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rebellion of Kyrie Irvinglaziness of Ben Simmons disease of Kevin DurantThe Brooklyn Nets improved their game and the resulting improvements brought about by the new coach, Jack Vaughan — and especially since Irving was absent for punishment on the 4-4 balance — less than idyllic and suffering behind closed doors.Apart from the fact that it was the last embarrassing defeat Sacramento Kings It stung a lot (153-121). In the case of repeat offender Irving, those of Durant and Simmons are now confirmed, despite the fact that he can play again this week.Man is so upset with what’s out there that he says it without fine words. Another is starting to run out of patience, according to locker room leaks collected by “The Athletic.”

Durant told Summer that he couldn’t take it anymore. So he asked the Nets for a trade. It didn’t happen and everything seemed to redirect. A pure facade. “Look at the starting line-up: Edmund Sumner, Lois O’Neill, Joe Harris, Nick Claxton and myself. With all due respect, What do you expect from that group? Since I am there, you expect to win. If you look at them from that perspective, you’d expect us to play well because the number 7 uniform is there,” Durant fired up in an interview with Chris Haynes.

Durant held back nothing. He’s talked about everything, his disagreements with the opinions people have about him.your disagreement over the administration of Steve Nash -when his departure was officially announced, he was the first to praise him-. Irving incident.

“I need everyone around me to make my life easier”


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“Am I not a leader? What does this mean?” Durant wondered rhetorically in an interview snippet collected by Bleacher Report. I’m not the leader because I didn’t tell Kyrie (Irving) to get the vaccine. Come on.Or because Kylie left the team, went out, and didn’t blame him for living his life. I’m not going to analyze his views on what he thinks about going out in the summer.

“For me, it was not difficult to ask for a transfer. Ride my ass in the video if it helps you get on everyone’s head I need to see everyone around me make my life easierAsk Steve Nash. call me now He will say he needs to train more. In the summer I complained,” Durant said. “Nobody thought like I did. Jack Vaughan thought so.”

“I’m having a good time. I have to enjoy every moment, hit my shots and talk to my teammates the right way. It’s all about that.” All the extra crap like ‘we need to make sure the legacy is solidified’ is crap to me.What is my legacy based on cam thomas Learn from me and what will help him when he’s 10 (in the league).what i did Andre Robertson The confidence I helped him build when he was in the league. That’s my legacy.can play with Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry world Kyrie Irving Please stay with me though. That’s my legacy,” Kevin Durant said. Warrior.

Far from that moment, but the net of these rings and their 34 years old, we see the greatest Kevin Durant of all time. The season is just beginning, but the forwards have never averaged what they do now.

Ben Simmons begins to run out of patience

While Durant has outdone himself in the final stages of his career, Ben Simmons has slipped back into his prime. 26 years old. Australian bases provide less production and services than ever before 5.8 points, 5.6 assists -2.2 turnovers-At the same time, he has the lowest effectiveness at 48% on field goals. free shot. Add in the worst numbers of his career, his physical problems and sporadic impact on the game, and his abilities are far from what is expected of a star, and he has already left the Nets. It’s starting to make me uneasy.

“The Athletic,” citing sources in the Nets’ locker room, assures that both the coaching staff and players are frustrated with Simmons.They looked at him, his physical condition, his highly improvable level, and his passion for the game“Obviously, you can’t be happy when someone is away,” the point guard told the American outlet.

“I understand the skepticism, but it’s not a hoax.”


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“But I’ve been battling a knee injury since the start of the season. I went undercover and they took my blood twice. I’m not making it up, it’s real. I understand skepticism, But if there’s one thing that applies to me, it’s that I’m a competitor and I want to play and win. There’s not much I can do to change this perception,” the point guard excuses, assuring himself that he has a passion.

Simmons ran out of patience with his teammates during his ‘rebellious’ days with the Sixers, refusing to play last year after feeling picked for elimination to the Hawks in the playoffs last season . Joel Embiid, despite the Cameroonian’s attempts to get close to the point guard. But despite being fed up, the Nets won’t give it up. The Athletic notes that Brooklyn’s teammates are doing their part to make him feel better.world Vaughan He values ​​his role beyond points and assists. Despite being a point guard, 2.11, like his ability to act as a “five” on defense, considering his tall stature, is one of many luxuries, in this case a positive.

Source: Mundo Deportivo

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“Victories over Euroleague teams, the Super Cup in Belgrade, the birth of Jean-Charles’ twins.” Vatutin named the brightest moments of 2025

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“Victories over Euroleague teams, the Super Cup in Belgrade, the birth of Jean-Charles’ twins.” Vatutin named the brightest moments of 2025

President of basketball CSKA Andrei Vatutin, in a conversation with Match TV, named the brightest moments of the outgoing year, and also told how to meet 2026.

At the end of the 2024/25 season, CSKA became the champion of the VTB United League. In the current regular season, the army team is in the lead, having won 16 victories in 18 games.

— How satisfied are you with 2025?

— First of all, I would like to say that the team we have now is very dear to me. I am often asked: which season’s team do you like the most? For some reason, everyone thinks that the answer will be related to our victories in the Euroleague. Not at all. Every year we have a unique team. I’m happy to work with the guys we have today. I really value the victories in the United League that we achieved with this Team. That’s right, with a capital letter. The guys communicate well with each other. We have a great environment in the dressing room. I am very glad that our veterans – Kurbanov, Antonov, Ukhov – continue their careers. They mean a lot to me and to CSKA.

It is clear that if you won the championship in the past year, there is no reason to be dissatisfied with the sports result. But again, I’m happy to work with the coaching staff, our players, our club office and I would like everyone to be healthy and for us to continue to win together. I think everyone will have a lot of wishes in their New Year’s toasts. But surely each of the CSKA employees, players and coaches will wish us good luck and that there will be no injuries. If everything goes well, then there will be victories.

In addition to winning the championship, our team had many more bright moments. Birth of twins to Livio Jean-Charles. We played the pre-season in Dubai for the first time. The United League Super Cup was played for the first time in Belgrade. Plus we beat two Euroleague teams, which doesn’t mean anything, but in principle it indicates that we can now play with Euroleague teams. And I’ll probably also note Kurbanov’s pass to Livio in Krasnodar, when they scored 0.6 seconds before the end. A very bright moment. This suggests that basketball has become faster over the past decades: what took three seconds in Munich was now decided in 0.6.

Of course, my family gives me many very bright positive moments.

— How will you celebrate the New Year? What will be on the festive table?

— In Moscow, with my family. As always, it will be delicious. I generally love to eat (laughs). So to say that today I eat tasteless, but on New Year’s Day it’s delicious, would be wrong. Before the chimes, as always, we will listen to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s New Year’s address. Then we’ll have a glass of champagne, and then maybe move on to red wine.

— The Year of the Fire Horse is ahead. Does this mean that CSKA must definitely become the champion?

— (Laughs) I’ll say this: we don’t owe anyone anything. Whether it’s the year of the blue Horse or the Ox, our goals remain the same: we will try to please our fans. The Year of the Red Horse does not impose additional responsibilities and obligations. Of course, it’s nice that it’s the Year of the Horse, but it will be all the more interesting and enjoyable to ride this horse. Our competitors will probably oppose this. It is clear that the New Year’s toasts of the leaders of UNICS, Zenit, and Lokomotiv will also be for victory. Now is the middle of the season, and the most interesting is ahead,” Vatutin told Match TV.

Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on the television channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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ELKINSON: “We have a dream: to return European trophies to Zaporozhye”

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President of the Zaporozhye Regional Basketball Federation Valery Elkinson Summarized the results of the first part of the season for BC Zaporozhye.

– Valery, at the beginning of the season you made predictions about BC Zaporozhye’s performance in the Super League and the Ukrainian Cup. The second round is already underway. Are you happy with the results?

– Yes, I am satisfied. Many experts predicted that we would be ninth or tenth, but we need work, system and team for the result. We have a very small staff: club president Viktor Stelmakov, chief accountant Tatyana Kozachenko and media director Roman Polyachenko. These people have been working for the benefit of Zaporizhzhya basketball for years, and thanks to this, we achieved the current result.

– Which matches did you like the most? Where did the team perform at its best?

– First of all, both matches will be played against Kharkov Falcons. Unfortunately, we lost the first match in overtime and won the second match by one point. These are important matches as the opponent’s head coach is our former mentor Valery Plekhanov. The matches were quite challenging and interesting.

– What about the matches against Dnepr?

– “Dnepr” is the leader of the championship today and so far it is difficult for us to fight with them. Our main duty now is to protect basketball in such difficult times. We plan to compete for medals in the future as well. We have a common dream with the city and regional authorities: to return the European Cup of basketball to Zaporozhye.

– How do you evaluate the role of American legionnaires in BC Zaporozhye?

– The team has a very good microclimate, foreign players are very well integrated into the team. They are the leaders of the team today. At the same time, you must understand that times are difficult and communicating with strangers in such conditions is a particular challenge. But despite all the difficulties, the team works in unity and produces results.

Captain Anton Buts plays a big role; He is a leader not only on the field, but also in the locker room, helping young people and communicating with foreign players.

– Anton Buts plays a very consistent game. Was he given any special assignments?

– Anton has been in our club for many years and is playing better every season. He has a strong character and he shows it in his matches. He manages the team; This is very important.

– How do young people express themselves?

– We are satisfied. Ilya Lishchina is our student who returned home after studying on the Dnieper. Vyacheslav Kiktev is a hardworking player, although there are some difficulties. We also signed another student, Alexander Petrenko, which allowed us to expand our squad.

– Where is it more difficult to play; In the Super League or the Ukrainian Cup?

– These are different tournaments. It is a cup elimination match. For years we had no luck in the draw; We reached Dnepr early. This year the draw was more favorable and for the first time in ten years BC Zaporozhye advanced to the Final Four. In the cup, everything is decided by a single match, while in the championship, the distance is longer.

– How do you evaluate the work of head coach Dmitry Shchiglinsky?

– Dmitry actively participated in the formation of the team, has his own vision of the game and tactics. We can say that he did the right thing with the choice of actors, including foreign actors. We try to create conditions where the team can work safely despite all the difficulties.

Source: Sport UA

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Lokomotiv-Kuban beat Avtodor in the VTB United League match

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Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban defeated Saratov Avtodor in a home match of the VTB United League regular season.

The meeting ended with a score of 88:65 (19:17, 29:16, 22:20, 18:12). At Avtodor, Alen Hadzhibegovic from Avtodor scored a double-double (26 points and 17 rebounds). For Krasnodar, Jeremiah Martin scored the most points – 25.

Lokomotiv-Kuban (12 wins and 6 losses) is third in the standings, Avtodor (4–15) is 10th.

Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on the television channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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