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No Timofey Mozgov, Sasha Kaun or Sergey Karasev for Russia in EuroBasket

Basketballl without Borders Moscow

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - SEPTEMBER 13: Andrei Kirilenko of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Timofey Mozgov #25 of the Denver Nuggets and Alexey Shved of the Minnesota Timberwolves are assisting at the press conference starting the BWB Moscow camp on September 13, 2012 at Sport Complex Igrovoy in Moscow, Russia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2012 NBAE (Photo by Catherine Steenkeste/NBAE via Getty Images)

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No Timofey Mozgov, who underwent knee surgery in early July.

No Sasha Kaun, who just signed with the Cavaliers

No Sergey Karasev, who dislocated his patella and tore his MCL in March.

Not even Alexey Shved, the former Knick who is suffering from back pain.

Russia announced its roster for EuroBasket, and it doesn’t include a single NBA player. The team:


  • Semen Antonov
  • Evgeny Baburin
  • Andrei Desiatnikov
  • Vitaly Fridzon
  • Dmitry Khvostov
  • Nikita Kurbanov
  • Sergey Monya
  • Ruslan Pateev
  • Anton Ponkrashov
  • Andrey Vorontsevich
  • Egor Vyaltsev
  • Andrey Zubkov

Andrei Kirilenko has his work cut out for him as president of the Russian Basketball Federation. This program was in jeopardy of not even competing in EuroBasket. There are deep problems.

But the short term doesn’t look much brighter. It’s hard to see this barren roster finishing in the top seven of EuroBasket and qualifying for the 2016 Olympics (top two) or Olympic Qualifying Tournament (third through seventh).

At least this is good news for Cleveland, which won’t expose two of its players to injury risk in the tournament.