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Andrei Kirilenko has retired from professional basketball, RealGM reports.

Kirilenko has retired from professional basketball, David Pick of Basketball Insiders reports.

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A first-round pick of the Jazz in the 1999 draft, Kirilenko played 13 seasons in the NBA, posting career averages of 11.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.8 blocks per game. The Russian was an All-Star for Utah in 2003-04, and his three-year peak (2003-06) produced per-game averages of 15.8 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 3.0 blocks. One of the more unique players of his time, Kirilenko led the league in blocks in 2005-06 and was a three-time All-Defensive team performer. Kirilenko began the 2014-15 season with the Nets but appeared in only seven games before being dealt to the Sixers, to whom he never reported. The 33-year-old was reportedly interested in playing for the Russian National Team at EuroBasket 2015, but he did not receive an invite.

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