Russian National Team head coach David Blatt has announced his 17-men quad which will prepare for the Eurobasket 2009 which included an unexpected name, that of NBA star Andrei Kirilenko, who was doubtful so far! Read the full squad below.
Guards:
Anton Ponkrashov (CSKA)
Alexey Shved (CSKA)
Viktor Keyru (CSKA)
Vitalty Fridzon (Khimki)
Sergey Bykov (Dynamo)
Yegor Vyaltchev (Triumph)
Alexey Zozulin(Spartak St. Peter.)
Forwards:
Andrei Kirilenko (Utah Jazz)
Viktor Khryapa (CSKA)
Andrei Vorontchevich (CSKA)
Sergey Monya (Dynamo)
Nikita Kurbanov (Spartak St. Peter.)
Kelly McCarthy (Khimki)
Centers:
Alexander Kaun (CSKA)
Dmitriy Sokolov (CSKA)
Timofey Mozgov (Khimki)
Piotr Gubanov (Univesitet Yugra)
Reserves:
Fedor Dmitriyev (Khimki)
Vadim Panin (Spartak Pr. Vladivostok)