VTB League

Glenn CoseyBC Nizhny Novgorod (VTB United League) inked 31-year old American 183cm point guard Glenn Cosey (college: EKU) for upcoming season. Cosey played most recently at VEF Riga in Latvian LBL league. He managed to play in four leagues in two countries last year (!!!). The team played in three different competitions that year, and he was exposed to basketball on different levels. In 10 LBL games he recorded 15.0ppg, 3.4rpg, 4.5apg and 1.1spg. Cosey helped them to win the cup and make to league...

IvanStrebkovZenit St Petersburg - Nizhniy Novgorod 72:84 Nizhniy Novgorod clinched Russian Cup 2022/23. They overcame hosts, Zenit St Petersburg 84-72 on Sunday night. Nizhniy Novgorod grabbed a 23-12 lead at the start and led 6 points at the halftime. Moreover, they won the third quarter 22-17 and closed the campaign with a final 20-19 rally. Ivan Strebkov (193-G-1991) top-scored for the winners with 21 points and Jermaine Love (190-G-1989, college: UIS) delivered 20. Trent Frazier (188-G-1998,...

GrigoriyTuchkovTalented Grigoriy Tuchkov (183-G-2003) put on an amazing game in the last round for Parma-2 and that's him to receive a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 37. The 19-year old guard had the game-high 40 points adding three rebounds and two assists for Parma-2 in his team's victory, helping them to crush Avtodor-2 (#9, 11-33) with 23-point margin 99-76. The game was not the highest importance and did not have significant influence on top of the standings. Parma-2 maintains the...

YegorPokinkoThere will be only one (last) round of the Regular Season in VTB-Youth League. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market. The most interesting game was a derby match between two local teams from Moscow: MBA-2 (#1) and CSKA U23 (#5). MBA-2 (35-9) won against visiting CSKA U23 (29-15) 88-82. Strangely CSKA U23 outrebounded MBA-2 34-21 including 22 on the defensive glass. The best player for the winners was Nikita Mogarovskiy who scored 21 points. Guard Yegor Pokinko (185-2002,...

DmitryKhalturinHere is the last round review presented by Job Market. Top ranked MBA-2 (35-9) recorded its ninth loss in Moscow on Wednesday night. Hosts were rolled over by fifth ranked CSKA U23 (29-15) 74-45. It ended at the same time the seven-game winning streak of MBA-2. CSKA U23 looked well-organized offensively handing out 23 assists comparing to just 9 passes made by MBA-2's players. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when CSKA U23 made 7 blocks. Center Dmitry Khalturin...

NikitaBalashov31-year old forward Nikita Balashov (208-F-1991) had a very impressive game in the last round for league's best team Uralmash and receives a Hoops Agents Superleague 1 Player of the Week award for round 30. He had the game-high 18 points adding four rebounds and four assists for Uralmash in his team's victory, helping them to outclass Lok.Kuban (#15, 3-25) with 57-point margin 123-66. It allowed Uralmash to consolidate first place in the Russian Superleague 1. Uralmash has a very good...

VictorZaryazhkoHere is the last round review presented by Job Market. An interesting game for Runa Basket (26-2) which played road game in Revda against 3rd ranked TSU (21-7). Second ranked Runa Basket had an easy win 90-75. Runa Basket dominated down low during the game scoring 50 of its points in the paint compared to TSU's 28 and made 16-of-19 free shots (84.2 percent) during the game. They outrebounded TSU 42-18 including a 27-13 advantage in defensive rebounds. Runa Basket looked well-organized...

KirillElatontsevCenter Kirill Elatontsev (207-C-2002) had a very impressive game in the last round for second-ranked Lokomotiv-2, receiving a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 35. The 20-year old player had a double-double of 21 points and 19 rebounds, while his team outclassed UNICS-2 (#8, 22-20) with 26-point margin 97-71. Lokomotiv-2 maintains the 2nd position in Russian VTB-Youth League. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Lokomotiv-2...