European Championship medalist decathlete Ilya Chkurenev in an interview with he talked about his passion for basketball and named James Harden along with Kobe Bryant as his favorite players.
In May 2021, former Los Angeles Lakers player Bryant was posthumously inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame. The legendary basketball player died in early 2020 after a helicopter crash in California. During his career, he became a five-time NBA champion.
Do you follow the NBA closely? Do you have a favorite player?
– Oh, sure. Now, there are intrigues, exchanges. As for the player, I like James Harden. But when I did, my idol was and remains Kobe Bryant. Too bad he’s no longer with us.
– Which team are you drowning for?
– Other. I like it when a cool game comes across it. For example, I don’t really like Boston, but what have they done this season! It’s just chocolate! I couldn’t believe it when they lost to Golden State in the Finals! What were they doing?
Did you get up at night to watch the final?
“No, no, I’ve already moved on. Yes, I watched it all the time. Now I mostly play with reflections. But if a very cool game drops, I don’t watch it at night, but in the morning in the recording. Right now I was still supporting Philadelphia, I was watching their games and they flew away. Although they had Harden, Joel Embid. For the rest, I followed the highlights, how Boston lane was there, crushed everyone, Brooklyn “swept away” – that’s usually something!
Shkurenev, 31, is a bronze medalist at the 2012 and 2014 European Championships, as well as the 2015 European indoor champion.
Source : MatchTV
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