Artem Pustovyi Explained

Artem Pustovyi
Position:Center
Height Cm:218
Weight Kg:98
League:Liga ACB
Team:Joventut Badalona
Birth Date:25 June 1992
Birth Place:Kherson, Ukraine
Draft Year:2014
Career Start:2009
Years1:2009–2015
Team1:BC Khimik
Years2:2015–2018
Team2:Obradoiro CAB
Years3:2018–2021
Team3:FC Barcelona
Years4:2021–2022
Team4:Gran Canaria
Years5:2022–2023
Team5:UCAM Murcia
Years6:2023–2024
Team6:Monbus Obradoiro
Years7:2024
Team7:Satria Muda Pertamina
Years8:2024–present
Team8:Joventut Badalona
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Artem Pustovyi (Артем Пустовий; born June 25, 1992) is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Liga ACB. He also represents the Ukrainian national team.

Professional career

Ukraine

Pustovyi started his professional basketball career for BC Khimik (Yuzhne, Ukraine) in 2009.

In season 2014-15 of the Ukrainian Basketball Superleague he averaged 10.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game and BC Khimik won the championship. Despite such success, Pustovyi decided to leave the SuperLeague of Ukraine and continue his professional basketball career abroad.

Spain

On June 18, 2015[1] he signed with Spanish club Obradoiro CAB of the Liga ACB.

In 28 games of the Liga ACB in season 2015-16 Ukrainian center averaged 3.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.

The next 2016-17 season Pustovyi significantly improved his skills. In 31 games for Obradoiro CAB of the Spanish Basketball League he averaged 9.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.

After that season he made a decision to extend the contract with the Spanish club.

On July 2, 2021, he has signed with Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB.[2]

On July 8, 2022, Gran Canaria released Pustovyi.[3]

On July 17, 2022, he has signed with UCAM Murcia in the Spanish league.[4]

On July 18, 2023, he signed with Monbus Obradoiro of the Spanish Liga ACB.[5]

Indonesia

On June 6, 2024, he signed with Satria Muda Pertamina of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL), replacing Jarred Shaw.[6]

National team career

Pustovyi played for Ukraine's Under-20 team during the FIBA Europe U-20 Championship in 2011 and 2012.

In 2011 he averaged 9.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game and in 2012 it was 14.9 points and 6 rebounds per game.

His debut for the Ukraine national basketball team was in 2013 at the EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia. He also played at EuroBasket 2015, 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[7] and EuroBasket 2017.

The most successful performance for the national team of Ukraine at this time is considered to be his play at the European Basketball Championship 2017. Pustovyi averaged 22.5 minutes on the court with 15.3 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. He ranks 9th place in the Efficiency rating among all players of EuroBasket 2017 and 5th place among the centers.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Obradoiro lands Artem Pustovyi. Sportando. 2017-09-24. en.
  2. Web site: Gran Canaria lands Artem Pustovyi. July 2, 2021. Sportando. En. July 2, 2021.
  3. Web site: 2022-07-08 . Pustovyi, Ennis, Diop y López finalizan su etapa en el Gran Canaria . 2022-07-08 . Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria . es.
  4. Web site: Artem Pustovyi joins UCAM Murcia. July 17, 2022. Sportando. En. August 7, 2022.
  5. Web site: Pustovyi comes back to Obradoiro. July 18, 2023. Eurobasket. En. September 27, 2023.
  6. Web site: Center Timnas Ukraina Artem Pustovyi Gabung Satria Muda. iblindonesia. July 22, 2023 . July 22, 2023.
  7. Web site: FIBA profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20140713035209/http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2014/Artem-PUSTOVYI. live. July 13, 2014. fiba.com. 30 August 2014.