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Zenit St Petersburg strengthened their backcourt with the local talent Andrey Toptunov.

According to the press release, 19-year-old Toptunov signed a three-year deal with the Russian club.

"Zenit is a team with great ambitions, an excellent selection of players, and a strong coach. Not every player is given that chance, especially at my age," the youngster said in the press release. "Thanks to the management of the club and the coaching staff for their trust."

1.84 m Toptunov arrives from Burevestnik Yaroslav, where he averaged 11.5 points and 3.5 assists in 24 Russian League games last season. He scored 35 points against Ufimets Ufa, becoming the youngest player to reach that scoring mark in the Russian League history.

Current roster

Zenit St Petersburg

Position Player Status PG Shabazz Napier (story) Signed until 2022 PG Denis Zakharov Signed until 2022 PG Conner Frankamp (story) Signeduntil 2023 PG Andrey Toptunov (story) Signed until 2024 SG Jordan Loyd Signeduntil 2023 SG Dmitry Kulagin Signed until 2022 SG Billy Baron (story) Signed until 2023 SG Sergey Karasev Signeduntil 2022 SF Mateusz Ponitka Signeduntil 2024 SF Dmitry Kulagin Signeduntil 2022 SF Igor Volkhin Signeduntil 2022 SF/PF Mindaugas Kuzminskas (story) Signed until 2022 PF Andrey Zubkov Signeduntil 2022 PF Maksim Karvanen Signeduntil 2022 PF/C Jordan Mickey (story) Signed until 2022 PF/C Anton Pushkov(story) Signed until 2023 C Arturas Gudaitis Signeduntil 2024 C Alex Poythress Signeduntil 2022 Coach Xavi Pascual Expired contract Kevin Pangos (not coming back), Austin Hollins (not coming back), KC Rivers (not coming back), Will Thomas, Vitaly Fridzon, Vladislav Trushkin (not coming back) Rumored to leave Dmitry Khvostov (not coming back) Interested

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