Alexander Anatolyevich Volkov

Alexander Volkov
No. 8
Power forward
Personal information
Date of birth March 28, 1964 (1964-03-28) (age 47)
Place of birth Omsk, Russian SFSR, USSR
Nationality Ukrainian
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
NBA Draft 1986 / Round: 6 / Pick: 134th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Pro career 1981–2002
Career history
1981–1986 Budivelnik Kiev
1986–1988 CSKA Moscow
1988–1989 Budivelnyk Kiev
1989–1992 Atlanta Hawks
1992–1993 Panasonic Reggio Calabria (Italy)
1993–1994 Panathinaikos (Greece)
1994–1995 Olympiacos (Greece)
2000–2002 BC Kyiv (Ukraine)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Волков; born March 28, 1964, in Omsk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR) is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" (2.08 m), he played the forward position.

Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team. He also came out briefly from retirement to play for the Ukraine national basketball team in 1998.[1]

He played professionally for Budivelnyk Kiev (1981–1986; 1988–1989), CSKA Moscow (1986–1988), the Atlanta Hawks (1989–1992), Panasonic Reggio Calabria (1992–1993), Panathinaikos (1993–1994), Olympiacos (1994–1995), and BC Kyiv (2000–2002).

He was one of the founders of BC Kyiv. Volkov, who already retired from playing in 1995, returned for several appearances to help the newly-found team in 2000. He has also served as the team's president.[2]

From 1999 to 2000, he served as Minister of Sports in Ukraine. In June 2007, he was elected the head of the Ukrainian Basketball Federation.[3]

Contents

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1989–90 Atlanta 72 4 13.0 .482 .382 .583 1.7 1.2 .5 .3 5.0
1991–92 Atlanta 77 27 19.7 .441 .318 .631 3.4 3.2 .9 .4 8.6
Career 149 31 16.5 .455 .333 .613 2.6 2.2 .7 .3 6.8

Notes

  1. ^ Taylor, Richard (December 3, 1998). "Basketball: England frozen out by Ukraine". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/basketball-england-frozen-out-by-ukraine-1188968.html. Retrieved October 16, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Volkov looks forward to All Star Day". FIBA Europe. March 9, 2004. http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_3-I9xIK,H52ZNfYSgahgJ0.inplayer_on.inteam_on.intext_on.infoto_on.search_volkov.x_0.y_0.articlesPage_1.coid_uXby9M0YJ4ALCKDSJfrRV2.html. Retrieved October 16, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Volkov Elected President Of Ukraine Federation". FIBA Europe. June 21, 2007. http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.playerID_8050.teamID_2183.roundID_1786.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1999.coid_XMLbsK7GHXIO034L4HJG-3.articleMode_on.html. Retrieved October 16, 2010. 

External links

4 Volkov | 5 Sokk | 6 Tarakanov | 7 Grichaiev | 8 Ekabson | 9 Tikhonenko | 10 Valters | 11 Tkachenko | 12 Kurtinaitis | 13 Chomičius | 14 Belostenny | 15 Sabonis | Coach: Obukhov
4 Lopatov | 5 Vetra | 6 Sokk | 7 Tikhonenko | 8 Volkov | 9 Belostenny | 10 Berezhnoi | 11 Meleschenko | 12 Bazarevich | 13 Sukharev | 14 Korolev | 15 Pinchuk | Coach: Garastas

Volkov · Sokk · Tarakanov · Marčiulionis · Miglinieks · Tikhonenko · Kurtinaitis · Sabonis · Pankrashkin · Chomičius · Belostenny · Goborov · Coach: Gomelsky