President of the VTB United League Sergei Kushchenko told that the league manages to maintain high-quality basketball in the country, despite the international isolation of Russian clubs and national teams.
Russian clubs and national teams do not participate in international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine.
— The isolation of Russian clubs and national teams continues. Tell us how you manage to deal with this?
— We need to maintain quality basketball in the league. While we are dealing with this, we are attracting foreign clubs to the preseason tournaments, despite the difficult logistics. The United League Super Cup is a litmus test to see how our teams compare to worthy opponents in the Euroleague and EuroCup.
“As for the national teams, we must understand that if the isolation lasts for a very long time, then we need to develop the closest reserve, young people aged 18-20. We need to work with them, give them time. We internationalized the United Youth League precisely to develop this age group. Let me remind you that 95% of the players of the U-18, U-20 national teams and the main team play in the United League,” Kushchenko told .
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Source : MatchTV
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