Basketball player from Chinese “Shanxi” Alexey Shved very satisfied with his stay in the new club, said his ex-teammate and partner of the Russian national team in an interview with Anton Ponkrachov .
The 34-year-old Swede left CSKA Moscow this summer and joined Shanxi, which plays in the Chinese Basketball Federation (CBA), at the end of October. In addition to CSKA, Khimki and Dynamo Moscow, Shved spent several years in NBA clubs in Minnesota, Philadelphia, Houston and New York.
— Another of your former teammates, Alexey Shved, is now “shaking things up” in China. What do you think of his decision to move there at a fairly mature age?
— Lekha and I are in contact, the family went with him to China, comfortable conditions have been created for them there. It’s clear from our conversations with him that he loves playing there. Lech produces results, there is enormous excitement around him, a wild atmosphere, active supporters at every match. It’s cool that he’s gone. It is all the more surprising that no United League club offered him a contract this year, and today he is objectively the best basketball player in Russia. I can’t think of a better player than him.
— In your opinion, is Shved the strongest Russian basketball player in recent years?
“Yes, I am convinced of that,” Ponkrashov said in an interview with .
Source : MatchTV
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