Andrei ⭐️AK47⭐️ Kirilenko Utah Jazz highlights | THE VAULT Presented by LGCY Power

Andrei Kirilenko spent ten season as a Jazzman after being drafted in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1999 draft. He was also an NBA All-Star in 2004. Here's some of his best highlights.
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[@2KGrind09]

one of the greatest nicknames ever

[@aleksander8874]

The best

[@jingfanhu9121]

Cooper Flagg been watching his tape fosho

[@DikkGrayson]

Андрей кумир всей нашей страны, прекрасное виденье площадки, отменная защита, огромный респект ему, у меня была его майка

[@arisyn]

Truly ahead of his time

[@dostacos1]

Dude would kill it in this league. A truly positionless player with killer offensive and defensive instincts.

[@bryant475]

@@dostacos1 Yep, he's the only player ever to lead the league in blocks as a SF, and average over 3 blocks a game twice in his career, and the shortest player at 6'9 (other than Ben Wallace) to do both! He's also the only player ever to finish a season top 4 in both Steals and Blocks. He and Hakeem Olajuwon are the only players ever to have more than 1 5x5 game in his career, he had 3 and Olajuwon had 6! Not to mention his passing ability, decent mid range and 3 point shot, athleticism, hustle and instinct for the game. Definitely one of the most underrated players ever!

[@lightDaRus]

@@bryant475 APlus only he and Hakeem had 5×6, but AK without any OT against Hakeem's two Also NO ONE in NBA history haven't better numbers in each career P.R.A.B.S. per game categories than AK-47 And only 7 got better numbers overall in each other, but they played much more games Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon, Kevin Garnett, Patrick Ewing, Robert Parish, David Robinson and Vlade Divac

[@bryant475]

@@lightDaRus Yes very true! How was that PRABS number calculated? Was a specific value assigned to each category? In my yahoo fantasy basketball for example- Blk and Stl are 3 points each. Ast are 1.5, Reb 1.2, Pts are 1 each. As you can see, AK47 was a beast in fantasy points! He was usually my 2nd or 3rd pick!

[@MountainHobbler]

Imagine AK playing along with Rudy. I actually think both AK's and Memo's game was better suited for today's NBA.

[@bryant475]

Block party!

[@letsgoooo9200]

That’s exact what Rudy and Donovan needed a third guy

[@dominiquemontgomery1885]

Rude sucks lmfao

[@backend__bp]

Nah forsure he woulda been super solid player in todays league back then they Juss wanted them in the post😒

[@jej495]

It was. As far as video games I like to cheat a little..He was about the closest I could get to a KD back then. Alot of players are cursed with being before their time. If AK got used the way The Spurs used Manu it would've been different.

[@ramzy-1096]

this jazz team was very good miss these times

[@mauricesullivan1565]

I don’t know if you play 2k .. but they need to put this as one of the classic teams on the game !! They were really good ..

[@bryant475]

@@mauricesullivan1565 I agree! But at least we can play with them in the Jazz All time team :) I actually am playing a season with the All Time players, but with fantasy draft so they are all scattered on different teams. I have AK47 as my starting PF! I have Deron as my backup PG, bc my starting PG is Steph Curry lol

[@stinproductions5790]

Bro he was such an underrated passer

[@joelcorona22]

Jokic is a version of AK-47. US THE OLD-SCHOOL KNOW HOW GOOD HE WAS

[@dysonj3]

Yup Basketball heads this is nothin but BIG FACT!

[@dwightlove3704]

Did you see the passes at 1:07 2:35 2:27

[@dwightlove3704]

Criminally Underrated as a passer

[@sergeiorlov_43]

He could do everything on the court.

[@vanderar]

Kirilenko is not only an amazing basketball player, but also as a person with good human qualities

[@neilbryanbucsit197]

He would be a perennial all star in todays NBA

[@hayteren]

The was the most fun Jazz team in history.

[@LynxStarAuto]

I dunno about that. Those Stockton to Malone teams were a blast to watch.

[@ghostface6720]

@@LynxStarAutotrue, really enjoyed watching deron too

[@mauricesullivan1565]

@@ghostface6720 Deron Williams at the time , him n Chris Paul were tied for best PG”s in the leauge !!

[@mr.e347]

AK is who we needed in 97 and 98. He would give Jordan more trouble than cupcake Hornacek did.

[@bryant475]

Agreed! Also, if it wasn't for AK, the 03-04 Jazz would've been the worst team in the league, most likely!

[@mozdaboz]

He won me a lot of fantasy bball matchups back in the day he's such a statsheet stuffer guy

[@trashcalkilla5475]

Ak was dope!

[@cesarmarte6772]

Cooper Flagg = The New Version of Andrea K.

[@marshallmcdermott4737]

The spin move to the draw in to the between the legs bounce pass is one of the cleanest sequences I've seen ever.

[@2ManFlexGod]

One of my absolute favorites

[@205Chauncey]

Absolute beast🔥

[@lilbru]

My favorite Jazz player i've ever watched...buddy was nice

[@AngelicaLacanienta-p7u]

I have not seen something like this in years lol he was my favorite basketball players at the time 😂🧐😁

[@PhilthyPhil138]

He made me fall in love with basketball as a kid.

[@dwightlove3704]

That was a sick no look in between the legs pass 1:07

[@gothluv4740]

thx for this quality

[@toniomala3381]

I fell in love with The Jazz in this era. AK my most favorite player ever.! The hustle was unmatched. The only comparison would be Gerald Wallace. Both guys were so so unique.

[@TheOne-ry6mt]

I loved watching the jazz with AK. I wish the Jazz would've used AK as a playmaker more, his passing and ball handling was underrated.

[@ngarci8040]

Listen to the grizzlies crowd @ 1:11 …!!! Love iT

[@avery7483]

Bro he was cold! 🥶

[@fornlike]

Wow! This man was that good? This is high level basketball.

[@cesarmarte6772]

Cooper Flagg

[@tonyreyes808]

Looks like the dude on rocky 😂

[@Dr47178]

yeah he got the Ivan Drago haircut😂

[@SofaKingGoood]

AK47 was special

[@ivangolubovic7474]

All-round master.

[@marcbarrington1897]

Always think of the blocks with AK, but the man could pass!

[@lupodelupis3672]

He was the Minister of the Defense.

[@teamexploringmotor7894]

Good job!!!

[@toskaa1589]

Эхх, великий земляк. Захотелось найти фотку с ним, привет из Ижевска!

[@alexandermendez4653]

I always modelled my game after this guy as well as Shawn Marion and Tayshuan Prince. With a little Luis Scola in there. What a great era. This guy is one of the most underrated players ever.

[@vincentnaessens]

Of course, nothing can top the Stockton & Malone era, but what a good team that was : D-Will, Boozer, Memo, AK47.

[@albertarcher1839]

The Best

[@lemarjhonjamon2764]

How lucky is Paul Millsap to be with 2 of the great passers of NBA, first in kirilenko and second was Jokic.

[@myflyonthewall48]

He was so nice. He would be the equivalent of Joker in today's game. Fundamentalist are killing it in the current defenseless NBA. It doesn't pay to play defense because it's too easily rewarded with Fts now. That Jazz team was a force!

[@gianjelexizjimenez5048]

Joffrey Baratheon is cold

[@gonzalesdohnrryhrc]

Strictly business. No fancy shots. No fancy celebrations. Just strictly business. European nba players are the best!

[@submissivelover]

Underrated everything, he was a better shooter, passer and obviously defender than Anyone ever gave him credit for in his time. Top 3 defender of the mid 2000's, elite shot blocker.

[@Purpulan]

Honestly, he was just an avarage shooter but, apart from that, an unique master class player with all the other basketball skills.

[@tymierslocum]

Got shades of him In my 2k build 🔥🔥

[@eyanxaervxjagw]

Mehmet Okur loves Krilenko ❤🇷🇺🧿

[@jesushermosillo8656]

I “casually” met this guy at the Grand America in SALT LAKE CITY😂

[@eustassse2704]

Гений баскетбола

[@godalmighty5970]

NOT an MJ...but a HUGE ASSET. Quintiple doubles? PLEASE. Was there ANY COACH to utilize?

[@johnnygotti1568]

1:16 the ball hit his head XD

[@NazellLumpkin]

Bro just imagine if him and Deron Williams never got traded and stayed in Utah..call me crazy I think they could’ve gotten a ring

[@rasakgamez5892]

2k god

[@Now_To_Infinity]

This guy was a swift army knife

[@AirSoftFattyIsMyDaddy]

Those old light blue uniforms were beautiful. I hope we see them as a throwback someday

[@KRollSweets]

Great chemistry with Boozer.

[@KenVallejos]

Retire his number

[@jvmilana19]

The camera had me dizzy 😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@elliottjames671]

Kirenlinko would have average 55 in todays nba

[@МихаилКириченко-я4б]

Наш слон

[@Miha-q5g]

Ахахахах, хорош

[@bogdanr.965]

да.

[@kavinvanich]

watta nickname

[@inkprintdot1777]

Bro was low key annoying to play against in 2k his ai just knew 😂😂

[@LifeIsStrange90210]

Bro that’s how i knew he was so good in real life😂😂 I could not score when guarded by AK-47

[@akcanete4636]

Before jokic there was kirilenko

[@mathewakad2861]

Kirilenko is so much better than Jokic there's no comparison

[@Nothing-kr5de]

@@mathewakad2861 you’re smoking crack

[@Nothing-kr5de]

Also, Arvydas Sabonis was before Jokic

[@chuchuchuchia]

Straight Jason Williams on the break wtf

[@chuchuchuchia]

I think Scottie Barnes can become this

[@abutalabashuneba25]

Весьма и весьма вероятно

[@ГэриПэйтон-щ9и]

Hang his jersey, Jazz!!!

[@Xiogang96]

This copper flagg

[@DNA2000-8bit]

Baron Davis

[@Griemmy]

This team should have their jersey's retire

[@melodygrahamrejholec5129]

first

[@Dblock8998]

AK-47?!?! IM TRIGGERED, CANCEL THE UTAH JAZZ!!!!!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@arisyn]

Go to your cry closet

[@austinwilliams7281]

😂😂😂

[@KingKunta4L]

Dylan Block

[@yoflo3002]

That nickname bro

[@smokinnplatez1426]

He was good not great

[@delljohnson3655]

Pretty damn good tho, i think he won DPOY before

[@davidornelas-iq3in]

​@@delljohnson3655no dpoys just all defense teams still good tho

[@localneo-graphic4647]

He was great, he singlehandedly was nearly the difference between the Jazz winning 42 games (and nearly making the playoffs in a stacked West) and that team being 2012 Bobcats bad. He was only great for 2-3 seasons, especially that 04 season, so you can say he only had a 'good' career overall, but prime AK was legit great.

[@oversensitivenipples]

prototype version of chet

[@reds7005]

Классное было время. АК был очень талантлив и мог раскрыться ещё лучше до уровня суперзвезды. Жаль , что самой России теперь не особо до баскетбола, хотя ребята дали отличное шоу на 2023 русском матче всех звёзд лиги👍

[@localneo-graphic4647]

One of those players that's a bit underrated due to his era. He was a bit lazy during what should have been his prime, especially once he had decent teammates around him, but that 04 season was something else. He posted some all-time +/- numbers, he led that team to a winning record and one game short of a playoff spot (West was so stacked back then), but without him they were literally one of the worst teams of all time, and he was only like 22. He was still elite for several years afterwards when he was averaging like 3+ blocks a game, but then he got a huge contract, the Jazz were good, but dysfunctional, and he just kinda checked out. Don't get me wrong, even during those Deron Williams years, he was a valuable player, elevating the team's D especially, but he wasn't well-utilized and he really didn't seem to care as much, allegedly playing WoW until the wee hours of the morning, even before day games. Despite being in what should've been his prime, his BLK% halved. Would've been nice to see him on a team like the Spurs instead, like just imagine the 04 Spurs with Duncan, Bowen and AK lmao.

[@Lejassi]

Veo un poco parecido el juego de KP al de AK creo que tienen algo en común y me encanta.

[@83n80y]

I miss this kid! Maybe Vanderbilt can channel some of this for the Jazz this year?

[@AlexQQable]

Талант, который Слоан не стал раскрывать и по настоящему доверять

[@LbK314]

His skill repertoire is like a combo of Jokic and Giannis. Great passing instinct, running the fast break and defending was his best set of skills. Certainly not as accomplished a player as the two, but I think in today's NBA he would have had a place in one of the All-NBA teams. He is 1st team all-Defense for sure, but I think he would have made it at least in 3rd team All-NBA as well.

[@KR0TE7]

My 2nd favorite player such a cool nickname and underrated player

[@mathewerenberger7275]

Dude was like an athletic Jokic lmao seriously though very similar skillset just different era