After a season of watching him block shots left and right, clean up on the defensive glass and invade passing lanes for steals, Turkish Airlines Euroleague head coaches have made CSKA Moscow forward Andrei Kirilenko (205-F-81) this season’s Best Defender Trophy winner! Kirilenko, who turned 31 during the season, made life difficult for any opposing player trying to score this [...]
Regular readers of JUMPSHOT may recall a similarly entitled writeup on Montepaschi Siena on these pages from a long time ago – actually two weeks, but already it *feels* like quite a spell. Contributing writer Enrico Cellini was as surprised as any of us when Olympiacos began Siena’s ejection from the tournament, Facebook-messaging BiE with the note that “Siena is [...]
FIBA Europe today announced its men’s player of the year award would go to the longtime Team Germany/Dallas Mavericks superstar. Less than suspenseful, too, were the results of the top five finishers: Behind Dastardly Dirk came Juan Carlos “La Bomba” Navarro, Bo McCalebb, Pau Gasol and Andrei Kirilenko. Official FIBA Europe press release and highlights follow. FIBA Europe announced on [...]
Forward Andrei Kirilenko will stay with CSKA Moscow until the end of the season, it has been confirmed. Kirilenko will join up with his CSKA Moscow team-mates on January 3rd, after failing to agree terms with the NBA teams that he and his party have spoken to. This news will certainly make other Euroleague teams stand-up and take notice even [...]
Andrei Kirilenko (205-F-81) will be sidelined for the remainder of 2011 due to a shoulder injury. His team CSKA Moscow announced this news on Monday. Kirilenko injured his left shoulder after crashing to the floor while attempting a steal in a Russian League game a week ago. Andrei Kirilenko appeared 5 times so far in Euroleague averaging 13.8 points, 9 [...]
As a sportswriter in 2011, it’s getting ever less bizarre to type the words “Andrei Kirilenko of CSKA Moscow” all the time; certainly this team’s fans want the NBA lockout never to end as AK-47 is leading an impressively outfitted Red Army through early Euroleague and PBL dominance. Kirilenko was rewarded for his individual brilliance through two EL games by [...]
Longtime Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko has officially returned home. Agent Marc Fleisher informed The Salt Lake Tribune early Tuesday morning that Kirilenko has signed a three-year contract with professional Russian basketball team CSKA. The Tribune reported last Thursday that Kirilenko was still talking with a few international basketball teams about signing a deal if the NBA lockout continued. Kirilenko’s contract [...]
Last night’s Nuggets-Jazz game ended on a hold-your-breath moment. Leading by two, Kenyon Martin was ready to in-bound the ball (video via @bubbaprog): That was really close. Immediately after Devin Harris sank a three, Martin gets ready to put the ball back in play, but mishandles it. Whoops. Andrei Kirilenko was all over Martin and stole the ball. Time for [...]
Two key players of the Utah Jazz and former All-Stars Russian forward Andrei Kirilenko and Turkish center Mehmet Okur are likely to play for their respective native countries if a lockout in the National Basketball Association takes place next season. Before the game between the Jazz and the Cavaliers on Friday, the 6 foot 9 Kirilenko, also popularly known as [...]
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