Ukrainian basketball player Oleksandr Kovlyar announced his candidacy for the National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft, which will be held in the summer. The 20-year-old defender was included in the list of 42 international players, which is published on the official website of the NBA.. The draft should take place on June 22 - league teams will select 60 promising players on it.

Kovlyar made his debut for the national team of Ukraine this year. This season, he played in the Estonian Kalev and averaged 13 points, 3 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game in the Estonian-Latvian League. In the FIBA \u200b\u200bEurope Cup, his averages are 8.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game..

Currently, two players of the Ukrainian national team are playing in the NBA - Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk (Charlotte) and Oleksiy Len (Sacramento).

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