NBA Champion, Olympic Bronze Medalist Timofey Mozgov told that in terms of sport, the level of the VTB United League is now slightly lower than it was when Russian teams played in the Euroleague, and that the current level CSKA weaker than ten years ago.
CSKA became the VTB United League champion at the end of the 2023/24 season.
— Many people note that the level of the United League has increased over the past year. Do you agree with this opinion?
— The level of organization has of course increased. But if we talk about the sporting side, I will be honest: it is almost not at the level of the time when our teams played in the Euroleague. That was when CSKA played there, and Khimki and UNICS went there. Perhaps at that time we had the strongest championship in Europe. But of course, Spain had a very strong championship at that time, and Turkey could also be singled out.
— Has two years of absence from the international scene affected that?
– How else? Of course, it could not have a positive effect. I even think that CSKA in 2014 or 2015 would have beaten the current Red and Blue team. The same can be said about UNICS and Lokomotiv. We will not talk about Khimki, since they are currently playing in another championship. But if the teams of that time had played ten games with modern teams, they would have won seven of them, – Mozgov told .
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