Sanyarin, a valued forum member, has taken time out of his day to translate a recent Andrei Kirilenko Interview originally posted on a German sports portal. I am working to find the source material to credit the original author as I am not familiar with German sports websites. For now, enjoy this contribution he made in our forums. Thanks, Sanyarin!
Greetings fellow pupsters!Haven’t been around for one or two eternities, I guess, and I’m not sure that’s about to change soon. But I just stumbled upon this interview with Andrei Kirilenko, conducted by one of Germany’s most popular (not necessarily best) sport portals and published yesterday. And as I have the rare day off, I thought it might be of some interest to you guys altough there's not much information to be gained from it. Nonetheless, you'll hopefully enjoy it. I might have been absent, but haven’t forgotten about you all.Sadly, my English has gotten a little bit rusty over time and it never was the b...
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Andrei Kirilenko,
Pau Gasol,
Jose Calderon,
Dirk Nowitzki,
Kevin Love,
Rick Adelman,
Juan Carlos Navarro
TEAMS: Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks
TEAMS: Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks
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