Ex-NBA Player Alexey Shved Attacked Outside Moscow Restaurant, Hospitalized

Alexey Shved — a Russian-born basketball participant who hooped within the NBA — was hospitalized after he was attacked exterior of a Moscow restaurant … however fortunately, he is on the highway to restoration.

Based on Shved’s Russian basketball workforce, CSKA Moscow, the 34-year-old was attacked by a “hooligan” on Monday evening … and “suffered a severe head damage on account of the autumn.”

Alexey — who performed for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets, and New York Knicks — was transported to the hospital by ambulance.

Shved, carrying a neck brace, appeared in comparatively good spirits as a few of his teammates and coaches visited him within the hospital.

Shved’s workforce mentioned he contacted the police to analyze the incident … and added he wouldn’t have the ability to take part within the squad’s subsequent spherical of matches.

The 6′ 6″ taking pictures guard spent his last season within the NBA with the Knicks in 2015, averaging 14.8 factors per sport in 26.4 minutes for the Knickerbockers.