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Russian basketball players light up in the USA! Ahead is a cool career in the NBA?
Egor Dyomin, Vladislav Goldin / Photo: © Andrew Wevers / Aaron J. Thornton / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Demin and Goldin show a high class in front of the scouts of leading overseas clubs.
This season, seven Russians perform at once in the Basketball Championship of the American Student League. Perhaps our fans have the greatest hopes on Vladislav Goldin and Yegor Demin, who are leaders in their groups. The first is the central Michigan Wulwehrus, the second is the defender of the team of the University of Brigham Yang (Byu).
The other day, Goldin and Demin once again proved why they are worthy to play in the best basketball league of the planet.
On the threshold of historical achievement
Vladislav Goldin helped Michigan go out in first place in the BIG -10 conference. A native of Nalchik is the most effective player of the team this season, gaining an average of more than 15 points per match. In the last game, Vladislav, as a real leader, made a decisive contribution to the victory over Peredya Boylermakers. If not for 12 points of the Russian, close victory (75:73) simply would not have happened.
Goldin has played in NCAA since 2021 and has already played for the third university in a row. It seems to be time to switch to a new level. Moreover, the age of Vladislav (23 years old), frankly, is running out. Recently, ESPN predicted for Goldin only 93rd place in draft 2025. But if the Central Michigan continues to show high effectiveness in the playoffs, the chances of getting into the NBA will increase sharply.
Demin holds the debut season in American basketball. But despite the role of a beginner, the attention of local experts to the Russian is a colossal. Demin moved to the United States already in the status of a superstar, being the main talent of Madrid Real Madrid.
The Russian defender gains an average of more than 11 points per game. Often he alone brings victory to the team. In the last match, Yegor scored 16 points and helped Byu to overcome the West Virginia with a score of 73:69. Thanks to this success, Brigam Young rose to the sixth line in the BIG-12 conference.
Given the very young age (18 years) and the ability to progress, demin is quoted noticeably higher than compatriots. Egor stably enters the top 10 rating for the upcoming draft from specialized media, and recently ESPN put it in eighth place. If he manages to get into the team of the best league of the world after the game season at NCAA, this can definitely be called a breakthrough of the year.
The last Russian selected in the NBA draft was Sergey Karasev. Cleveland Cavaliers took the player of the Triumph near Moscow in 2013 under a common 19th number. In general, on the Parquet of the NBA, our compatriots have not been since 2018, when Timothy of the brains completed a foreign career.
The upcoming NBA draft will be held on June 25–26 in New York. And Demin has every chance of becoming the first Russian in history selected among the first ten basketball players. At the moment, the highest peak belongs to Yaroslav Korolev, whom Los Angeles Clippers took under the 12th number in 2005. I would like to wish the stars of a new generation not only to get into the NBA, but also to become noticeable quantities in the best league of the world.
Source: Sportbox
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Unicaja President Antonio Nieto spoke about the project NBA Europe, which, according to preliminary plans, could start as early as October 2027, and noted that his club will try to get into the tournament through participation in the national league or the Champions League.
“We will never be an NBA franchise. These franchises will be located in very big cities, so that’s their idea; cities like Madrid, Barcelona, Istanbul, London, Paris… These are the teams that will create 12 permanent franchises and they say that they will have to pay about 500 million over 10 years for a television contract. Then there are 4 places that other teams participating in the Champions League or domestic leagues can enter every year and take one of these 4 places. Our goal is, as they say – Although I do not know all the rules Unlike the Euroleague, if we play one year in the NBA, the income will be similar or close to what the team owners get.
I don’t know who will leave or what transitions will occur. However, I think it would be a mistake for both leagues to exist at the same time. Clear and stable agreements are needed to bring basketball into order, as it is now the most unregulated of all sports. There cannot be 4-5 European competitions. People have a hard time understanding this, their interests diverge, players focus too much on the matches, injuries happen too often. And it is difficult to gather spectators in halls where there are so many matches. Economically this is unprofitable, this is absurd.
This is a matter of ego, and all parties need to come to the table and use common sense to create a logical system with one major league with economic control and real profits. A second strong league could provide an opportunity to enter NBA Europe, Euroleague or whatever it is called. “This would make sense and create a more coherent map of European basketball.”
Previously, the owner of the Euroleague club criticized the NBA Europe project.
Source: Sport UA
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Press attache of CSKA Moscow Nikolai Tsynkevich reported on the Telegram channel that the son of American basketball player Antonius Cleveland is in intensive care in one of the hospitals in Krasnodar.
Antonius Cleveland is 31 years old, the basketball player moved to CSKA in the summer of 2025.
– For everyone who asks. The son of Antonius Cleveland is in intensive care in one of the hospitals in Krasnodar, where the family stayed with friends for the holidays. We believe that everything will be fine. During these holidays, it simply cannot be otherwise,” Tsynkevich wrote.
This season, Cleveland played in 15 games for the Army team, in which he averaged 10 points and 2.2 rebounds.
CSKA takes first place in the VTB United League standings.
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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BC Anadolu Efes announced that it signed a contract Seiben Lee.
The contract with the American player continues until the end of the season.
Lee’s previous club was Greek team Olympiacos, which he joined in February 2025. He became the champion and winner of the Greek Cup with the red-whites.
This season Lee played 10 matches in the Greek Championship, playing an average of 18:20 minutes on the court and recording 10.2 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. The American guard played in 11 games in the Euroleague, spending an average of 11:24 minutes on the court and recording 3.4 points, 0.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.
It was previously reported that the Euroleague match might be postponed due to an unusual reason.
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
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