overcome the codes resistance so how do on foreign aid to sell incentive for victory i so andrei kirilenko was a mess spectator on the night but he's been an important part of taste cause impressive run so far this year with n.b.a. season due to get underway later this month the former you to just forward as a decision to make stay or go responded on one course or ask him that very question . in one thousand nine hundred nine and a kid a langkow became not only the first russians a bit picks in the first round of the n.b.a. draft but also the youngest european players to be selected in two thousand and one he joined the utah jazz and remained faithful to the salt lake team for a full exam years before becoming a free agent and moving back to european powerhouse says khan moscow twenty eleven saw the revival of russia's red army club in a large part thanks to the experienced and be a forward now following a successful spell at home kirilenko is uncertain if you want to go back to the n.b.a. part i'm definitely looking to offer. when i signed a deal with. the. i'm going to be leaving remembe

in one thousand nine hundred nine andrei kirilenko became not only the first russians of it takes in the first round of the n.b.a. draft but also the youngest european players to be selected in two thousand and one he joined the utah jazz and remained faithful to the salt lake team for a full san years before becoming a free agent and moving back to european powerhouse says calm moscow twenty eleven saw the revival of russia's red army club in a large part thanks to the experienced n.b.a. forward now following a successful spell at home kirilenko is uncertain if you want to go back to the n.b.a. part i'm definitely looking at the offer. when i signed a deal with. the. i'm going to be leaving remember him middle of the season but when it comes to this point you know it's always tough to leave the team in the middle of the season and you know we have a great chemistry. and that's why makes it the way tougher to make a decision six time you really champion says khan mosco are now well on their way to their seventh continental title and i'm to take it angle has been instrumental in the c

forward now following a successful spell at home kirilenko is uncertain if you want to go back to the n.b.a. i'm definitely looking at the offer. when i signed a deal with a terrorist i know here that. i'm going to be leaving remember him middle of the season but when it comes to this point you know it's always tough to leave the team in the middle of the season and you know we have a great chemistry. and that's why it makes it way tougher to make a decision six time you really champion says khan mosco are now well on their way to their seventh continental title and undertake it angle has been instrumental in the current campaign and was even named the most valuable player of the tournaments in october needless to say a k forty seven is a regular in the national squad where he helped the team on their way to becoming european champions in two thousand and seven he's impressive performance earned the prestigious black berry on or at the two thousand and eight olympics in beijing as well as a visit to the kremlin ahead of the games and its russia finishes and that's all three at the wil

games and if russia finishes in that salt three at the wildcard tournaments in july of next year kirilenko could go for a third attempt at a golden dick medal last. shows a lot of promising. young guys and you know we plan the way brad as a team young guys you know stuff you know fill out those roles and taking way more responsibility right now so i'm looking forward you know to see them next year with having a great season right now and you know being national team from they see you know play in that qualification try to ride before the olympics and break it and go is a very active when it comes to promoting the game of basketball especially in russia with thousands of kids turned up to witness him and another and they start white howard and events in moscow last summer he stayed in one place for hours just signing autographs for anyone that asked becoming a true champion all the people in the process. archie must go to curling where russia's women's team have taken their chance up their home. european championships moving to with a game of the playoffs thanks to a seven four win over roc

star andrei kirilenko was pretty active in these three groups to the court if he didn't score a tall in seven minutes of action the muscovites one the open call to eight hundred ten manly thing for serbia more eventually than. with nineteen point zero ten k. outscored their opponents in the second to have thirty twenty off time the most courageous extended their branches to a free to their period and they were also in the final one adding seven points to this plane a seventy five sixty five victory. because you know i agree that i will see limited action in russia out of the upcoming your early contest as my shoulder is still not one hundred percent ready tonight both teams played well defensively but we just didn't convert enough offensively in a game like this effort also comes into play and you have to give credit to him for outplaying us down the stretch. in football barcelona have gone top of the standings stats off the bat saying the biggest rivals real madrid away three one it wasn't looking to write for the best. scoring the fastest ever plus it could go within just twenty th

star andrei kirilenko was pretty much ineffective in his brief return to the court if he didn't score tall in seven minutes of action muscovites open court eighteen thanks to sergei moore who eventually finished with nineteen points but called their opponents in the second. and to have a thirty twenty five time they extended the project to free to the fed to it and they were also in the final one adding seven points more than taste part to claim a seventy five sixty five victory. because you know i grieve that i was you limited action in russia out of the upcoming your early contest as my shoulder is still not one hundred percent ready tonight both teams played well defensively but we just didn't convert enough often certainly in a game like this effort also comes into play and you have to give credit to him for outplayed us down the stretch. in football barcelona have gone top of the league a standing stats are saying the biggest rivals real madrid away three one it wasn't looking to brought for the. karim benzema scoring the fastest. with just twenty three seconds. back. to the firs

you know american sport when you personally enjoy kirilenko a k forty seven when you come back now to play in the army club and are you different from the other guys i mean because you've got your good n.b.a. today you'll have four hands so does that make you different does that make you special. well i think n.b.a. experience has definitely helps. players look at your little bit different. know that you have a great experience but it gives you way more responsibility because you can. step you have to be on the same level every day and you have to. give a good example for everybody a bit here i'm here but i'm here to relax i'm here to work i'm here to show you the example how it's supposed to be and you know it takes some probably external just sometimes because. if you play in the n.b.a. you already been everybody knows that you know you're in the team you play and what you can but it is no more than i am here you're more like a symbol. and you know you can't really have you know. they would allow you the usual mistakes and mean you know it's not you know love to make. you mentioned

star andrei kirilenko about what it takes a russian guide to become a sports celebrity spotlight is up next. culture is that so much of allaah to people at hearing all that was it all tell the difference between altruistic two thousand and eleven the world changed in ways hardly anyone could have expected we witnessed the rise of people power on. how we're here and welcome to the spotlight i'll do nov and today my guest on the show is kitty lanka russia supported by the world always known around the world they were always among the best in the world but after the iron curtain fell off the soviet borders twenty years ago many russian stars started to go abroad to play in the best clubs of europe as the united states a bit later russian club started making big bucks and they also started hiring the best athletes in the world and sometimes recruiting the russian stars so came back so stayed abroad what does it take to make a living to make a career in big sports today we have a chance to ask a person who made it both in russia and in the united states kill no one in the n.b.a. as a k fort