All-Star Game rosters announced after media voting

All-Star Game rosters announced after media voting

The rosters are announced after collecting the votes of fans and 23 mass media companies on All-Star Game 2021 that will take place on February 14 in Moscow at VTB Arena.

Tickets are available at https://allstar2021.vtb-league.com/.

Note: the League has 2 wild cards for each team. Final rosters of 12 players will be announced shortly.

Russia Stars: Alexey Shved (Khimki), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Nikita Kurbanov, Joel Bolomboy (both – CSKA), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban).

World Stars: Mike James (CSKA), Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Adas Juskevicius (PARMA), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Drew Gordon (Avtodor/Lokomotiv-Kuban), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA).

The media votes:

The rosters were completed under the following rules:
– Each team has 10 players: 5 guards and 5 frontcourt players
– No more than 2 representatives of one club in each team

Russian Stars. Backcourt
# Player Team Votes
1 Alexey Shved Khimki 22
2 Nikita Mikhailovskii Avtodor 22
3 Mikhail Kulagin Enisey 20
4 Viacheslav Zaitcev Khimki 14
5 Evgenii Baburin Nizhny Novgorod 14
6 Vitlay Fridzon Zenit 10
7 Maxim Grigoryev  PARMA 7
8 Artem Komolov Nizhny Novgorod 4
9 Evgeniy Kolesnikov UNICS 1
10 Ivan Ukhov CSKA 1

 

Russian Stars. Frontcourt
# Player Team Votes
1 Joel Bolomboy CSKA 22
2 Anton Astapkovich Nizhny Novgorod 21
3 Nikita Kurbanov CSKA 20
4 Andrei Zubkov Zenit 19
5 Stanislav Ilnitskiy Lokomotiv-Kuban 18
7 Nikolai Zhmako PARMA 7
8 Anton Kvitkovskikh Avtodor 3
9 Vladislav Trushkin Zenit 2
10 Artem Klimenko UNICS 2
11 Georgy Zhbanov UNICS 1

 

World Stars. Backcourt
# Player Team Votes
1 Iffe Lundberg* Zielona Gora* 16*
2 Isaiah Canaan UNICS 16
3 Mantas Kalnietis Lokomotiv-Kuban 11
4 Kevin Pangos Zenit 11
5 Adas Juskevicius PARMA 10
6 Austin Hollins** Zenit** 9**
7 Mike James CSKA 9
8 Jordan Crawford Lokomotiv-Kuban 7
9 Jamar Smith UNICS 7
10 Marcus Keene Kalev 6
11 Jeremaiah Hill Astana 5
12 Nate Mason Avtodor 3
13 Robert Lowery Tsmoki-Minsk 3
14 Kris Clyburn Tsmoki-Minsk 1
15 Errick McCollum Khimki 1

 

* – player can’t participate in All-Star Game because of Poland Cup games.
** – player isn’t qualified to Russian Star roster as there should be 2 or less representatives of one team in both rosters.

World Stars. Frontcourt
# Player Team Votes
1 Nikola Milutinov*** CSKA*** 18***
2 Jordan Mickey Khimki 17
3 Tornike Shengelia CSKA 13
4 Geoffrey Groselle**** Zielona Gora**** 11****
5 Mateusz Ponitka Zenit 11
7 Mindaugas Kuzminskas Lokomotiv-Kuban 10
8 Drew Gordon Avtodor/Lokomotiv-Kuban 9
9 Devin Booker Khimki 8
10 Dustin Hogue Enisey 6
11 Martins Meiers Tsmoki-Minsk  
      3
13 Janari Joesaar Kalev 3
14 Nikolay Bazhin Astana 1

 

*** – player is injured.
**** – player can’t participate in All-Star Game because of Poland Cup games.

The media votes:

R-sport
Russian Stars: Alexey Shved (Khimki), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban)
World Stars: Mike James (CSKA), Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Devin Booker (Khimki), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA), Geoffrey Groselle (Zielona Gora)

Sportbox.ru
Russian Stars: Alexey Shved (Khimki), Maxim Grigoryev (PARMA), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Evgeniy Kolesnikov (UNICS), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban)
World Stars: Adas Juskevicius (PARMA), Jamar Smith (UNICS), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Marcus Keene (Kalev), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Martins Meiers (Astana), Devin Booker (Khimki), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA), Uladzimir Verameyenka (Tsmoki-Minsk)

Sportando
Russian Stars: Alexey Shved (Khimki), Ivan Ukhov (CSKA), Vitaly Fridzon (Zenit), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Nikolai Zhmako (PARMA), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Anton Kvitkovskikh (Avtodor)
World Stars: Mike James (CSKA), Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Austin Hollins (Zenit), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Janari Joesaar (Kalev), Geoffrey Groselle (Zielona Gora), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Drew Gordon (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Uladzimir Verameyenka (Tsmoki-Minsk)

Sport Express
Russian Stars: Alexey Shved (Khimki), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Vladislav Trushkin (Zenit), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Jamar Smith (UNICS), Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Austin Hollins (Zenit), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Jordan Crawford (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Janari Joesaar (Kalev), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA),Nikola Milutinov (CSKA)

Vesti.kz
Russian Stars: Alexey Shved (Khimki), Vitaly Fridzon (Zenit), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Artem Komolov (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Nikolai Zhmako (PARMA), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Jeremiah Hill (Astana), Robert Lowery (Tsmoki-Minsk), Austin Hollins (Zenit), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Adas Juskevicius (PARMA), Nikolay Bazhin (Astana), Drew Gordon (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA), Dustin Hogue (Enisey), Geoffrey Groselle (Zielona Gora)

Above the rim
Russian Stars: Alexey Shved (Khimki), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Jordan Crawford (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Austin Hollins (Zenit), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Adas Juskevicius (PARMA), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA), Drew Gordon (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA), Geoffrey Groselle (Zielona Gora)

Postimees (Estonia)
Russian Stars: Alexey Shved (Khimki), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Marcus Keene (Kalev), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Nate Mason (Avtodor), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA), Martins Meiers (Astana)

The Steal
Russian Stars: Maxim Grigoryev (PARMA), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Artem Komolov (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Anton Kvitkovskikh (Avtodor)
World Stars: Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Marcus Keene (Kalev), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Robert Lowery (Tsmoki-Minsk), Dustin Hogue (Enisey), Martins Meiers (Astana), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA), Geoffrey Groselle (Zielona Gora)

Championat.com
Russian Stars: Maxim Grigoryev (PARMA), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Jamar Smith (UNICS), Adas Juskevicius (PARMA), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA), Drew Gordon (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA), Geoffrey Groselle (Zielona Gora)

Sportowe Fakty, Poland
Russian Stars: Maxim Grigoryev (PARMA), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Georgy Zhbanov (UNICS), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Artem Klimenko (UNICS)
World Stars: Mike James (CSKA), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Marcus Keene (Kalev), Adas Juskevicius (PARMA), Jeremiah Hill (Astana), Martins Meiers (Astana), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Drew Gordon (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Dustin Hogue (Enisey), Geoffrey Groselle (Zielona Gora)

Eurohoops.net
Russian Stars: Maxim Grigoryev (PARMA), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Vitaly Fridzon (Zenit), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Mike James (CSKA), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Jordan Crawford (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Kris Clyburn (Tsmoki-Minsk), Jeremiah Hill (Astana), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Drew Gordon (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Dustin Hogue (Enisey), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA)

Izvestia
Russian Stars: Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Vitaly Fridzon (Zenit), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Nikolai Zhmako (PARMA), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Jordan Crawford (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Austin Hollins (Zenit), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Uladzimir Verameyenka (Tsmoki-Minsk), Drew Gordon (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA)

Sports.ru
Russian Stars: Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Artem Komolov (Nizhny Novgorod), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Vladislav Trushkin (Zenit), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Mike James (CSKA), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Geoffrey Groselle (Zielona Gora), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA)

TASS
Russian Stars: Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Vitaly Fridzon (Zenit), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Nikolai Zhmako (PARMA), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Marcus Keene (Kalev), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Nate Mason (Avtodor), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Geoffrey Groselle (Zielona Gora), Devin Booker (Khimki), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA)

Lenta.ru
Russian Stars: Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Kvitkovskikh (Avtodor), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Jeremiah Hill (Astana), Adas Juskevicius (PARMA), Austin Hollins (Zenit), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Drew Gordon (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA)

Sport24.ru
Russian Stars: Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Nikolai Zhmako (PARMA), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Jordan Crawford (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Nate Mason (Avtodor), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Devin Booker (Khimki), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA), Geoffrey Groselle (Zielona Gora)

Sovetsky Sport
Russian Stars: Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Vitaly Fridzon (Zenit), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Jordan Crawford (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Mike James (CSKA), Austin Hollins (Zenit), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Devin Booker (Khimki), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA), Geoffrey Groselle (Zielona Gora)

Moskovsky Komsomoletc
Russian Stars: Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Vitaly Fridzon (Zenit), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Nikolai Zhmako (PARMA), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Jamar Smith (UNICS), Austin Hollins (Zenit), Adas Juskevicius (PARMA), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA)

Commersant
Russian Stars: Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Vitaly Fridzon (Zenit), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Maxim Grigoryev (PARMA), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Nikolai Zhmako (PARMA), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA)
World Stars: Jordan Crawford (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Jamar Smith (UNICS), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Adas Juskevicius (PARMA), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Martins Meiers (Astana), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA)

Pressball
Russian Stars: Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Artem Komolov (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA)
World Stars: Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Mike James (CSKA), Robert Lowery (Tsmoki-Minsk), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Adas Juskevicius (PARMA), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Devin Booker (Khimki), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban)

Talkbasket (Greece)
Russian Stars: Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Maxim Grigoryev (PARMA), Vitaly Fridzon (Zenit), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA)
World Stars: Jamar Smith (UNICS), Mike James (CSKA), Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Kevin Pangos (Zenit), Errick McCollum (Khimki), Dustin Hogue (Enisey), Drew Gordon (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Devin Booker (Khimki), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA)

Match TV
Russian Stars: Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Viacheslav Zaitcev (Khimki), Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Andrei Zubkov (Zenit), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA)
World Stars: Iffe Lundberg (Zielona Gora), Mike James (CSKA), Isaiah Canaan (UNICS), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Marcus Keene (Kalev), Jordan Mickey (Khimki), Devin Booker (Khimki), Janari Joesaar (Kalev), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban)

Rossiyskaya Gazeta
Russian Stars: Nikita Mikhailovskii (Avtodor), Mikhail Kulagin (Enisey), Alexey Shved (Khimki), Vitaly Fridzon (Zenit), Evgenii Baburin (Nizhny Novgorod), Anton Astapkovich (Nizhny Novgorod), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Artem Klimenko (UNICS), Nikita Kurbanov (CSKA), Joel Bolomboy (CSKA)
World Stars: Jeremiah Hill (Astana), Austin Hollins (Zenit), Jamar Smith (UNICS), Mantas Kalnietis (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Adas Juskevicius (PARMA), Mateusz Ponitka (Zenit), Dustin Hogue (Enisey), Tornike Shengelia (CSKA), Nikola Milutinov (CSKA), Mindaugas Kuzminskas (Lokomotiv-Kuban)