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Mike James, who returned to Moscow at the end of August due to last season’s conflict with CSKA head coach Dimitri Itoudis, part ways with the club and trains individually. Still, that didn’t stop the American from escaping the field. The 31-year-old basketball player wore a CSKA doubles team jersey.
The 185cm tall James scored 5 points, bounced 2 balls and blocked 2 shots, and his CSKA 52:62 double fell to Samara.
James is still officially a CSKA basketball player and has a valid contract with the Russian club until 2023. summer.
According to the CSKA report, until James’ contract is terminated, the American will train individually in Moscow.
Despite his contract with CSKA, James finished last season with the Brooklyn Nets. According to BasketNews, James is likely to remain in the NBA.
James is currently the unrestricted free agent in the NBA market, and last season he scored 7.7 points (36 percent trit.), 2.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists in the strongest league in the world.
BasketNews sources also report that CSKA is still looking for a defender in the market, but is not forcing events. It is believed to be related to the situation of Kevin Pangos, who does not yet have a contract with any NBA club.
The conflicts between Itoudi and James have been raging for some time, and tensions have reached their moment in the last battle, when In the VTB United League match with Kazan UNIKS, James played just three minutes and then faced the Greek on the bench. Since then, defender CSKA has not played.
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