Andrei Kirilenko (Image Credit: Getty Images) Andrei Kirilenko, a former NBA star known for his time with the Utah Jazz, recently talked about how he got his famous nickname, AK-47.

Andrei Kirilenko spoke in a recent interview with the Knuckleheads podcast about his now-iconic AK-47 nickname. He recalled that the Jazz signed John Amaechi, who took his preferred number 13 jersey.

Kirilenko would go on to impress one and all as a rookie. He averaged 10.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.4 steals, and 1.9 blocks per game in 2001-02 and finished third in voting for Rookie ...

Andrei Kirilenko, who never made it onto the court in the Nets’ Game 1 win over the Raptors on Saturday, said he understood Coach Jason Kidd’s decision. By Andrew Keh Applied Science ...

After playing for Team USA’s Select Team in Las Vegas, Flagg was compared to former All-Star Andrei Kirilenko by an NBA executive and two NBA scouts who spoke with HoopsHype. “Flagg is like ...

Andrei Kirilenko has always been a weird individual. I mean even before getting his odd tattoo he looked weird. At least Kirilenko knew to get color in his creepy tattoo that covers his entire back.

A home owned by Andrei Kirilenko, a former NBA All-Star, was among those destroyed by the wildfire in Bel-Air. Jason Collins, a former NBA player and teammate of Kirilenko’s, tweeted on ...

The gang also poked fun at Andrei Kirilenko’s addiction to the game. He had multiple max-level characters according to Frye, which he says “Could have been sold for $100,000 each,” though ...

Andrei Kirilenko was always the unofficial face of Russian basketball during his 13 seasons in the NBA, his final two with the Brooklyn Nets under Russian owner Mikhail Prokhorov. On Tuesday, Kiril… ...

MOSCOW -- Former NBA player Andrei Kirilenko has been elected president of the troubled Russian Basketball Federation. The ex-Utah Jazz and Brooklyn Nets small forward, who spent 13 seasons in the ...

Former NBA standout Andrei Kirilenko has been elected president of the Russian Basketball Federation, according to the Associated Press. Kirilenko, who was born in Izhevsk, Russia, retired from ...