The rest of the basketball players of "Tsmoki-Minsk" after Sunday's home match of the VTB United League with Saratov ‘Avtodor’ was short-lived. Tomorrow, March 31, Rostislav Vergun's wards will have to fight in Perm with the local ‘PARMA-PARIBET’ club. The game will be held at the site of the Molot Sports Palace and will start at 17.30 Belarusian time.
The ‘dragons’ met with the Permians at the beginning of the championship: On October 10, in Minsk, our team lost the minimum in a hard struggle - 75:78. Yauheni Beliankou demonstrated the most effective game that evening: 20 points, 5 rebounds with a utility score of 23.
It is noteworthy that now the opponents will put up heavily updated squads for the match. Compared to October, Angelo Warner, Jason Clark, Stefan Yankovych and Artem Kuzmin are no longer in ‘Tsmoki-Minsk’. ‘PARMA-PARIBET’ suffered even more significant losses: Eigirdas Zukauskas, Mareks Mejeris, Marcel Ponitka, Jeremiah Hill, Adas Juskevicius and Belarusian Artem Parakhovsky left the team. In addition, on February 27, after the match of the Lithuanian national team against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazys Maksvytis, who combined the posts of head coach at ‘PARMA-PARIBET’ and the Lithuanian national team, said that he would not be able to return to Perm and continue working with the team. Following the commander-in-chief, his Lithuanian assistant Gintaras Kajulis also broke the contract.
The leadership of the Ural squad had to urgently solve serious personnel problems. To this end, defender Makar Konovalov and striker Vladislav Odinokov were invited from the Moscow IBA, and forward Alexander Razumov was invited from Ufa. Defenders Grigory Tuchkov, Vladislav Perevalov, Konstantin Klementyev and striker Yakov Shestakov were also recruited from the youth farm club.
As for the position of head coach, the Permians have followed a long-trodden path: 49-year-old Vyacheslav Shushakov took it for the third time (!). He is a legendary personality of Perm basketball. During his playing time, he was the captain of Ural-Great for seven seasons. After the famous team that became the champion of Russia ceased to exist in 2009, he became the head coach of the Perm Basketball Academy. It was on the basis of the academy in 2012 that Parma was created - on the initiative of the star players of Ural-Great Alexandr Bashminov and Vyacheslav Shushakov. The first became the CEO of the new club, and the second headed the coaching staff. In 2017, Nikolai Mazur replaced him on the bridge, but in February 2019, the Latvian specialist was fired, and Shushakov led PARMA again until the end of the season. When Lithuanian Kazys Maksvytis was invited to the club in the summer of the same year, Shushakov became his assistant. And now I had to become an "emergency commander-in-chief" again.
Last Sunday, PARMA-PARIBET hosted the Krasnoyarsk ‘Enisey’ on the home court as part of the VTB United League. In a stubborn struggle, the Uralians prevailed - 61:58. The most productive players in the "PARMA-PARIBET" were: Makar Konovalov — 13 + 3 REB + 3 AST, Artem Zabelin - 12 + 8 REB + 5 AST + 1 STL, Valery Likhodey - 12 + 2 REB. With seven wins in thirteen matches, the team takes fifth place and really claims to get into the playoffs.
PARMA-PARIBET is preparing for a rendezvous with Minsk residents in the following composition:
PARMA-PARIBET (Perm, Russia)
Guards:
12. Vladislav Perevalov (21.10.2001, 191)
15. Konstantin Klementiev (5.02.2002, 181)
18. Evgeny Voronov (7.05.1986, 194)
21. Grigory Tuchkov (18.03.2003, 183)
22. Gleb Sheiko (19.11.1996, 200)
28. Alexander Platunov (6.07.1997, 192)
38. Makar Konovalov (6.12.2000, 189)
Forwards:
8. Alexander Razumov (04/22/1992, 204)
17. Yakov Shestakov (17.12.2002, 195)
43. Nikolay Zhmako (9.04.1989, 195)
45. Vladislav Odinokov (22.03.2000, 203)
77. Alexander Kurov (25.09.2000, 205)
Centers:
23. Valery Likhodey (23.10.1986, 205)
35. Artyom Zabelin (15.01.1988, 215)
The head coach is Vyacheslav Shushakov (20.01.1973).