Vitaly Potapenko

 ( 1975 Births ) 

Vitalii Mykolayovych Potapenko ( , ; born March 21, 1975) is a Ukrainian professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wright State Raiders and was selected 12th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1996 NBA draft, also the last pick before Kobe Bryant. Nicknamed "the Ukraine Train", he played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Boston Celtics, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Sacramento Kings of the NBA, as well as MMT Estudiantes in the Spanish ACB. MMT Estudiantes former players

Since retiring as a player, Potapenko has been serving as an assistant coach for several teams, among them the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Indiana Pacers, the Dakota Wizards, Dakota Wizards Hire Potapenko As Assistant Coach and the Santa Cruz Warriors and later as an assistant director of player development for the Cleveland Cavaliers, helping them win their first ever NBA championship.

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NBA career statistics

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Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 80 || 3 || 15.5 || .440 || .500 || .736 || 2.7 || .5 || .3 || .4 || 5.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 80 || 0 || 17.7 || .480 || .000 || .708 || 3.9 || .7 || .3 || .4 || 7.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 17 || 12 || 27.5 || .437 || .000 || .673 || 5.5 || .9 || .6 || .9 || 8.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 33 || 32 || 28.1 || .521 || || .547 || 7.2 || 1.8 || .7 || .6 || 10.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 79 || 72 || 22.7 || .499 || .000 || .681 || 6.3 || 1.0 || .5 || .4 || 9.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 82 || 7 || 23.2 || .476 || || .728 || 6.0 || .8 || .6 || .3 || 7.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Boston | 79 || 9 || 17.0 || .455 || || .742 || 4.4 || .4 || .5 || .2 || 4.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 26 || 2 || 15.4 || .441 || || .759 || 3.4 || .2 || .3 || .3 || 4.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 65 || 39 || 21.8 || .489 || || .641 || 4.4 || .8 || .3 || .4 || 7.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 33 || 1 || 10.2 || .517 || || .871 || 2.4 || .3 || .2 || .1 || 3.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 24 || 12 || 13.4 || .500 || || .588 || 2.6 || .3 || .1 || .1 || 3.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Sacramento | 9 || 0 || 3.5 || .714 || || || .2 || .2 || .0 || .0 || 1.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Sacramento | 3 || 0 || 4.3 || .000 || || || .7 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 610 || 189 || 19.0 || .479 || .167 || .694 || 4.5 || .7 || .4 || .3 || 6.5 |-

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Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Cleveland | 4 || 0 || 17.5 || .400 || || .500 || 2.8 || .8 || .5 || .0 || 4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Seattle | 5 || 0 || 7.4 || .500 || || || 1.4 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Sacramento | 4 || 0 || 2.4 || .500 || || || .3 || .0 || .3 || .0 || 1.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 13 || 0 || 9.0 || .448 || || .500 || 1.5 || .2 || .2 || .0 || 2.4 |-

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See also

• List of foreign NBA coaches

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Notes

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External links

• NBA.com Profile
• Cleveland Cavaliers' Front Office

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