UNICS strengthened roster with former Khimki guard / News - Basketnews.com

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Newly promoted UNICS Kazan agreed to a two-year (1+1) contract with Vyacheslav Zaytsev. 31-year-old Russian has been a member of the Khimki Moscow Region since 2016.

Viacheslav Zaytsev

MIN:19.47PTS:5.15 (53.04%)REB:2.41As:2.44ST:1.32BL:0.41TO:1.62GM:34ProfileEuroLeague2020/2021

Last season Zaytsev appeared in all 34 EuroLeague games, averaging almost 20 minutes per contest. He registered 5.1 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 2.4 APG, and 1.3 SPG for the last-place finishing Khimki (4-30).

UNICS Kazan reached the EuroCup finals last season, losing to AS Monaco in two games but still earning the promotion to the top division in Europe.

Current roster

UNICS Kazan

Position Player Status PG Isaiah Canaan Contract option +1 PG Georgy Zhbanov Contract option +1 SG Vyacheslav Zaytsev(story) Signed until 2023 SG Pavel Sergeev Contract option +1 SF John Brown Signed until 2023 C Jordan Morgan Contract option +1 Coach Velimir Perasovic (story) Expired contract Dimitris Priftis (not coming back), Jordan Theodore, Jamar Smith, Nate Wolters, John Holland, John Brown, Okaro White, Kostas Kaimakoglou, Artem Klimenko, Evgeny Kolesnikov, Pavel Antipov Rumored to leave Interested

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