LONDON – Andrei Kirilenko and Aleksey Shved powered Russia past China 73-54 in the first game of the day at the Olympic Basketball Stadium.
Kirilenko led the way with 16 points on 7-for-12 shooting from the floor, 7-for-10 from inside the 3-point line. Shed had 14 and six assists. Yi Jianlian led China with 16 points and was the only player from China to score in double digits.
yi jianlian is a beast (sarcasm)
Yi Jianlian is a chinese with small eyes
The Lakers need him as a backup big or you guys won’t win it all (no sarcasm).
Mavs should have played him more.
they do? they have bynum, hill, and gasol.
Celtics aside, the Lakers are the next winningest NBA franchise of all time. But you obviously have the rings to show how much better you are (sarcasm intended). Don’t let your envy trip you on the way out the door. Oh, and you’re a complete idiot (fact .. no sarcasm required).
Kirilenko is a beast too (sarcasm). He also scored 16 points.
16 points!!!!!! thats alot he should be given the mvp pronto!!! (sarcasm)
How about I hit you both in the head with YI Jianlian shoe! (no sarcasm)
Im pretty sure its Šved not Shed
and when sved saw that he “shed” tears cuz of the mistake
both of the Russians are going to the wolves
Gooooo TimberWolves!!!
Šved would be a Slovak name, Shved is his real name.
Well his real name is Алексей Викторович Швед (Alexey Viktorovich Shved). His surname means “Swedish” in russian.
thank goodness for the technology of ‘pasting’.
LMFAO!!!!! Good one, Ken
China is amateur level compare with other good European teams even when Yao Ming was at his best with Wang Zhizhi & Liu. Now with the current team, is even weaker. Yi is more like a D leaguer.
Say whatever you want about yi, i bet he’s still better most of y’all. At least he had the opportunity to represent his country in he olympics. Thats what its all about. Stop hatin’
i hate when people say this we are putting yi in the tier of professional basketball , so we can hate all we want now this kind of riff raff talk is good if you in a rec ball court and a guy sidelines is talking treash because its the same level so your not witty your stupid for making that statment.
Artem is a Russian name as well. What pasting are you exactly talking about?
Alexey Shved will win Rookie of the Year on the Timberwolves for sure.
With Anthony Davis playing in his Rookie year? Keep dreaming.
Don’t know how much playing time Shved will actually get. Adelman and Kahn were planning on bringing Ricky Rubio along slowly also, but before the knee injury was the key to Timberwolves success. Shved, will likely have to split his playing time at both pg/sg. If he plays well early which Ricky is still building strength and not full recovered he likely will see regular minutes. His time at SG however, will depend on the health of Roy, as well as the ability of Buddinger to move to SG and play strong defense while shooting the open three. Should any of those three have early season difficulty, Shved might get more minutes. There is no question the kid has ability, has enjoyed success in Europe, and has major pro experience. He also knows Kirilenko very well and they play well together…. still big minutes do not necessarily translate into rookie of the year. It could happen, I would love to see it, but only time will tell. I’m more concerned with his development into a solid player for many years than those rookie honors.
where is Jeremy Lin?
Linsane in the membrane!!!
Americans are stupid.
Stop hatin’