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Free Agent Andrei Kirilenko Returns To Court With Protective Mask For CSKA Moscow

Found December 10, 2011 on Beyond the Beat: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Andrei Kirilenko
TEAMS: Utah Jazz

Roughly threee weeks after former Utah Jazz forward and current NBA free agent Andri Kirilenko suffered a broken nose and injured his left shoulder with CSKA Moscow, the masked man returned. "I think it was too early to let Kirilenko play, he was not ready yet," said CSKA head coach Jonas Kazlauskas afterwards. Playing against Khimki in PBL play, Kirilenko went 0-3 in about 7 minutes of action in a 75-65 CSKA loss. Kirilenko practiced with the team on Friday, but was unsure at that time if he would give it a go on Saturday. He ended up playing with a protective mask (after undergoing a nose job the day after he broke his nose against Krasnye Krylia), and looks clear it will take time for Kirilenko to regain his prior form. Before the injury the 6-foot-9 was averaging 13.8 points and nine rebounds in the Euroleague. While his agent Marc Fleisher said his client has received interest from 15 NBA teams on the open market (Jazz paid him $17.8 million last season), there ...
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