By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
CSKA has signed guard Alexander Gavrilov (20 y.o., 193 cm) to a 3+2 contract. Gavrilov is coming from the CSKA sports school and CSKA’s junior project, and has been part of the team for the past 12 years. He was one of the second team’s leaders past two seasons. Gavrilov is a 3-time Youth Championships’ winner and Russian JBL champion and he was named the VTB United Youth League Final 8 Best Point Guard this year. The player averaged 10.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.7 steals for CSKA-2 in 2015-16 season. He also made his debut for the main team and score a single point in away game against Enisey.
“We closely follow Sasha’s progress, he spent two preseason camps with us. He definitely improves as a point guard, in understanding the game, and now the time has come to make a step forward, to be among men and compete on higher level. It is his time to show up, and we want him to grow as a professional player.” said coach Dimitris Itoudis
In the words of the player: “I passed a long way to reach this moment, I went all the way, starting from CSKA Sports School, continuing to JBL and CSKA-2. I remember myself watching my favorite players from the stands here in CSKA when I was 9-10 years old. So now I am happy. I will continue working and I will try to earn the right to play in my favorite team’s uniform.”