Andrei Kirilenko Wins Euroleague Defensive Player of the Year Honors

Remember Andrei Kirilenko? After and up and down 10 year NBA playing career with the Utah Jazz, the former all-star returned home to play basketball this past season with CSKA Russia. While there it appears he was able to return to the form that once earned him an NBA max contract. This past season Kirilenko was named the Most Valuable Player of the Russian League and this week picked up the Euroleague’s Best Defender honors. From looking at the video above it appears AK is back to his old ways. I wonder if it’s because of that crazy back tattoo he got last offseason. Utah Jazz fans probably wish he would have gotten that while still playing there. Whatever the case it will be interesting to see if he tries to return next season to the NBA.