UNICS Kazan
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UNICS Kazan is a professional basketball
club
in Kazan
, Russia playing in the PBL. Their home arena is Basket Hall Arena.
Though officially the professional club was founded in 1991 (when began its appearance at the lowest of pro leagues), UNICS traces its origin back to KSU's college team Burevestnik which participated in USSR student championships since 1957 winning all-Soviet college title twice - in 1965 and 1970. Because of this the name 'UNICS' is quite an abbreviation - UNI(versity), C(ulture), S(port).
In 1997 it was promoted to the Russian Basketball Super League
'A', the top Russian league.
A year later Yevgeny Bogachev, the chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Tatarstan, became the President of the club.
in the Russian Basketball Super League
in 2001 and 2002, the year in which it also reached the Saporta Cup
semifinals, losing against Maroussi
in the semifinals. UNICS first title was the Russian Cup in March 2003, with an electrifying 81-82 overtime victory over CSKA
. UNICS fans did not have to wait long to see their team win a European title, too. Kazan
hosted the FIBA Europe League
final four, named now FIBA EuroCup
, in April 2004 and UNICS made sure of its opportunity. UNICS signed Saulius Štombergas
, Eurelijus Žukauskas
or Chris Anstey
, won its regular season group and advanced to the final four on its own floor, where it was crowned the FIBA Europe League champion as MVP Martin Müürsepp
scored 22 points in an 87-63 win over Maroussi
in the title game. By 2005-06, UNICS went one level up and made its ULEB Cup
debut, tying the best regular season record in the competition's history. Things turned south quickly, as it lost at home against Roma
for the only time all season in the eighth finals’ second leg and crashed out earlier than expected. UNICS got stronger for last season, keeping the core group of the previous seasons side while adding Darjuš Lavrinovič
to reunite with twin brother Kšyštof Lavrinovič
in a twin towers set full of talent. The team made it to the ULEB Cup
semifinals before losing to eventual champs Real Madrid
. It also returned to the Russian League
finals, losing against perennial champion CSKA
. UNICS is back in the ULEB Cup
with the only goal to reach even higher and make the city of Kazan proud of its mighty basketball team.
!width="40"|Pos.
!width="185"|Starter
!width="185"|Bench
!width="185"|Bench
!width="185"|Reserve
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | C
| Nathan Jawai
|| Aleksey Savrasenko
|| || style="background:#FBCEB1" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | PF
| Vladimir Veremeenko
|| Mike Wilkinson
|| Pyotr Gubanov || style="background:#FBCEB1" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | SF
| Kelly McCarty
|| Igor Zamanski || || style="background:#FBCEB1" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | SG
| Terrell Lyday
|| Henry Domercant
|| Zakhar Pashutin
|| style="background:#FBCEB1" | Yevgeniy Cherniavskiy
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | PG
| Lynn Greer || Petr Samoylenko
|| Marcus Williams || style="background:#FBCEB1"| Dmitri Golovin
|}
Ruslan Avleev
(1997-01, 04-06) - 301 games, 19.2 ppg; Victor Kurilchuk (1997-00) - 201 games, 8.9 ppg; Eduard Soobtsokov (1997-00) - 204 games, 7 ppg; Petr Samoylenko
(1998-07, 08-11) - 669 games, 6.1 ppg; Andrey Sepelev (1998–99) - 53 games, 11 ppg; Anton Yudin (1999-03, 04-06) - 243 games, 10.7 ppg; Alexander Petrenko
(1999-00) - 58 games, 13.2 ppg; Andrey Kornev (1999-01) - 76 games, 6.1 ppg; Aleksandr Gutorov (1999-00) - 35 games, 8.4 ppg; Evgeniy Pashutin
(2000–02) - 86 games, 8.5 ppg; Igor Grachev (2000–02) - 74 games, 8.6 ppg; Valentin Kubrakov (2000–02, 03-04) - 121 games, 8.5 ppg;
Igor Zamansky (2001–03, 08-11) - 201 games, 5.8 ppg; Igor Kudelin (2002–03, 06-07) - 35 games, 8.1 ppg; Sergei Chikalkin
(2002–03, 05-09) - 187 games, 10.6 ppg; Andrei Fetisov
(2002–03) - 20 games, 6.2 ppg; Alexander Miloserdov (2003–05, 06-07) - 125 games, 9.3 ppg; Viktor Keirou
(2003–05, 07-08) - 83 games, 5.4 ppg; Sergei Toporov (2004–06) - 93 games, 7.3 ppg; Vadim Panin (2006–07) - 35 games, 6.1 ppg; Dmitri Sokolov (2006–09) - 128 games, 6.8 ppg; Nikolay Padius
(2007–08, 10-11) - 59 games, 5.3 ppg; Fedor Likholitov
(2009–10) - 10 games, 2.5 ppg; Zakhar Pashutin
(2010–11) - 63 games, 5.8 ppg;
USA Glenn Wisby (2000–01) - 51 games, 10.4 ppg; Anthony Bonner
(2001–02) - 8 games, 14.9 ppg; Michael McDonald
(2001–02) - 45 games; 12.2 ppg; Acie Earl
(2001–02) - 30 games, 11.8 ppg; Dickey Simpkins
* (2002–03) - 38 games, 12.3 ppg; Kebu Stewart
(2002–03) - 18 games, 8.3 ppg; Lamar Greer (2003–04) - 41 games; 12 ppg; Joe Ira Clark
(2004–05) - 41 games, 7.8 ppg; Paul Shirley
(2004–05) - 9 games, 4.9 ppg; Shammond Williams
(2004–05) - 57 games, 17.1 ppg; Travis Best
(2005–06) - 40 games, 11.5 ppg; Samaki Walker
* (2005–06) - 4 games, 7 ppg; Sam Clancy, Jr.
(2005–06) - 30 games, 4 ppg; Jarod Stevenson
(2006–07) - 32 games; 10.4 ppg; Mateen Cleaves
(2006–07) - 11 games, 5 ppg; Jamal McCullough (2006–08) - 80 games, 6.8 ppg; Tariq Kirksay
(2007–09) - 95 games, 9.3 ppg; Joseph Forte
(2007–08) - 11 games, 8.4 ppg; Marc Jackson
(2008–09) - 19 games, 6.5 ppg; Terrell Lyday
(2008–11) - 150 games, 13.2 ppg; Kelly McCarty
(2010–11) - 53 games, 12.0 ppg; Ricky Minard
(2010–11) - 48 games, 7.4 pts;
Australia Chris Anstey
(2003–05) - 93 games, 13.1 ppg;
Europe Slobodan Šljivančanin
(1998-00) - 117 games, 10 ppg; Leonid Yailo (2000–01) - 50 games, 13.5 ppg; Branislav Vićentić (2001–02) - 29 games, 10.4 ppg; Oliver Popović
(2001–03) - 80 games, 14.6 ppg; Damir Mršić (2002–03) - 31 games, 7.7 ppg; Valery Dayneko (2002–03) - 35 games, 10 ppg; Eurelijus Žukauskas
(2002–04) - 78 games, 10 ppg; Mykola Khryapa (2003–05) - 86 games, 6.1 ppg; Martin Müürsepp
(2003–04, 05-06) - 86 games, 11.3 ppg; Saulius Štombergas
(2003–04, 05-07, 09-10) - 144 games, 11 ppg; Stevan Nađfeji (2004–05) - 40 games, 7.4 ppg; Kaspars Kambala
(2004–05) - 54 games, 14.5 ppg; Egor Mesheryakov (2005–07) - 93 games, 10.2 ppg; Kšyštof Lavrinovič
(2005–07) - 78 games, 12.7 ppg; Darjuš Lavrinovič
(2006–08) - 68 games, 12.9 ppg; Duško Savanović
(2006–08) - 71 games, 10.3 ppg; Marko Tušek
(2007–08) - 36 games, 10.1 ppg; Krešimir Lončar
(2008–10) - 114 games, 11.8 ppg; Marko Popović
(2008–11) - 142 games, 13.9 ppg; Vladimir Veremeenko
(2008–11) - 151 games, 8.5 ppg; Maciej Lampe
(2009–11) - 96 games, 15.9 ppg; Hasan Rizvić
(2010–11) - 64 games, 5.4 ppg; Slavko Vraneš
(2010–11) - 39 games, 2.6 ppg;
Milan Gurović
(2004) and
Hüseyin Beşok
(2005) shortly were under contract with UNICS Kazan, but never played a single game for the team.
(*) former NBA champions
Aleksandr Zryadchikov - 1994-96; Georgy Korolev - 1996-98; Dragan Višnjevac - 1998; Yevgeny Kovalenko - 1998-00; Stanislav Eremin
- 2000-06; Antanas Sireika
- 2006-08; Aco Petrović - 2008-09; Valdemaras Chomičius
- 2009-10; Evgeniy Pashutin
- 2010–present;
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
club
Sports club
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in Kazan
Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
, Russia playing in the PBL. Their home arena is Basket Hall Arena.
Though officially the professional club was founded in 1991 (when began its appearance at the lowest of pro leagues), UNICS traces its origin back to KSU's college team Burevestnik which participated in USSR student championships since 1957 winning all-Soviet college title twice - in 1965 and 1970. Because of this the name 'UNICS' is quite an abbreviation - UNI(versity), C(ulture), S(port).
In 1997 it was promoted to the Russian Basketball Super League
Russian Basketball Super League
The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010...
'A', the top Russian league.
A year later Yevgeny Bogachev, the chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Tatarstan, became the President of the club.
History
UNICS Kazan has gone a long way towards helping Russian basketball since the club was established in 1991. Between 1994 and 1997, UNICS secured a berth in Russia's first division, and then made a smashing debut, establishing itself among the top five teams in the country. UNICS already played European competitions in 1997, but the new millennium happened to be a turning point for the club. The team placed second to CSKAPBC CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...
in the Russian Basketball Super League
Russian Basketball Super League
The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010...
in 2001 and 2002, the year in which it also reached the Saporta Cup
Saporta Cup
Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe...
semifinals, losing against Maroussi
Maroussi BC
Maroussi Athens B.C. , is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou. The club competes in the Greek League. Its long-time owner was Armodios Vovos of the BVIC construction firm...
in the semifinals. UNICS first title was the Russian Cup in March 2003, with an electrifying 81-82 overtime victory over CSKA
PBC CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...
. UNICS fans did not have to wait long to see their team win a European title, too. Kazan
Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
hosted the FIBA Europe League
EuroChallenge
The EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...
final four, named now FIBA EuroCup
EuroChallenge
The EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...
, in April 2004 and UNICS made sure of its opportunity. UNICS signed Saulius Štombergas
Saulius Štombergas
Saulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team....
, Eurelijus Žukauskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He played for the Lithuanian national basketball team from 1995 to 2004.In 1995 NBA Draft Žukauskas was drafted as a #54 by Seattle SuperSonics in the second round...
or Chris Anstey
Chris Anstey
Christopher John Anstey is a former Australian professional basketball player. At 7'0" his career included stints in the NBA, Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL...
, won its regular season group and advanced to the final four on its own floor, where it was crowned the FIBA Europe League champion as MVP Martin Müürsepp
Martin Müürsepp
Martin Müürsepp is an Estonian retired professional basketball player and basketball coach.-Club career:...
scored 22 points in an 87-63 win over Maroussi
Maroussi BC
Maroussi Athens B.C. , is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Maroussi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The club's full name is Gymnastikos Syllogos Amarousiou. The club competes in the Greek League. Its long-time owner was Armodios Vovos of the BVIC construction firm...
in the title game. By 2005-06, UNICS went one level up and made its ULEB Cup
ULEB Cup
Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...
debut, tying the best regular season record in the competition's history. Things turned south quickly, as it lost at home against Roma
Pallacanestro Virtus Roma
Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, also known for sponsorship reasons as Acea Virtus Roma, is a prominent Italian League professional basketball club, and is also currently one of 13 European clubs that hold ULEB A Licenses, which provide their holders with a guaranteed place in the Euroleague. The club...
for the only time all season in the eighth finals’ second leg and crashed out earlier than expected. UNICS got stronger for last season, keeping the core group of the previous seasons side while adding Darjuš Lavrinovič
Darjuš Lavrinovic
Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič (alternate spelling: Darius Lavrinovič; ; Russian Cyrillic: Дарюс Лавринович ; born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. His twin brother Kšyštof is also a professional basketball...
to reunite with twin brother Kšyštof Lavrinovič
Kšyštof Lavrinovic
Kšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič (born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays at the power forward and center positions. He is 2.10 m (6' 10¾") in height...
in a twin towers set full of talent. The team made it to the ULEB Cup
ULEB Cup
Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...
semifinals before losing to eventual champs Real Madrid
Real Madrid Baloncesto
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. It also returned to the Russian League
Russian Basketball Super League
The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010...
finals, losing against perennial champion CSKA
PBC CSKA Moscow
PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...
. UNICS is back in the ULEB Cup
ULEB Cup
Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...
with the only goal to reach even higher and make the city of Kazan proud of its mighty basketball team.
Recent seasons
| Season | Division | Regular | Play-off | Cup Russian Basketball Cup The Russian Basketball Cup is the primary professional national domestic basketball cup competition of Russia. The first cup tournament took place in the year 2000... |
Europe | Regional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
5th (West) | 7th | n/a | Korać Cup Korac Cup The Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup... Group stage |
n/a |
| 1998-99 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
5th | 5th | n/a | Saporta Cup Saporta Cup Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe... 1/16 Finals |
n/a |
| 1999-00 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
3rd | Bronze | n/p | Korać Cup Korac Cup The Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup... 1/16 Finals |
n/p |
| 2000-01 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
2nd | Silver | n/a | Saporta Cup Saporta Cup Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe... 1/2 Finals |
n/p |
| 2001-02 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
2nd | Silver | n/a | Saporta Cup Saporta Cup Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe... 1/4 Finals |
n/p |
| 2002-03 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
3rd | Bronze | Winner | FIBA Champions Cup 1/4 Finals | NEBL North European Basketball League North European Basketball League - was short-lived basketball league founded in 1998 by Šarūnas Marčiulionis. This league was first commercial project of regional league in Europe, and initially intended for participation of best basketball teams from 5 countries - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia,... Winner |
| 2003-04 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
2nd | Silver | 3rd | FIBA Europe League Winner | n/a |
| 2004-05 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
3rd | Bronze | Finalist | FIBA Europe League 1/4 Finals | n/a |
| 2005-06 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
4th | 4th | 3rd | ULEB Cup 1/8 Finals | n/a |
| 2006-07 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
2nd | Silver | Finalist | ULEB Cup 1/2 Finals | n/a |
| 2007-08 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
3rd | 6th | 1/2 Finals | ULEB Cup 1/4 Finals (Final Eight) | n/a |
| 2008-09 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
4th | Bronze | Winner | ULEB Eurocup Top-16 stage | n/p |
| 2009-10 | Superleague A Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... |
3rd | Bronze | Finalist | ULEB Eurocup Top-16 stage | VTB League VTB United League VTB United League is an international professional basketball league that was founded in 2008. Its goal is to unite the leading basketball clubs of Eastern Europe and Northern Europe together into one league. The league is sponsored by VTB Bank. In its inaugural 2009–10 season, it featured clubs... Finalist |
| 2010-11 | PBL | 1st | Bronze | n/p | ULEB Eurocup Winner | VTB League VTB United League VTB United League is an international professional basketball league that was founded in 2008. Its goal is to unite the leading basketball clubs of Eastern Europe and Northern Europe together into one league. The league is sponsored by VTB Bank. In its inaugural 2009–10 season, it featured clubs... 3rd |
Depth Chart
{| style="text-align: center; background:#336600; color:#ffc322"!width="40"|Pos.
!width="185"|Starter
!width="185"|Bench
!width="185"|Bench
!width="185"|Reserve
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
| Nathan Jawai
Nathan Jawai
Nathan Jawai is an Indigenous Australian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Russian team UNICS Kazan.-Pro career:...
|| Aleksey Savrasenko
Aleksey Savrasenko
Alexey Savrasenko Alexey Savrasenko Alexey Savrasenko (in ' (born February 28, 1979 in Krasnodar, Russia) is a Russian professional basketball player. He plays at the center position. In June 2011 he signed 1-year contract with UNICS Kazan....
|| || style="background:#FBCEB1" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
| Vladimir Veremeenko
Vladimir Veremeenko
Vladimir Veremeenko is a Belarusian professional basketball player. A power forward from Gomel, he was drafted by the Washington Wizards with the 48th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft. He started his career at Avtodor Saratov, then moved with this team from Saratov to Saint Petersburg and played for new...
|| Mike Wilkinson
Mike Wilkinson
Michael Joseph "Mike" Wilkinson is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6 ft 8¼ in 245 lb. power forward.-Amateur career:...
|| Pyotr Gubanov || style="background:#FBCEB1" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
| Kelly McCarty
Kelly McCarty
Kelly Deshawn McCarty is a naturalized Russian professional basketball player, originally from the United States . He currently plays with UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League....
|| Igor Zamanski || || style="background:#FBCEB1" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
| Terrell Lyday
Terrell Lyday
Terrell Lyday is an American professional basketball player playing in Europe.In June 2011 he extended the contract with UNICS Kazan for 2 more years.-Amateur Teams:...
|| Henry Domercant
Henry Domercant
Henry Domercant is an American-born Bosnian professional basketball player playing in Europe. In July 2011 he signed 2-year contract with UNICS Kazan.-Junior & amateur careers:...
|| Zakhar Pashutin
Zakhar Pashutin
Zakhar Yuryevich Pashutin is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 1.96 m in height and he weighs 95 kg . He plays at the shooting guard position. He is currently with UNICS Kazan. He was also a member of the Russian national team in the period of 1996-2008.-Pro Teams:...
|| style="background:#FBCEB1" | Yevgeniy Cherniavskiy
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:black"
! style="background:#efe196" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
| Lynn Greer || Petr Samoylenko
Petr Samoylenko
Petr Samoylenko is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 1 in tall and 190 pounds in weight. He specializes in defense and plays the point guard position...
|| Marcus Williams || style="background:#FBCEB1"| Dmitri Golovin
|}
Notable Russian players
bold - FIBA World and FIBA Europe champions and medalistsRuslan Avleev
Ruslan Avleev
Ruslan Avleev is a former Russian professional basketball 6'6" power forward of Tatar ethnicity. Started his career as a pro in 1995 with BK EVRAZ...
(1997-01, 04-06) - 301 games, 19.2 ppg; Victor Kurilchuk (1997-00) - 201 games, 8.9 ppg; Eduard Soobtsokov (1997-00) - 204 games, 7 ppg; Petr Samoylenko
Petr Samoylenko
Petr Samoylenko is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 1 in tall and 190 pounds in weight. He specializes in defense and plays the point guard position...
(1998-07, 08-11) - 669 games, 6.1 ppg; Andrey Sepelev (1998–99) - 53 games, 11 ppg; Anton Yudin (1999-03, 04-06) - 243 games, 10.7 ppg; Alexander Petrenko
Alexander Petrenko
Alexander Petrenko was a Russian professional basketball player. He most recently played for BC Khimki in the Russian Super League. He was born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, and held Russian citizenship. Petrenko died in a car crash near Samara, Russia, on July 21, 2006.- References :*...
(1999-00) - 58 games, 13.2 ppg; Andrey Kornev (1999-01) - 76 games, 6.1 ppg; Aleksandr Gutorov (1999-00) - 35 games, 8.4 ppg; Evgeniy Pashutin
Evgeniy Pashutin
Eugeny Pashutin is a retired Russian basketball player and current coach of UNICS Kazan.-Playing career:Pashutin has played in five teams during his career but hasn't won any major title...
(2000–02) - 86 games, 8.5 ppg; Igor Grachev (2000–02) - 74 games, 8.6 ppg; Valentin Kubrakov (2000–02, 03-04) - 121 games, 8.5 ppg;
Igor Zamansky (2001–03, 08-11) - 201 games, 5.8 ppg; Igor Kudelin (2002–03, 06-07) - 35 games, 8.1 ppg; Sergei Chikalkin
Sergei Chikalkin
Sergei Chikalkin is a Russian professional basketball player. The 1.96 m 95 kg shooting guard is known for his long-range shooting accuracy. Started his career as a pro in 1995 with BK Samara...
(2002–03, 05-09) - 187 games, 10.6 ppg; Andrei Fetisov
Andrei Fetisov
Andrei Fetisov is a Russian professional basketball player. He was a second round pick of the Boston Celtics in the 1994 NBA Draft, at which time he was playing for the Spanish Forum Valladolid. He later attended training camp with the Milwaukee Bucks, but has not played in the NBA.-References:...
(2002–03) - 20 games, 6.2 ppg; Alexander Miloserdov (2003–05, 06-07) - 125 games, 9.3 ppg; Viktor Keirou
Viktor Keirou
Victor Keyru is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 2.00 m tall and he weighs 102 kg He plays both the small forward and the shooting guard positions...
(2003–05, 07-08) - 83 games, 5.4 ppg; Sergei Toporov (2004–06) - 93 games, 7.3 ppg; Vadim Panin (2006–07) - 35 games, 6.1 ppg; Dmitri Sokolov (2006–09) - 128 games, 6.8 ppg; Nikolay Padius
Nikolay Padius
Nikolay Padius is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 1.97 m in height and he weighs 91 kg . He plays at the shooting guard position...
(2007–08, 10-11) - 59 games, 5.3 ppg; Fedor Likholitov
Fedor Likholitov
Fedor Likholitov is a Russian professional basketball player for Beşiktaş Cola Turka. He grew up with Baltika St. Petersburg . He played college basketball at Virginia Commonwealth University .in late April 2002, HEmoved to France and was signed by SIG Strasbourg...
(2009–10) - 10 games, 2.5 ppg; Zakhar Pashutin
Zakhar Pashutin
Zakhar Yuryevich Pashutin is a Russian professional basketball player. He is 1.96 m in height and he weighs 95 kg . He plays at the shooting guard position. He is currently with UNICS Kazan. He was also a member of the Russian national team in the period of 1996-2008.-Pro Teams:...
(2010–11) - 63 games, 5.8 ppg;
Notable foreign players
bold - former NBA players; Olympics, FIBA World and FIBA Europe champions and medalistsUSA Glenn Wisby (2000–01) - 51 games, 10.4 ppg; Anthony Bonner
Anthony Bonner
Anthony Bonner is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 1st round of the 1990 NBA Draft. He played six seasons in the NBA for the Kings, New York Knicks, and Orlando Magic averaging 6.9 ppg in his career...
(2001–02) - 8 games, 14.9 ppg; Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald (basketball)
Michael Dewayne McDonald is a retired American basketball player. A 6'10" and center, he played collegiately for Utah Valley State College and the University of New Orleans. In 1990–91 he averaged 12.3 points and 8.3 rebounds for Utah Valley...
(2001–02) - 45 games; 12.2 ppg; Acie Earl
Acie Earl
Acie Boyd Earl is a retired American professional basketball player, who appeared in four NBA seasons, as a 6'10" center.-High school/college:...
(2001–02) - 30 games, 11.8 ppg; Dickey Simpkins
Dickey Simpkins
LuBara Dixon "Dickey" Simpkins is an American former professional basketball player best known for his tenure with the Chicago Bulls in the late 1990s...
* (2002–03) - 38 games, 12.3 ppg; Kebu Stewart
Kebu Stewart
Kebu Stewart is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round of the 1997 NBA Draft, and played 15 games averaging 2.7 points per game and 2.1 rebounds per game...
(2002–03) - 18 games, 8.3 ppg; Lamar Greer (2003–04) - 41 games; 12 ppg; Joe Ira Clark
Joe Ira Clark
Joe Ira Clark is an American professional basketball player. He is 2.03 meters tall and weighs 100 kilograms....
(2004–05) - 41 games, 7.8 ppg; Paul Shirley
Paul Shirley
Paul Murphy Shirley is an American professional basketball player, most recently a member of Unicaja Málaga in the Spanish ACB. He is also a writer, with his primary focus on his basketball experiences....
(2004–05) - 9 games, 4.9 ppg; Shammond Williams
Shammond Williams
Shammond Omar Williams is a naturalized Georgian professional basketball player who grew up in the United States . The 6'1" combination point guard/shooting guard is known for his long-range shooting accuracy...
(2004–05) - 57 games, 17.1 ppg; Travis Best
Travis Best
Travis Eric Best is an American former professional basketball player, who played in the NBA and in Europe.-High school career:...
(2005–06) - 40 games, 11.5 ppg; Samaki Walker
Samaki Walker
Samaki Ijuma Walker is an American professional basketball power forward and center. Walker played college basketball at the University of Louisville and was drafted in 1996 by the Dallas Mavericks, where he played until 1999...
* (2005–06) - 4 games, 7 ppg; Sam Clancy, Jr.
Sam Clancy, Jr.
Sam Clancy, Jr. is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Hapoel Jerusalem. He was signed with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers; however he has never played a game for either team. He was injured as a member of the 76ers, and was waived by the...
(2005–06) - 30 games, 4 ppg; Jarod Stevenson
Jarod Stevenson
Jarod Cameron Stevenson is an Korean-American professional basketball player. He plays at the small forward position...
(2006–07) - 32 games; 10.4 ppg; Mateen Cleaves
Mateen Cleaves
Mateen Ahmad Cleaves is an American former professional basketball player who played in six NBA seasons. He is currently a music talent manager....
(2006–07) - 11 games, 5 ppg; Jamal McCullough (2006–08) - 80 games, 6.8 ppg; Tariq Kirksay
Tariq Kirksay
Tariq Kirksay is a French American basketball player. He is a member of the France national basketball team.- External links :*...
(2007–09) - 95 games, 9.3 ppg; Joseph Forte
Joseph Forte
Joseph Xavier "Joe" Forte is an American professional basketball player.-Beginnings:Forte got his start at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. There, Forte played under the instruction of legendary high school prep coach Morgan Wootten. Forte's teammate at DeMatha, Keith Bogans,...
(2007–08) - 11 games, 8.4 ppg; Marc Jackson
Marc Jackson
Marc Anthony Jackson is a former American professional basketball player.-Professional career:...
(2008–09) - 19 games, 6.5 ppg; Terrell Lyday
Terrell Lyday
Terrell Lyday is an American professional basketball player playing in Europe.In June 2011 he extended the contract with UNICS Kazan for 2 more years.-Amateur Teams:...
(2008–11) - 150 games, 13.2 ppg; Kelly McCarty
Kelly McCarty
Kelly Deshawn McCarty is a naturalized Russian professional basketball player, originally from the United States . He currently plays with UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League....
(2010–11) - 53 games, 12.0 ppg; Ricky Minard
Ricky Minard
Ricky Donell Minard Jr. is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 2nd round of the 2004 NBA Draft...
(2010–11) - 48 games, 7.4 pts;
Australia Chris Anstey
Chris Anstey
Christopher John Anstey is a former Australian professional basketball player. At 7'0" his career included stints in the NBA, Russia and Spain. Anstey was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 1997 NBA Draft. He played for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian NBL...
(2003–05) - 93 games, 13.1 ppg;
Europe Slobodan Šljivančanin
Slobodan Šljivančanin
Slobodan Šljivančanin is a former basketball player. At 2.09 m in height, he played the center position....
(1998-00) - 117 games, 10 ppg; Leonid Yailo (2000–01) - 50 games, 13.5 ppg; Branislav Vićentić (2001–02) - 29 games, 10.4 ppg; Oliver Popović
Oliver Popović
Oliver Popović is retired Serbian/Yugoslav basketball player, currently working as basketball coach. Yugoslav champion and Cup holder , silver medalist of Russian and Greek basketball championships; bronze medalist of 1988 European Champions' Cup, winner of 1989 Korać Cup and 2003 NEBL;...
(2001–03) - 80 games, 14.6 ppg; Damir Mršić (2002–03) - 31 games, 7.7 ppg; Valery Dayneko (2002–03) - 35 games, 10 ppg; Eurelijus Žukauskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He played for the Lithuanian national basketball team from 1995 to 2004.In 1995 NBA Draft Žukauskas was drafted as a #54 by Seattle SuperSonics in the second round...
(2002–04) - 78 games, 10 ppg; Mykola Khryapa (2003–05) - 86 games, 6.1 ppg; Martin Müürsepp
Martin Müürsepp
Martin Müürsepp is an Estonian retired professional basketball player and basketball coach.-Club career:...
(2003–04, 05-06) - 86 games, 11.3 ppg; Saulius Štombergas
Saulius Štombergas
Saulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team....
(2003–04, 05-07, 09-10) - 144 games, 11 ppg; Stevan Nađfeji (2004–05) - 40 games, 7.4 ppg; Kaspars Kambala
Kaspars Kambala
Kaspars Kambala is a Latvian professional basketball player and a former professional boxer. He is 2.06 meters tall and he weighs 125 kilograms...
(2004–05) - 54 games, 14.5 ppg; Egor Mesheryakov (2005–07) - 93 games, 10.2 ppg; Kšyštof Lavrinovič
Kšyštof Lavrinovic
Kšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič (born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays at the power forward and center positions. He is 2.10 m (6' 10¾") in height...
(2005–07) - 78 games, 12.7 ppg; Darjuš Lavrinovič
Darjuš Lavrinovic
Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič (alternate spelling: Darius Lavrinovič; ; Russian Cyrillic: Дарюс Лавринович ; born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. His twin brother Kšyštof is also a professional basketball...
(2006–08) - 68 games, 12.9 ppg; Duško Savanović
Duško Savanović
Duško Savanović is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is 2.04 m tall and 102 kg weight. He currently plays with the Turkish club Anadolu Efes. He plays the power forward position.-External links:* at acb.com* at euroleague.net* at adriaticbasket.info* at tblstat.net...
(2006–08) - 71 games, 10.3 ppg; Marko Tušek
Marko Tušek
- Honors :Clubs Honors*Slovenian League champion - 93/94, 95/96, 96/97, 97/98 with KK Union Olimpija*Slovenian Cup champion - 93/94, 94/95, 96/97, 97/98 with KK Union Olimpija*Champions of Cup Winners - 93/94 with KK Union Olimpija...
(2007–08) - 36 games, 10.1 ppg; Krešimir Lončar
Krešimir Loncar
Krešimir Lončar Krešimir Lončar Krešimir Lončar (born February 12, 1983 in Split, Croatia, is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 10¾ in (2.10 m) in height and weighs 231 pounds (105 kg). He plays both the power forward and center positions. Currently he is a member of the...
(2008–10) - 114 games, 11.8 ppg; Marko Popović
Marko Popovic
Marko Popović may refer to:* Marko Popović , Croatian basketball player* Marko Popović , Montenegrin basketball player* Marko Popović , Serbian soccer player...
(2008–11) - 142 games, 13.9 ppg; Vladimir Veremeenko
Vladimir Veremeenko
Vladimir Veremeenko is a Belarusian professional basketball player. A power forward from Gomel, he was drafted by the Washington Wizards with the 48th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft. He started his career at Avtodor Saratov, then moved with this team from Saratov to Saint Petersburg and played for new...
(2008–11) - 151 games, 8.5 ppg; Maciej Lampe
Maciej Lampe
Maciej Bolesław Lampe is a Polish professional basketball player. He currently plays with Caja Laboral in Spain.-Professional career:Originally from Łódź, Poland, Lampe grew up in Stockholm, Sweden...
(2009–11) - 96 games, 15.9 ppg; Hasan Rizvić
Hasan Rizvić
Hasan Rizvić is a naturalized Slovenian basketball player of Bosnian origin performing on Center position. Grown up with Bosnian club Čelik Rizvić moved to Slovenian League when he was 18 years old where he spent 6 seasons , received Slovenian citizenship and started to play for Slovenian junior...
(2010–11) - 64 games, 5.4 ppg; Slavko Vraneš
Slavko Vraneš
Slavko Vraneš is a Montenegrin professional basketball player. At 2.30 m he is one of the tallest players in the world. He is a member of Sanaye Petroshimi BC in Iran....
(2010–11) - 39 games, 2.6 ppg;
Milan GurovićMilan Gurovic
Milan Gurović is a retired controversial Serbian professional basketball player.Gurović, a regular member of the FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro national team, turned out for many clubs all over Europe during his career....
(2004) and
Hüseyin BeşokHüseyin Besok
Hüseyin Beşok is a Turkish professional basketball player of Bosniak ancestry. He is currently playing for Hacettepe Üniversitesi, in the Turkish Basketball League...
(2005) shortly were under contract with UNICS Kazan, but never played a single game for the team.
(*) former NBA champions
Coaches
bold - Olympics, FIBA World and FIBA Europe champions and medalistsAleksandr Zryadchikov - 1994-96; Georgy Korolev - 1996-98; Dragan Višnjevac - 1998; Yevgeny Kovalenko - 1998-00; Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Eremin
Stanislav Georgiyevich Yeryomin , last name also spelled Eremin and Yeremin, is a prominent retired Soviet basketball player and active Russian basketball coach. Retired Russian Army Colonel...
- 2000-06; Antanas Sireika
Antanas Sireika
Antanas Sireika is a professional Lithuanian basketball coach.- Coaching career :Lithuanian national basketball team began a strange tradition, after head coach was leaving his post he gave his place to his assistant, this happened when Vladas Garastas was replaced by his assistant coach Jonas...
- 2006-08; Aco Petrović - 2008-09; Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomicius
Valdemaras Chomičius is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team...
- 2009-10; Evgeniy Pashutin
Evgeniy Pashutin
Eugeny Pashutin is a retired Russian basketball player and current coach of UNICS Kazan.-Playing career:Pashutin has played in five teams during his career but hasn't won any major title...
- 2010–present;