Listed weight 254 lb (115 kg) Height 2.12 m League Liga ACBEurocup NBA draft 2009 / Undrafted Weight 115 kg | Nationality Ukrainian Name Viacheslav Kravtsov Career start 2005 Listed height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Role Basketball player Salary 1.5 million USD (2013) | |
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Viacheslav "Slava" Kravtsov (Ukrainian: В’ячеслав Кравцов; born August 25, 1987) is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for Eskişehir Basket of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He also represents the Ukrainian national basketball team.
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- Viacheslav kravtsov s new york moment 2014 01 10
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- Professional career
- International career
- References
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Professional career
Kravtsov played in the Ukrainian basketball league for BC Kyiv from 2005 to 2010. Kravtsov declared for the 2009 NBA draft, 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 for the 2010 NBA Summer League. He then joined BC Donetsk, for which he played from 2010 to 2012.
On July 14, 2012, Kravtsov signed with the Detroit Pistons.
On July 31, 2013, Kravtsov was traded, along with Brandon Knight and Khris Middleton, to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for guard Brandon Jennings. On August 29, 2013, Kravtsov and Ish Smith were traded to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Caron Butler. On March 1, 2014, he was waived by the Suns.
On September 16, 2014, he signed with the Foshan Dralions of China for the 2014–15 CBA season.
In July 2015, he joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2015 Las Vegas Summer League. On September 30, 2015, Kravtsov signed a short-term contract with CSKA Moscow, in order to replace injured Joel Freeland. On December 26, 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.
He came back to Spain on 18 October 2016 to sign with Valencia Basket. On June 30, 2017, Valencia announced that they did not renew their contract with Kravtsov.
On July 22, 2017, Kravtsov signed with Turkish club Eskişehir Basket for the 2017–18 season.
International career
In 2013, Kravtsov helped the Ukrainian national basketball team qualify for their first FIBA World Cup since the break-up of the Soviet Union 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.