Alexey Shved says he wants to play at least 5-6 more years

Khimki Moscow Region guard Alexey Shved told how he spends his time in quarantine:

How long have you been home because of quarantine? How has your daily routine changed?

Now most of the time we stay at home and try to get out as little as possible. It all started when all

the VTB and Euroleague matches were suspended, from there I started to come out less and less.

Every now and then I take the dog for a walk near the house or I go to the shops near the house.

Do you miss basketball?

Of course I miss it. Now in the world there is such a situation that it is better to stay at home.

Quarantine will pass and everyone will return to normal life to work. Now the most important thing

is to stay as little as possible on the street and try not to get sick.

If it were possible to change something in your career, what would you change?

I never thought about it, because nothing can be changed. I love everything that’s happening and it’s

happened in my career.

If you weren’t a basketball player, what profession would you choose?

In fact I do not know, when I moved to Moscow from Belgorod and started playing professionally I

thought only about basketball.

Playing in the NBA was your childhood dream, it came true. Can you say you live without a

dream now? Or do you have another one?

Every basketball player dreams of playing in the NBA, I’m glad I did. I don’t want to talk about

‘dreams’, you have to set goals that you want to get close to and everything has to be done in order

to reach them.

What would you like to learn?

Now I don’t have time to learn new things. Maybe I will after my career.

Basketball has given you everything you have now. What are you going to do after your career

ends?

Most likely, not basketball gave me everything, but my parents. My family helped me and it was

always there. Wife, sisters and brothers, all this is to their credit.

If you could have dinner with someone present or past, who would you choose?

Anyone, Julius Caesar, Stalin or Gagarin, but, I could list many more.

Did you become a star when the first successes occurred?

No, you always have to stay yourself. You didn’t always play somewhere, before you became

someone I had to go a long way with a lot of people. We must never forget what we went through,

who we were and what we became.

How many years would you like to play professionally?

Another 5 or 6 years for sure

How did you accept the postponement of the Olympics? Japan is one of your favorite states, you

were there last summer. What did you like the most?

I loved Japan. When there is a chance, I would like to go there for a few weeks to visit the country. I

like the culture, the food and the relationships between Japanese people