Ukrainian by way of New Jersey

March 15 by Leave a Comment
LEFT: Fratello as Hawks coach; RIGHT: Alexander “Sasha” Volkov playing for the Hawks.
(Focus on Sport/Getty Images and Rick Stewart /Allsport)

Mike Fratello’s ties to the former Soviet republic now under Russian attack stretch back to his days as Alexander Volkov’s first NBA coach in the 1980s. They only got deeper from there.

Click here to read Marc Stein’s (The Stein Line) account of how Coach Fratello came to coach Ukraine’s national team.

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