MOSCOW, Aug 2 VTB United League Basketball Club «Samara» at the official The site announced the transfer of American defender KC Rivers. The term of the agreement with the 35-year-old defender is not specified. Rivers has previously played in Russia for Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar (2011-2012), Khimki Moscow Region (2012-2013) and Zenit St. Petersburg (2020-2021). In 2015, he became the champion of the Euroleague as part of Real Madrid. Last season, Rivers spent in Jerusalem's Hapoel (10.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists on average over 18 matches in the Israeli championship). Previously » Samara» and MBA (Moscow) were admitted to the VTB United League with a trial period of one year. In the course of the last championship, the Polish «Zielona Gora» and the Estonian «Kalev» withdrew from the tournament because of the situation in Ukraine.
