immediate effect, meaning he will miss the upcoming Eurobasket 2013 tournament. Kirilenko has cited family reasons and fatigue as the reasons for his retirement, although he has left the door open for a possible return to international Basketball in…
Read MoreKirilenko is FIBA Europe Men’s Player of the Year 2012
Andrei Kirilenko (209 cm) has been voted as the FIBA Europe Men’s Player of the Year for 2012. The Russian narrowly edged out Spaniard Pau Gasol in the voting with an accumulated ranking of 0.1728 to 0.1687. Votes are tallied via a combination of fan votes and experts’ votes. Kirilenko previously won this award in…
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