Sergei Monia

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{{Infobox NBA Player | name = Sergei Monia | position = Forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 203 | nationality = Russia | birth_date = [[April 05} ]] 1982 (age Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "}") Sergei Monia (born April 15, 1983 in Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional basketball player who was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 2004 NBA Draft. A 6'8", 220 lbs. guard-forward, Monia played briefly for the Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings during the 2005-06 season.

On February 23, 2006, Monia and Seattle SuperSonics center Vitaly Potapenko were traded to the Kings in exchange for power forward Brian Skinner (who landed with the Blazers) in a three-team deal. Monia saw action in only three games for the Kings and was waived on July 28, 2006 because of his desire to play professionally in Europe for Dynamo Moscow.

Monia is a member of the Russian national team.

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2004 NBA Draft
First Round
Dwight Howard | Emeka Okafor | Ben Gordon | Shaun Livingston | Devin Harris | Josh Childress | Luol Deng | Rafael Araújo | Andre Iguodala | Luke Jackson | Andris Biedriņš | Robert Swift | Sebastian Telfair | Kris Humphries | Al Jefferson | Kirk Snyder | Josh Smith | J.R. Smith | Dorell Wright | Jameer Nelson | Pavel Podkolzin | Viktor Khryapa | Sergei Monia | Delonte West | Tony Allen | Kevin Martin | Sasha Vujačić | Beno Udrih | David Harrison
Second Round

Anderson Varejão | Jackson Vroman | Peter John Ramos | Lionel Chalmers | Donta Smith | Andre Emmett | Antonio Burks | Royal Ivey | Chris Duhon | Albert Miralles | Justin Reed | David Young | Viktor Sanikidze | Trevor Ariza | Tim Pickett | Bernard Robinson | Ha Seung-Jin | Pape Sow | Ricky Minard | Sergei Lishouk | Vassilis Spanoulis | Christian Drejer | Romain Sato | Matt Freije | Rickey Paulding | Luis Flores | Marcus Douthit | Sergei Karaulov | Blake Stepp | Rashad Wright