CSKA re-sign two more Russian players to multi-year extensions / News - Basketnews.com

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CSKA Moscow announced that they are re-signing forward Semen Antonov and guard Ivan Ukhov. Antonov will keep playing for Moscow for three more seasons, while Antonov has penned a guaranteed two-year extension with an option for another year (2+1).

Antonov (2.02 meters, 31 years old) averaged 1.8 points on 45.8% three-point shooting in 32 EuroLeague games (8.5 MPG) last season. In addition, he averaged 5.3 rebounds and 3.2 rebounds per VTB contest. He joined CSKA in 2016 and has helped the team reach four consecutive Final Fours, including winning the EuroLeague trophy in 2019. Antonov has also helped CSKA win five consecutive VTB United League crowns.

Born in Nizhnevartovsk, Antonov started his professional basketball career with Avtodor Saratov. He later played for TSU-Basket Tambov and Nizhny Novgorod, before joining CSKA. He has also been a member of the Russian national team since 2011 and helped the team win bronze medals at EuroBasket 2011, as well as the 2012 Olympic Games. Antonov reached the EuroCup semifinals and the VTB United League finals with Nizhny Novgorod in 2014. In 160 EuroLeague career games with Nizhny Novgorod and CSKA, Antonov has averaged 3.1 points and 1.7 rebounds.

"I love reading books and I know that their main value is the expectation of something new, the emotions and sensations that the disclosure of the plot and the author’s idea brings. However, in life and sports, it is important to know what awaits you at a new turn, what tomorrow will be like. Therefore, I perceive the extension of relations with my native club as a continuation of my favorite story, which combines the stability and confidence that the club gives me, with the emotions and novelty that our favorite sport of basketball brings to all of us,” he explained in club's press release. “I am happy to retain the right to call myself an Army player, I am aware of my responsibility and will make every effort to have as many new victories as possible.”

CSKA is also bringing Ivan Ukhov (1.93 meters, 25 years old), who averaged 2.2 points and 0.8 assists in 26 EuroLeague games (9 MPG) last season. In his three seasons with the CSKA, Ukhov has helped his team win the EuroLeague in 2019 and lift the VTB League trophy three consecutive times. Ukhov started his career with Parma Perm before joining CSKA in 2018. He helped Perm win the Russian Cup in 2016 and has been a member of the Russian national team since 2017.

“It is a great honor and great responsibility to be part of CSKA,” he said in club's press release. “I know that I have not yet reached my full potential, and I am ready to work to reach a new level. I am grateful to the club and coaching staff for the opportunity to prove myself and help the team fight for titles.”

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