JR Holden lifts Russia To Euro Champions Print E-mail
Written by AJ   
Monday, 17 September 2007

JR Holden, Pittsburgh native and former Bucknell Bison who has become a naturalized Russian citizen according to Wikipedia.

Hit a 2 point jumper with just over 2 seconds left on the clock despite the efforts of tourney MVP and UTah Jazz star Andrei Kirilenko

The Russian team was coachec by David Blatt, a former Princeton Tiger who has been coaching overseas since the early 1980's.

Here is a quick snapshot of some of the players on the Euro qualifying teams that play in the NBA

Russia
Andrei Kirilenko
Viktor Khryapa
Lithuania
Darius Songaila
Linas Kleiza
Sarunas Jasikevicius
Serbia
Darko Milicic
Marko Jaric
Latvia
Andris Biedrins
Spain
Pau Gasol
Rudy Fernandez
Sergio Rodriguez
Jorge Garbajosa
France
Ronny Turiaf
Tony Parker
Boris Diaw
Yakhouba Diawara
Croatia
Damir Markota
Italy
Andrea Bargnani
Marco Belinelli
Turkey
Mehmet Okur
Hidayet Turkoglu
Slovenia
Radoslav Nesterovic
Uros Slokar
 
Germany
Dirk Nowitzki

 

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