Basketball
Shved, Zhbanov, Trimble and five other basketball players won the vote to participate in the VTB United League All-Star Game
The winners of the second stage of voting for the 2026 VTB United League All-Star Game have become known, the league’s press service reports.
Media representatives and VTB League legends selected two more Russian and foreign players each for the front and back lines.
“Stars of Russia”: Alexey Shved (UNICS), Georgy Zhbanov (Zenit), Andrey Martyuk (Zenit), Andrey Zubkov (MBA-MAI).
“Stars of the World”: Melo Trimble (CSKA), Brandan Adams (Parma), Marcus Bingham (UNICS), Jalen Reynolds (UNICS).
Previously, fans chose Timofey Gerasimov (Uralmash), Vsevolod Ishchenko (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Anton Kvitkovskikh (Lokomotiv-Kuban) and Gleb Firsov (BETSITI-PARMA) to the Russian Stars team, as well as Patrick Miller (Lokomotiv-Kuban), Jaylen Adams (“BETCITY-PARMA”), Alen Hadzhibegovich (“Avtodor”) and Terrell Carter (“BETCITY-PARMA”) to the World Stars team.
In the final third stage of voting, the league will select eight more basketball players who will receive a wild card.
The anniversary, 10th VTB United League All-Star Game will take place on February 15 in Moscow.
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Source: Sportbox
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