Viacheslav "Slava" Kravtsov (; born 25 August 1987) is a Ukrainian professional
basketball
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player for the
Borneo Hornbills of the
Indonesian Basketball League
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(IBL). He also represents the
Ukrainian national basketball team.
Professional career
Kravtsov played in the Ukrainian basketball league for
BC Kyiv from 2005 to 2010. Kravtsov declared for the
2009 NBA draft
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, but after not being selected by a team, he returned to Kyiv to play one additional season. In July 2010, he joined the
Boston Celtics
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for the 2010
NBA Summer League
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. He then joined
BC Donetsk, for which he played from 2010 to 2012.
On 14 July 2012, Kravtsov signed with the
Detroit Pistons
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.
On 31 July 2013, Kravtsov was traded, along with
Brandon Knight and
Khris Middleton, to the
Milwaukee Bucks
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in exchange for guard
Brandon Jennings. On 29 August 2013, Kravtsov and
Ish Smith were traded to the
Phoenix Suns
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in exchange for
Caron Butler. On 1 March 2014, he was waived by the Suns.
On 16 September 2014, he signed with the
Foshan Dralions of China for the
2014–15 CBA season.
In July 2015, he joined the
Milwaukee Bucks
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for the 2015 Las Vegas Summer League. On 30 September 2015, Kravtsov signed a short-term contract with
CSKA Moscow
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, in order to replace injured
Joel Freeland. On 26 December 2015, he signed with the Spanish club
CAI Zaragoza for the rest of the season. He averaged 11.1 points and 6.5 rebounds at the
Eurocup and 8.4 points and 5.4 rebounds at the
Liga ACB
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.
He came back to Spain on 18 October 2016 to sign with
Valencia Basket. On 30 June 2017, Valencia announced that they did not renew their contract with Kravtsov.
On 22 July 2017, Kravtsov signed with Turkish club
Eskişehir Basket for the 2017–18 season. On 19 July 2018, Kravtsov signed a one-year deal with
San Pablo Burgos of the
Liga ACB
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. He spent the 2019–20 season in Japan with
San-en NeoPhoenix
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The team was founded in 1965, as the company team of the OSG ...
, averaging 13.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. On September 3, 2020, Kravtsov signed with
Dnipro
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of the
Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.
Career statistics
NBA
Regular season
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International career
In 2013, Kravtsov helped the
Ukrainian national basketball team qualify for their first
FIBA World Cup
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since the break-up of the
Soviet Union
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by leading everyone in the
2013 EuroBasket tournament in blocks made with an average of two blocks per game. At the 2014 FIBA World Cup, he averaged 7.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup – Viacheslav KRAVTSOV
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References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada players
Basket Zaragoza players
BC Donetsk players
BC Kyiv players
CB Miraflores players
Centers (basketball)
Detroit Pistons players
Eskişehir Basket players
Guangzhou Loong Lions players
Liga ACB players
NBA players from Ukraine
PBC CSKA Moscow players
Phoenix Suns players
San-en NeoPhoenix players
Sportspeople from Odesa
Ukrainian expatriate basketball people in China
Ukrainian expatriate basketball people in Russia
Ukrainian sportspeople in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian War
Ukrainian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Ukrainian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Ukrainian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Ukrainian men's basketball players
Undrafted NBA players
Valencia Basket players
Ukrainian expatriates in Taiwan
CB Menorca players
Expatriate basketball people in Indonesia
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
Borneo Hornbills players