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Wall Street Journal profiles Robin to Prokhorov's Batman
While you may have heard of incoming New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, what do you know of his basketball deputy, a guy named Sergey Kushchenko? The Wall Street Journal is running a piece on Kushchenko, who even more than his billionaire boss is credited with the success of CSKA Moscow basketball’s success in the […]
What happened with Ural Great? Andrei Agishev explains all. Or almost all. OK, some.
In 2006, PBC Ural Great was crowned FIBA EuroCup Challenge champion and was a perennial contender in the Russian League. Just two post-seasons later, the club had worked its way into such a pile of debt that authorities “seized Ural Great’s office furniture and equipment for unpaid debts.” So what in the name of Gomelsky […]
Crisis reaches Russia – Delfino refuses to play
Our contact in Russia has informed us about some major development in Russia. According to him, the global financial crisis is having a direct effect on the Russian basketball. If you really think about it, it just makes sense and critics of high-paying Russian investors are finally proven right. He also explains why Russia is […]
The Russian league explained
Since 2006, when CSKA brought the Euroleague title back to Moscow after 35 years, all eyes are trained on Russian basketball and its new economic power. By the way, no single Roman Abramovich heads a club, but the great boom of the entire movement (which includes the National Team, European champion in pectore) […]