Kirilenko To Play For Russian National Team

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    Russia coach David Blatt confirmed to FIBA.com that NBA forward and EuroBasket 2007 MVP Andrei Kirilenko will be in Lithuania competing for the national team.

    "He'll be with us 100% when we go to our first training camp outside Russia,” Blatt said, with Kirilenko having not featured for Russia since the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

    “In less than a week he'll be joining us.

    "The insurance issue is something that I do not handle but our federation is completely on top of it and has taken care of that.

    “In Andrei's case, I believe it's already done.”

    Read more: http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/arti.asp?newsid=48230
     

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