Alexey Swede basketball player biography. Alexey Shved: “In Khimki I will have the opportunity to fight for titles”

Alexey Viktorovich Shved(born December 16, 1988 in Belgorod, USSR) is a Russian professional basketball player who plays for the Khimki team. Before that, he spent two seasons with the NBA team Minnesota Timberwolves, and spent part of the 2014/2015 season with the Philadelphia 76ers and Houston Rockets. The most progressive player of the Russian Basketball Championship 2010/11. As a member of the Russian national basketball team, he won bronze medals at the 2011 European Championship and the 2012 Olympic Games. On August 20, 2012, after the successful performance of the Russian basketball team at the 2012 Olympics, Shved was awarded the title “Honored Master of Sports of Russia.”

Career

He started playing basketball at Sports School No. 1 in Belgorod. Alexey's first coach was his father Viktor Nikolaevich Shved.

Plays in the positions of shooting guard and point guard. He played for Konti (St. Petersburg), Burevestnik (Belgorod), the youth team of CSKA (Moscow), and Khimki. Until the end of the 2009/2010 season, he played for Dynamo Moscow on loan.

Alexey Shved participated in the 2010 NBA draft along with Artyom Zabelin, but was not selected in either the first or second round.

NBA

Season 2012/2013

On July 10, 2012, the Associated Press reported that Shved would leave CSKA and sign a three-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves worth $10 million. Two days later, he officially transferred to the Timberwolves.

At the beginning of the 2012–13 season, due to injuries to a number of Minnesota's leading defenders, Shved became one of the team's key players, spending more than 20 minutes on the court. Already in his 7th game in the NBA, Alexey scored 16 points in 33 minutes, adding 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals. In the 9th game of the season, the Swede raised the bar even higher for his personal record for points scored in the NBA - 22 points in 33 minutes. Alexey became the 4th Russian in NBA history to score at least 20 points in a game, after Viktor Khryapa, Timofey Mozgov and Andrei Kirilenko, while the Shved needed the fewest number of matches to do this.

On December 14, 2012, the player made his first appearance in the starting five of the Timberwolves in an away match against the New Orleans Hornets, and his team won with a score of 102-113.

On December 20, 2012, he made the first double-double in his overseas career (12 points, 12 assists) in a victorious game against the championship leader Oklahoma City Thunder. By the beginning of 2013, Alexey Shved in the NBA scored 10.9 points, made 4.6 assists, spending an average of about 28 minutes on the floor. After the New Year, Shved's performance dropped significantly due to the return of Minnesota's main point guard, Spaniard Ricky Rubio, to the lineup after an injury (in March, Alexey played on average 18.7 minutes per match, and in April - 16.7).

As a result, the Swede finished the 2012–13 regular season with averages of 8.6 points and 3.7 assists in 23.5 minutes. At the same time, the field goal percentage was low - 37.2%. During the season, Alexey managed to make a double-double twice. Minnesota finished 12th in the Western Conference (31 wins-51 losses) and missed the playoffs. At the same time, back in early January, the team had more wins than losses (16-15), but then, due to the injuries of Kevin Love and Andrei Kirilenko and the not always stable play of Rubio, there was a failure (only 4 wins in 26 matches during the period from January 9 to March 4), and there was no chance of getting into the playoffs.

On February 15, 2013, Alexey took part in the rising stars match as part of the All-Star Game. The Swede spent 18 minutes on the court, scored 12 points and made 4 assists. His team won with a score of 163:135. Previously, only Andrei Kirilenko participated in such NBA matches among Russians.

Season 2014/2015

In the offseason, namely on August 22, Shved was traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Philadelphia 76ers as a result of a three-way deal. The Swede will go to Philadelphia along with forward Luc Mbah a Moute, and forward Thaddeus Young will travel in the opposite direction. Forwards Andrew Wiggins (the first pick in the 2014 draft) and Anthony Bennett will leave Cleveland for Minnesota. The Sixers will also receive Miami's first-round pick in the 2015 draft (Cleveland's).

Alexey Shved is a professional basketball player, currently in the ranks of the Russian basketball club “Khimki”, and is considered the most progressive player in Russian basketball. Plays as a combo guard (attacking guard and point guard). Height - 198 cm, weight - 83-85 kg, age at the beginning of 2017 - 28 years.

Biography and career

Alexey Shved was born in 1988, on December 16, in the city of Belgorod, at that time part of the USSR.

Little Alexey dreamed of playing sports since childhood; his father, Viktor Nikolaevich Shved, led the basketball section at Belgorod Sports School No. 1, and his son also attended classes.

Alexey Shved played for such Russian clubs as the Belgorod "Burevestnik", the CSKA youth team, and the St. Petersburg team "Conti". In the 2009/2010 season he played as a loaned player for Dynamo Moscow.

In 2010, Lyosha, together with the famous Russian basketball player Artyom Zabelin, took part in the draft of the most rated basketball league - the NBA, but was not selected in both rounds.

NBA career

In 2012, on July 10, the Associated Press news agency reported that the management of the Minnesota Timberwolves club was ready to offer a three-year contract to the Shved worth 10 million euros. The transition was completed.

Due to injuries to the main defenders of the Minnesota team, in the 2012/2013 season Alexey Shved quickly joined the team and became one of the team's key defenders. In the ninth league game, he scored 22 points in 34 minutes of play.

In December 2012, Shved first appeared in the starting five of the Timberwolves team; the opponents were players from the New Orleans club.

The athlete scored his first so-called double-double overseas (a basketball player must give 12 assists and score 12 points in a match) on December 20 against the Oklahoma City Thunder team, which was the leader in the league at that time.

After the New Year's break, the basketball player's statistics dropped sharply; Alexey Shved ended the season with average results for the NBA.

In the off-season, Alexei and forward Luke Mba were traded for player Thaddeus Young; as a result of a three-way deal, the basketball player ended up with the Philadelphia 76ers.

After playing 17 matches, the Swede ended up in the Houston Rockers as a result of another exchange.

Lyosha played only 9 matches for Houston; later, the basketball player made another move to the New York Knicks. As part of this team, the Swede set a personal record, scoring 25 points in a match and making seven three-point shots out of eight. This is how the 2014/2015 season ended.

In the new season, the basketball player refused to renew his contract, which was worth $2.8 million, and returned to the Russian basketball club Khimki, where he has been since 2017.

Awards and achievements

Over his rather long career, Alexey Shved has achieved great heights.

He became the champion of Russia 4 times and the winner of the Euroleague 2007/2008 as part of the CSKA club, in the same club he was the winner of the Alexander Gomelsky Cup, but already in 2011. Awarded the Golden Basket award as the best young basketball player in Russia in 2008.

National team awards:

bronze medal at the European Championships 2011.
bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

He was awarded the II degree medal “For Services to the Fatherland” and is also an Honored Master of Sports of Russia.

We wish Alexey good luck in his professional career and beyond!

Russian basketball player who plays for the NBA team Minnesota Timberwolves.

He started playing basketball at Sports School No. 1 in Belgorod. Alexey's first coach was his father Viktor Nikolaevich Shved.

Until the end of the 2009/2010 season, he played for Dynamo Moscow on loan. Plays in the positions of shooting guard and point guard. He played for Konti (St. Petersburg), Burevestnik (Belgorod), the youth team of CSKA (Moscow), and Khimki.

Alexey Shved participated in the 2010 NBA Draft along with Artem Zabelin, but was not selected in either the first or second round.

NBA

Achievements

3-time champion of Russia (2007/08, 2008/09, 2011/12) as part of PBC CSKA.

Winner of the Euroleague (2007/08) with CSKA.

Winner of the Euroleague youth tournament (2005/06) with CSKA.

Silver medalist of the Youth League (2005/06) as a member of CSKA.

Winner of the Golden Basket Award in the category “Best Young Basketball Player of Russia” 2008

Winner of the MVP of the Alexander Gomelsky Cup (2008/09) as a member of CSKA

Bronze medalist at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Awards

Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (August 13, 2012) - for his great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sporting achievements at the Games of the XXX Olympiad 2012 in London (Great Britain).

One of the strongest and most effective basketball players in Russia. Honored Master of Sports.

Alexey Shved was born on December 16, 1988 in the city of Belgorod. He started playing basketball at the specialized children's and youth school of Olympic reserve No. 1 in Belgorod. Alexey's first coach was his father Viktor Nikolaevich Shved.

Plays in the positions of shooting guard and point guard. He played for Konti, Burevestnik, the CSKA youth team, and Khimki. Until the end of the 2009/2010 season, he played for Dynamo Moscow on loan. Alexey Shved entered the 2010 NBA Draft along with Artem Zabelin, but was not selected in the first or second round.

In July 2012, the Associated Press reported that Shved would leave CSKA and sign a three-year contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves worth $10 million. Two days later, he officially joined the Timberwolves.

The player made his first start for the Timberwolves on December 14, 2012 against the New Orleans Hornets in a 102-113 victory.

Later, he made the first double-double in his overseas career in a victorious game against the championship leader Oklahoma City Thunder. By the beginning of 2013, Alexey Shved in the NBA scored 10.9 points, made 4.6 assists, spending an average of about 28 minutes on the floor. After the New Year, Shved's performance dropped significantly due to the return of Minnesota's main point guard, Spaniard Ricky Rubio, to the lineup after an injury.

In February 2013, Alexey took part in the rising stars match as part of the All-Star Game. The Swede spent 18 minutes on the court, scored 12 points and made 4 assists. His team won with a score of 163:135. Previously, only Andrei Kirilenko among the Russians participated in such matches of the National Basketball Association.

During the offseason, Shved was traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Philadelphia 76ers in a three-way deal. The Swede will go to Philadelphia along with forward Luc Mbah a Moute, and forward Thaddeus Young will travel in the opposite direction. Forwards Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett will leave Cleveland for Minnesota. The Sixers will also receive Miami's first-round pick in the 2015 draft.

But, having played in only 17 matches and never appeared on the floor in the starting five, on December 20, as a result of a three-way deal, Alexey was traded to the Houston Rockets. In addition to Shved, Houston also received Corey Brewer from Minnesota, sent Troy Daniels to the Timberwolves, and also gave away the right to select in the second round of the 2015 draft and the second round of the 2016 draft. Philadelphia received from Houston the right to select in the second round of the draft and the rights to Ukrainian legionnaire Sergei Lishchuk. Philadelphia, in turn, acquired Ronny Turiaf. In addition, Houston put Francisco Garcia into the waiver draft.

Alexey played only nine games for the Rockets, and on February 19, 2015, Shved was sent to the New York Knicks in exchange for defenseman Pablo Prigioni. Together with the Russian, the Knicks received two second-round picks in future drafts.

In March 2015, he set a personal scoring record in a regular season match with Philadelphia (81:97), scoring 25 points, making 7 out of eight three-point shots.

Three months later, the management of the New Yorkers offered Alexey a contract worth 2.8 million dollars, but he refused and returned to Russia - to Khimki - and became the highest paid player in the Euroleague, in which he and the club entered the Top 16. While playing in the VTB United League, Shved became MVP and the most valuable player of the month.

Alexey is married, his wife is Nastasya. Athlete's height: 198 cm. Weight: 86 kg.

Date of birth of Alexey Shved: December 16, 1988
NBA club: Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets, New York Knicks
Position: Point Guard or Shooting Guard
Game number: 1
Hobbies: computer games
Where he lives: Moscow, Russia
Instagram of Alexey Shved: shved.1, 34.3 thousand subscribers
Net worth: $10 million
Personal life: for a long time I dated CSKA cheerleader dancer Nastasya Ziaditdinova (Instagram - akvariym, 32.1 thousand subscribers) and married her in 2015
Children: no

Alexey Shved

A professional basketball player from Russia who played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets, and New York Knicks clubs of the National Basketball Association. He was not selected in the 2010 NBA Rookie Draft and signed directly with Minnesota in 2012.

The Swede is a graduate of Belgorod basketball. Before moving to America, he played for St. Petersburg “Conti”, Belgorod “Burevestnik”, “Khimki”, Moscow “Dynamo” and CSKA. In July 2012, he signed a three-year contract with Minnesota for a total of $10 million.

The Swede played for Minnesota for two years before ending up in Philadelphia as a result of a three-way trade in August 2014. The Russian did not stay with the new team for long and already in December he moved to Houston. Finally, in February 2015, another trade sent Alexei to the New York Knicks. In 16 games with the Knicks, he averaged 14.8 points.

In the summer of 2015, the Swede decided to return to Russia and signed a three-year agreement with Khimki, which was valued at $10.2 million. At the end of the 2016/2017 season, he was recognized as MVP of the VTB United League. I considered returning to the NBA, but ultimately signed a new contract with Khimki until the end of the 2019/2020 season. Champion of the Euroleague 2008 with CSKA, two-time champion of the VTB United League. Bronze medalist of the 2012 Olympics as a member of the Russian national basketball team.

Alexey Shved: the best moments

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