Basketball
Dmitry Skapintsev made his NBA debut
25-year-old Ukrainian center Dmitry Skapintsev He made his NBA debut with the New York Knicks.
This afternoon, the Knicks announced that they have signed the Ukrainian, who won the G-League in-season tournament as a member of the Westchester Knicks, to a two-way contract, and he plays his first NBA game this evening against the Milwaukee Bucks.
“New York” lost 111:130, and Skapintsev did not have time to show useful actions on the field. Two days later, New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks will play another match.
Note that Dmitry Skapintsev is the ninth Ukrainian to play in the NBA. Previously, Alexander Volkov, Vitaly Potapenko, Stanislav Medvedenko, Kirill Fesenko, Alexey Pecherov, Vyacheslav Kravtsov played in the league, and now Alexey Len and Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk are performing.
Source: Sport UA
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