Alexander Shashkov is the new Cedevita Olimpija player
In the coming seasons, the Cedevita Olimpija jersey will be worn by Alexander Shashkov, who we were able to watch in the Ilirija jersey last season, and who made his first playing time at a higher level with the Helios Suns from Domžale.
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The young, 210-centimeter-tall Alexander Shashkov will help Cedevita Olimpija under the rims in the next three seasons. Shashkov is the second reinforcement of the Ljubljana team this summer, after the point guard, Justus Hollatz, moved to the Dragon's Lair from Spain.
Alexander Shashkov took made first serious basketball steps with Helios Suns from Domžale in the 2017/18 season. The path then led him to Pesaro, the youth teams of CSKA Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, and finally to Ilirija in Ljubljana. Basketball fans may remember that his older brother, Semen Shashkov, already wore the jersey of the club, that was named Union Olimpija at that time, in the 2016/17 season.
In the 2022/23 season, Shashkov was the top scorer and rebounder of Ilirija in the Slovenian national championship. He has been averaging 14.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, and he showed his best performance of the season against the Helios Suns on May 5, when he scored 32 points and grabbed 16 rebounds.
In the FIBA competitions, Shashkov has presented himself playing for the Nizhny Novgorod in one game. He has been a member of the Russia U16 and U18 National Teams. In 2017, in the U18 European Championship A Division he used to average 8.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game and a year later 7.7 points and 5 rebounds per game.
As he agreed on cooperation with Cedevita Olimpija Shashkov told: “I am very happy and grateful for a given opportunity by the club such as Cedevita Olimpija and for the fact that I will be able to prove my skills at the level, that I always dreamed of playing at. I cannot wait to meet my teammates and for us to start with the preparations for the new season.”
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Aleksander Šaškov je novi član Cedevite Olimpije
Dres Cedevite Olimpije bo v prihodnjih sezonah nosil mladi velikan Aleksander Šaškov, ki smo ga lahko v minuli sezoni spremljali v dresu Ilirije, svoje prve korake na višji ravni pa je napravil pri domžalskih Helios Suns.
Cedevita Olimpija bo v prihodnjih treh sezonah pod obema obročema na pomoč priskočil mladi, 210 centimetrov visoki Aleksander Šaškov. Slednji je druga okrepitev ljubljanskega kolektiva v letošnjem poletju, po tem, ko se je v Zmajevo gnezdo iz Španije preselil organizator igre Justus Hollatz.
Svoje prve resne košarkarske korake je Aleksander Šaškov napravil pri domžalskih Helios Suns v sezoni 2017/18. Pot ga je nato vodila v Pesaro, mladinski pogon CSKA, Nižni Novgorod, nazadnje pa v ljubljansko Ilirijo. Ljubitelji košarke se lahko spomnite, da je dres takratne Union Olimpije v sezoni 2016/17 nosil že njegov starejši brat, Semjon Šaškov.
V sezoni 2022/23 je bil Šaškov najboljši strelec in skakalec Ilirije v slovenskem državnem prvenstvu. V povprečju je beležil 14,1 točko ter 7,2 skoka, svojo najboljšo predstavo sezone pa je prikazal na obračunu s Helios Suns 5. maja, ko je 32 točkam dodal kar 16 skokov.
V Fibinih tekmovanjih se je Šaškov predstavil v košarkarski Ligi prvakov, v dresu Nižnega Novgoroda je zaigral na eni tekmi. V dresu ruske reprezentance se je predstavil v kategorijah do 16. in 18. leta. Leta 2016 je na evropskem prvenstvu divizije B do 16. leta v povprečju dosegal 15,1 točko ter 10,0 skokov, naslednje leto pa v diviziji A kategorije do 18. leta 8,3 točke in 7,1 skok na tekmo. Leta 2018 je znova zaigral na evropskem prvenstvu za reprezentance do 18 let in na sedmih tekmah dosegal 7,7 točke ter 5,0 skokov na tekmo.
Ob dogovoru o sodelovanju s Cedevito Olimpijo je Šaškov dejal: "Zelo vesel ter hkrati hvaležen sem za ponujeno priložnost, ki mi jo ponuja klub, kot je Cedevita Olimpija, ter da se lahko dokažem na ravni, na kateri sem vedno želel igrati. Komaj čakam, da spoznam svoje soigralce in začnemo s pripravami na novo sezono."
