VTB United League Reveals All-Star Game Nominees

VTB United League Reveals All-Star Game Nominees

Voting wrapped up yesterday at noon Moscow time. Fans had a chance to vote for their favorite players on social media from December 6 to January 9. Based on those results, 65 players have been revealed as candidates for the 1st-ever VTB United League All-Star Game.

– During the second stage, leading Russian and foreign media will participate in the voting, – noted League general director Ilona Korstin. – They have been asked to create the teams–Russian Stars and World Stars–which will each have 12 players. An important condition is that neither team can have more than two players from one club. In addition to 20 media representatives, we will also include highly-regarded TV broadcasters, Vladimir Gomelsky and Roman Skvortsov.

Once the media votes, we’ll release the final rosters. On February 1, the coaches selected by the League will name the starting rosters. In addition, we’re going to hold a dunk contest and shooting contest at the All-Star Game. The best dunkers and snipers from around the League will get special invitations. It should be an unforgettable evening for the fans!

Nominees for the All-Star Game

% – percentage of votes (based on social media voting), demonstrating the popularity of Russian/foreign players on each team.

Avtodor
Player Position Votes %
1 Evgeny Kolesnikov Guard 1758 36.3
2 Maxim Kolyushkin Guard 1462 30.2
3 Sergey Bykov Guard 1280 26.5
Player Position Votes %
1 Nick Minnerath Forward 1697 69.8
2 Michael Stockton Guard 256 10.5
3 Branden Frazier Guard 162  6.7
Astana
Player Position Votes %
1 Rob Lowery Guard 61 37.2
2 Ian Miller Guard 58 35.4
3 Ousman Krubally Center 24 14.6
VEF
Player Position Votes %
1 Janis Blums Guard 111 66.1
2 Armands Skele Guard 29 17.3
3 Martins Meiers Center 13 7.7
Enisey
Player Position Votes %
1 Alexey Vzdykhalkin Guard 1771 34.1
2 Vasily Zavoruev Guard 1711 32.9
3 Vladislav Trushkin Forward 1236 23.8
Player Position Votes %
1 Tony Taylor Guard 997 47.6
2 Frank Elegar Center 807 38.5
3 Denis Lukashov Guard 197 9.4
Zenit
Player Position Votes %
1 Sergey Karasev Forward 1888 73.3
2 Anton Pushkov Center 259 10.1
3 Artem Vikhrov Guard 171 6.6
Player Position Votes %
1 Janis Timma Forward 1439 57.9
2 Ryan Toolson Guard 550 22.1
3 Stefan Markovich Guard 209 8.4
Kalev
Player Position Votes %
1 Demonte Harper Guard 206 33.3
2 Martin Dorbek Guard 136 22.0
3 Rain Veideman Guard 96 15.5
Lokomotiv-Kuban
Player Position Votes %
1 Andrei Zubkov Forward 1409 48.1
2 Dmitry Khvostov Guard 1133 38.6
3 Evgeny Baburin Guard 303 10.3
Player Position Votes %
1 Ryan Broekhoff Forward 932 32.2
2 Taylor Rochestie Guard 916 31.6
3 Mardy Collins Forward 484 16.7
Nizhny Novgorod
Player Position Votes %
1 Ivan Strebkov Guard 1528 41.4
2 Petr Gubanov Center 1233 33.4
3 Maxim Grigoryev Guard 387 10.5
Player Position Votes %
1 DeAndre Kane Forward 1202 53.3
2 Tomislav Zubcic Center 481 21.3
3 Siim-Sander Vene Forward 295 13.1
Parma
Player Position Votes %
1 Alexander Vinnik Center 1398 32.4
2 Sergei Chernov Guard 936 21.7
3 Ivan Ukhov Guard 558 12.9
Player Position Votes %
1 Danilo Andjusic Guard
UNICS*
Player Position Votes %
1 Anton Ponkrashov Guard 1257 38.8
2 Evgeny Voronov Guard 646 20.0
3 Vadim Panin Forward 536 16.6
4 Artem Klimenko Center 463 14.3
Player Position Votes %
1 Keith Langford Guard 2550 78.4
2 Artsiom Parakhouski Center 219 6.7
3 Latavious Williams Forward 119 3.7
Khimki
Player Position Votes %
1 Alexey Shved Guard 2308 68.6
2 Sergey Monia Forward 454 13.5
3 Valery Likhodei Forward 227 6.7
Player Position Votes %
1 Jeremy Evans Forward 815 32.3
2 Nobel Boungou-Colo Forward 704 27.9
3 Marko Todorovic Center 384 15.2
Tsmoki-Minsk
Player Position Votes %
1 Dru Joyce Guard 780 37.6
2 Justin Gray Guard 722 34.8
3 Aliaksandr Kudrautsau Guard 155 7.5
CSKA
Player Position Votes %
1 Andrey Vorontsevich Forward 1595 33.9
2 Viktor Khryapa Forward 920 19.5
3 Nikita Kurbanov Forward 810 17.2
Player Positions Votes %
1 Milos Teodosic Guard 2199 55.1
2 Nando De Colo Guard 1192 29.9
3 Kyle Hines Center 231 5.8