The 27th Maxibasketball international tournament in commemoration of master of sports of USSR Nikolay Bagley was held from 17 to 19 of November 2017 in Kyiv. Maxibasketball players from Ukraine and Moldova honored the memory of Nikolay Bagley who was an outstanding Ukrainian basketball player, master of sports of the international class. As talented sportsman Nikolay Bagley was invited to the Ukrainian national basketball team at the age of 16. He was a champion of Universiade-1959 in Turin, Italy and a champion of Universiade-1961 in Sofia, Bulgaria. In the line-up of USSR national team he won gold medal in European Championship–1965 in Moscow and silver medal of Olympic Games-1964 in Tokyo, Japan. In the national USSR league N. Bagley was silver and bronze medal-winner many times with Budivelnik team, Kyiv. After his professional career Nikolay Bagley dedicated all his personal energy to contribute to the basketball development in Ukraine, training young basketball players till the end of his life. He died in the 1991st at the age of only 54…

Nikolay Bagley represented the Greatest Generation of Ukrainian basketball players. This Old School had a lot more willpower and sacrifices for sport than today’s young generation. Legendary Bagley’s teammates lived by the Old School code of faith, courage, and character. They put their hearts and souls into basketball. These people are prime examples of what means to persevere and never give up. Now Ukrainian Maxibasketball players use more of the Old School skills which Nikolay Bagley has embraced. The achievements of this Great Generation are the instruction for getting back to the values that truly lead to success and developing the new type of Ukrainian basketball.   Next