Vladimir Veremeenko

Vladimir Veremeenko (born July 21, 1984) is a Belarusian professional basketball player for Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB United League.

Vladimir Veremeenko
Veremeenko with UNICS Kazan
No. 30 – Tsmoki-Minsk
PositionPower forward
LeagueVTB United League
Personal information
Born (1984-07-21) July 21, 1984
Gomel, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityBelarusian
Listed height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Listed weight107 kg (236 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2006 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48th overall
Selected by the Washington Wizards
Playing career1999–present
Career history
1999–2002Gocor-Sozh Gomel
1999–2000→ RShVSM-BGPA Minsk
2002–2004Avtodor Saratov
2004–2006Dynamo Saint Petersburg
2006–2008Khimki
2008–2014UNICS Kazan
2014–2015Banvit
2015–2016Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
2016–2017Brose Bamberg
2017–2018Nizhny Novgorod
2018–2019AEK Larnaca
2019–presentTsmoki-Minsk
Career highlights and awards
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Professional career

The son of professional basketball players, Veremeenko was an early bloomer as he started his career with local side Gomel aged 15, playing in the 1999–00 Korać Cup before making the Belarusian league All-Star Game the next season.[1][2]

He moved to Russian club Avtodor Saratov in 2002, averaging 14.2 points and 7 rebounds per game during his second season in the Russian Super League. When club owner Vladimir Radionov moved the club to Saint Petersburg to form Dynamo, Veremeenko followed him. He would contribute 12.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game to the club's 2005 FIBA Europe League title.[1]

Veremeenko was drafted in the second round (48th pick) of the 2006 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards on 28 June 2006.[3] He did not join the club, moving to another Super League side, BC Khimki, later that year following Dynamo Saint Petersburg's bankruptcy. Spending two seasons with the club, Veremeenko did not manage to crack the first team and found himself frustrated by his substitute status, even as the Russian team fought for titles (winning the 2008 Russian Cup).[1] The Wizards invited him to play in the NBA Summer League in July 2008,[3] his stats of 3.8 points and 3.6 rebounds in around 11 minutes per game proved to his only career contribution for the Wizards,[4] with his rights used as a makeweight in a 2010 salary-cap motivated deal which brought Kirk Hinrich and Kevin Séraphin from the Chicago Bulls.[5] On July 7, 2016, his rights were traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers alongside Mike Dunleavy, Jr. for the draft rights of Albert Miralles, which was done in order for the Bulls to sign Dwyane Wade.[6]

Signed by UNICS Kazan in August 2008,[7] the big man quickly rediscovered his form.[1] He would spend a total of six seasons as a vital part of Kazan's successes, two Russian Cups in 2009 and 2014 (with Veremeenko making the All-Cup team in 2014)[8] and the 2011 EuroCup.[9]

He moved to Spanish side CAI Zaragoza in August 2014, but bought out his contract a month later to accept a better paid offer from Turkish outfit Banvit, not even playing a friendly game with the Spaniards.[10] His time with Banvit would see him break the all-time EuroCup record for total rebounds with a new mark of 476 over eight seasons,[11] ending the season with 543; from averages of 9.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game in the competition in addition to 10.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in the Turkish Super League.[12] On 18 August 2015, Veremeenko signed with Italian Serie A outfit Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia for one year.[12]

On 11 August 2016, Veremeenko signed with German club Brose Bamberg for the 2016–17 season.[13]

On September 2, 2019, he has signed with Tsmoki-Minsk of the VTB United League.[14]

International career

Veremeenko played for the Belarus under-age teams, playing with the Under-18s until 2002, then with the Under-20s at the 2004 European Championship. He started playing for the senior national team from 2003, playing with the team in the Division B EuroBasket in 2005 and 2007.[15]

Honours

Individual

Club

References
  1. Kazankov, Andrei (26 January 2009). "Vladimir Veremeenko, Unics Kazan". EurocupBasketball.com. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. "Vladimir Veremeenko - Gomel Wildcats". FIBAEurope.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. "Veremeenko joins Wizards' summer team". WashingtonTimes.com. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. "2008 Wizards Summer League team". NBA.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  5. "Bulls trade Hinrich to Washington". NBA.com. Chicago Bulls. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  6. "Cavaliers Acquire Forward Mike Dunleavy From Chicago". NBA.com. July 7, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  7. "Kazan adds big man Vladimir Veremeenko". EurocupBasketball.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  8. "UNICS is the team of the Cups". UNICS.ru. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. "CAI Zaragoza adds veteran big man Veremeenko". EurocupBasketball.com. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  10. "El Banvit turco paga la cláusula y se lleva a Vladimir Veremeenko" [Turks Banvit pay the clause and take Vladimir Veremeenko]. elPeriodicodeAragon.com (in Spanish). 10 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  11. "Veremeenko becomes new Eurocup rebounding king!". EurocupBasketball.com. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  12. "Reggio Emilia signs rebounds king Veremeenko". EurocupBasketball.com. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  13. "Vladimir Veremeenko komplettiert Brose Bamberg Kader – Veränderungen im Nachwuchsbereich". brosebamberg.de (in German). 11 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  14. "Vladimir Veremeenko signs with Tsmoki-Minsk". Sportando. September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  15. "Belarus #12 - Vladimir Veremeenko". FIBA.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  16. "Vladimir Veremeenko – League's top Belarusian player". VTB-League.com. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  17. "Vladimir Veremeenko named League's Top Belarusian Player". VTB-League.com. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.