Conner Frankamp: «There is no escaping comparisons with Kevin Pangos»
Johannes Voigtmann: “At the Olympics as in CSKA, I thought more about the team, and not about personal stats”
Darko Russo: “In 1986, Valery Tikhonenko broke my childhood basketball dreams when he beat Yugoslavia”
Artem Klimenko: “Parachute jump if I win the VTB League? No, it’s too scary.”
Kosma Zatorski: «The Zielona Gora players sacrificed a lot to get this result in the United League»
“Grow a beard like Harden? No, it’s too much” – Zeljko Sakic says
Is Xavi Pascual a wizard? Will know soon – Austin Hollins says
Works out with Durant, looks like Bob Marley and simply loves kids. Robert Lowery, new Tsmoki leader
“It’s a lot more free following basketball in Avtodor, it is like NBA” – Drew Gordon says
Geoffrey Groselle: Grew up watching Dirk Nowitzki, Lebron is my role model
Alan Williams: I can’t place myself among best European centers yet
“I’ve been Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant fan since childhood” – Mikhail Kulagin
«Drazen Petrovic was very talented and hardworking but the best European player of all time is Toni Kukoc» – Zan Tabak
Billy Baron: When I watched my brother play in VTB League I wanted my attempt here
League’s sneakerhead no.1
Gordon Herbert: The story with Avtodor coaches being dismissed doesn’t scare me
Sten Sokk: Only at 16 I realized what a great man and player my father is
Luca Banchi: Against CSKA you have to push it to the max, and we’re ready
“VTB League grows with the help of the competition among clubs”. Ilona Korstin and Egor Vialtsev are in Soviet Sport studio
Roberts Stelmahers: I don’t think we meant to win every game
Sergey Ivanov: Theoretically, two-rounded series might make playoffs more unpredictable, in practice – will see
Sergei Ivanov: Foreign Clubs’ Success With Small Budgets Is A Good Example For Russian Clubs