What a fortunate year for Shvedophiles! Alexey started off the year with the 76ers, one of the few times bad enough for him to find a significant role. He even had some good games amidst the tanking sadness!
Then, he gets traded to the Rockets! A perfect opportunity to witness from the bench how a winning team goes about its business. Not many minutes were available, but being part of a winning culture is benefit enough.
For Shved fans, though, minutes are the important part. So, as if hearing the pleas of thousands of Alexey-starved Russians, the Rockets graciously traded him to the Knicks, where he can not only play, but start!
Yes, it has truly been an exciting year for Alexeyholics. His teams haven’t been successful when he plays, but, then again, fans of only a singular player don’t really care about that, do they?