BC NN President Dmitry Svatkovsky shared his thoughts on the latest team success and his hopes on play-off.
Let me congratulate everyone on this beautiful and determined victory over CSKA and with the entering VTB United League playoff. The last two games will show where we will start the ppp and who we will meet in the first round. I think we’ll face the serious battle in playoff. We now have our center Primoz Brezec recovering from his injury. Many young guys increase their skills, so our team shows fair game, which was proved during the last game with the best Russian club. I’m sure that Nizhny will show their character in playoff, accompanied by our fans support. We have great fans who help our team struggle and move forward never minding the score. And that is really important. So I hope that together we’ll show some surprising result and we’ll defeat some more grandees in the playoff.
Nizhny Novgorod landed Sean Denison
BC Nizhny Novgorod signed a one-year deal with Canadian bigman Sean Denison (211 cm, 111 kg, 32 y.o.). Last season he spent in Romanian CSM Oradea, participating in the national championship and Basketball Champions League. From 2011 till 2013 he played in Russian clubs Spartak-Primorye and Ataman.
Nizhny Novgorod terminated the contract with American forward Erik McCree who’d joined the team this august. The decision was made by mutual agreement. At the moment Nizhny is in search of a new player for the vacant place.
BC Nizhny Novgorod signed Erik McCree
BC NN signed a two-year contract with American forward Erik McCree (23 y.o., 203 cm, 102 kg). From 2013 to 2017 he was playing for Louisiana Tech in NCAA. Last season he showed his best statistics averaging 17,7 points, 8,9 rebounds, 1,3 assists in 33 games.
Sterling Gibbs joins BC Nizhny Novgorod
BC NN signed a two-year deal with American point guard Sterling Gibbs (188cm, 84kg, 24 y.o). In his college years he played for Seton Hall Pirates and Connecticut Huskies in NCAA. In 2016-2017 spent his first season overseas as he joined Hungarian team Kormend. He helped the team to semifinals in Hungarian Cup and Hungarian League averaging 14,4 points, 2,1 rebounds, 3,3 assists in 27 games.
